Happo

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1 Festivals & Events
2 Sightseeing & Activities
3 Restaurants
- 3.1 Local Restaurants
- 3.2 Chains
4 Onsen
5 External links

Festivals & Events

Shirakami Shrine Festival, Aug 1 (2008)
People from town carry a heavy shrine to a waterfall where they bathe it in the water. From 7:20 am to 12:50 pm, starts at the Shirakami Shrine.

Happo Fireworks, Aug 15 (2008)
Fireworks over the sea of Japan. 8pm at 浜海岸 (hamakaigan, the beach)

Sightseeing & Activities

Make your own soba! [1]　ph: 0185-77-2669

Call to reserve a lesson time with the area's most prominent soba chef. Lessons cost 1000 Y. Making and eating the noodles takes about 2 hrs.

Restaurants

Local Restaurants

Kanoura Shokuko (鹿の浦食堂)

Japanese

八森字鹿の浦８９−２, on the W side of the 101 [2]

Ph: 0185-77-3082

(Hours?)

Quaint little shokudo with a great cliffside view of the ocean and a menu prominently featuring squid. Friendly owner will welcome you back each time and maybe even give you a free bag of fruit if you play your cards right. Excellent chahan. Just across the parking lot is a soft cream place (ビット鹿の浦) which has a wild variety of flavors, from lavender to wasabi to miso, 250Y.

Chains

Onsen

Hatahata-kan (ハタハタ館), Hachimori

秋田県山本郡八峰町八森字御所の台５１[3]

ph. 0185-77-2770

¥400

Don't let the name (or the ugly exterior) scare you away. This lovely onsen is located on Rt 101 just south of the border with Aomori. You can't miss it; it has its own train station with a pedestrian bridge over the road to access the onsen. Perched on cliffs overlooking the Sea of Japan, one set of pools gets a wooden theme with beautiful cedar baths and a large wooden boat, and the other side a stone theme. Both sides have outdoor pools overlooking the ocean. During sakura season, the entire hillside nearby is covered with blossoming cherry trees.