Michinoku Food

Gathering food for hiking in Japan is always an interesting experience. We love wandering around supermarkets in Japan to see what foods are available and what we can adapt for hiking.

We bought some dehydrated spaghetti Sauce and dehydrated Hummus with us as a backup.

Because we aren’t sure of what food we can pick up along the trail I have mapped out where the main supermarkets are and how far apart they are. The Days Food column is based on walking 15km per day which is very conservative.

MCT km	Section	Town	Store	Days food	Google maps reference	Train station
0	55	Hachinoe		4
55	38	Taneichi	Universe Taneichi	3	map	Taneichi
93	92	Kuji	Universe Kuji Kawasakicho	6	map	Kuji
185	26	Iwaizumicho Omoto	Lawson Iwaizumicho Omoto	2	map	Iwaizumiomoto
211	27	Taro	Lawson Miyako Taro	2	map	Taro ?
238	60	Miyako	Miyako City Gyosai Market	4	map	Miyako
298	63	Yamada	Bihan Store All	4	map	Yamada JR
361	57	Otsuchi	Mizukami Otsuchi Store	4	map	Otsuchi JR
418	72	Kamaishi	Maiya Supermarket	5	map	Kamaishi JR
490	53	Tamoyama	Family Mart also big fish market	4	map	Sakari JR
543	77	Rikuzentakata	Maiya Supermarket	5	map	Bus
620	28	Kesennuma	Aeon Supermarket	2	map	Kesennuma
648	116	Motoyoshicho	Maiya supermarket	8	map	Bus
764	104	Onagawa	Super Onmaeya Supermarket	7	map	Onagawa
868	61	Ishinomaki	Coop Ishinomaki Ohashi Supermarket	4	map	Ishinomaki
929	16	Ideka	Satoshokai Nakanosakaeten Supermarket	1	map	Nakanosakae
945	33	Natori	Ito Chain Supermarket	2	map	Sendai-Airport
978	65	Watari	York Benimaru Watari Store	4	map	Watari
1043		Soma	York Benimaru Soma Kuroki		map	Soma

One thing you learn very quickly is everything is wrapped in small packages. This can be an advantage for things like miso paste. Or a disadvantage as there is a lot of extra packaging to carry.