The Nvillage journal
Guests who stayed at Nvillage, and the Hachinohe we walked together. Written by the host, as it happened.
Hasshoku Center: how to get there from Hachinohe Station, and how the grill works
The first place we send guests who have just arrived. Which bus to take from Hachinohe Station (the fare went from 100 to 150 yen in April 2026), why opening hours differ from hall to hall, the order you have to do things in at the Shichirin-mura charcoal grills, and what is worth carrying home — from the host of a guesthouse by Hachinohe Station.
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Senbei-jiru in Hachinohe: why the cracker doesn't dissolve, and where to eat it
The cracker that goes into the pot is not the one you eat with tea. What Hachinohe senbei-jiru is, why a purpose-made cracker holds its shape in broth, when to eat it, and how to find one of the roughly 200 restaurants serving it — from the host of a guesthouse by Hachinohe Station.
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Mackerel and squid in Hachinohe: when the season is, and where to eat it
Hachinohe's branded mackerel has a certification window that is redecided every year, and the squid season runs from summer into winter at the port with Japan's largest squid landings. When to come, how to buy at the two morning markets, and what to order at an izakaya — from the host of a guesthouse by the station.
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Tanesashi Coast and Kabushima: a national park you can reach by train from Hachinohe
Natural lawn running right down to the waterline, and an island where thirty to forty thousand black-tailed gulls nest. Sanriku Fukko National Park is about thirty minutes from Hachinohe Station by local train — here is how to do it without a car, written by the host of a guesthouse by the station.
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Ten nights in Hachinohe: Brian, Jessie, and the summer we spent together
A couple about to get married stayed ten nights at Nvillage, our guesthouse by Hachinohe Station. Yokocho bar hopping, a sake brewery, high school baseball — the Hachinohe you only find when you stay a while.
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Hachinohe by rail pass: Marcus from Sweden, and a charcoal grill at Hasshoku Center
Marcus came to Japan for a short exchange term at Waseda University — and took his rail pass north to Hachinohe first. Scallops and crab grilled over charcoal at Hasshoku Center, a day at Oirase Gorge and Lake Towada, and a night in the yokocho. A stay at Nvillage, written by the host.
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