Tohoku Road Trip: Ginzan Onsen, Matsushima & Samurai Towns (Video)

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A short look at Tohoku in three seasons. Snow-covered Ginzan Onsen glows with lanterns and gas lamps at dusk, weeping cherry trees hang over the dark wooden fences of Kakunodate, and a boatman poles a flat boat through the autumn cliffs of Geibikei Gorge.

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