Schedule of Lake Tazawa sightseeing boat

We are interested in the Lake Tazawa sightseeing boat ride on Monday, Oct. 27 and wondered whether anyone can provide the scheduled boat departure times from Tazawako. We are spending couple hours in Kakunodate and would like to include the boat ride before returning to Sendai.

Also, would the JR Shinkansen from Sendai to Hirosaki, Aomori, Hachinohe be crowded during the week of October 23-28. Thank you.

Below is the Tazawa-ko lake cruise schedule. Those marked with a black triangle only run during summer from Jul 20 to Aug 20.

http://ugokotsu.co.jp/tazawa/yuransen

Also, would the JR Shinkansen from Sendai to Hirosaki, Aomori, Hachinohe be crowded during the week of October 23-28.

There is no Shinkansen to Hurosaki, you have to change to a regular train. Check Hyperdia.

The trains will probably not be crowded as it is not a holiday season, but reservation is mandatory anyway on the Shinkansen to Aomori.

Thank you for the information. I am confused re. mandatory seat reservation on Shinkansen. if we are traveling from Sendai to Shin Aomori, do we have to have reserved seat or if time limited, can we take the unreserved seats?