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Akita Inu Designation as a Natural Monument (Akita Prefecture)

On July 31, 1931 , nine Akita dogs were designated as a national natural monument under the name "Akita Inu ." This was the first time a Japanese dog breed had received such designation, and its purpose is to preserve and protect the Akita dog

The ancestors of this breed are believed to be a dog called "Odate Inu," which was kept as a guard dog and fighting dog by samurai and wealthy farmers in the Odate region of Akita Prefecture

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Akita dogs are a Japanese treasure! The Akita Dog Preservation Society in Odate City strictly manages their bloodlines [Akita Prefecture]

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Odate City, Akita Prefecture, is located in the middle reaches of the Yoneshiro River, which crosses northern Akita Prefecture. It borders Aomori Prefecture and is the northernmost municipality in Akita Prefecture. Odate City is a basin (the Odate Basin) surrounded by mountains on three sides. The northwestern part of the city is a series of mountains and forests that extend to the Shirakami-Sanchi Mountains, a World Heritage Site, with forests accounting for approximately 80% of the city. The city center is located in the basin along the Yoneshiro River, with farmland surrounding it. The climate is typical of a basin, with large temperature differences between hot summers and cold winters. Odate is also one of the snowiest areas in Akita Prefecture, with an average snow depth of approximately 2.5 meters. Akita dogs were bred as hunting dogs...

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Hachinohe Sansha Festival (Aomori Prefecture)

The Hachinohe Sansha Taisai is a summer festival held annually in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, from July 31st to August 4th, and originates from the festival of Ogami Shrine

The "three shrines" of the Sansha Festival refer to Ogami Shrine, Silla Shrine, and Shinmei Shrine, all located within Hachinohe City. In 2004, the festival was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property as the "Hachinohe Sansha Festival Float Event," and in 2016 it was designated a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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Hachinohe Sansha Festival (Aomori Prefecture), which originated from the Ogami Shrine festival, attracts over 1 million people during the festival period!

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When people think of summer festivals in Aomori Prefecture, the Aomori Nebuta Festival comes to mind for many, but Hachinohe City also has a large-scale summer festival representing Aomori called the Hachinohe Sansha Festival. This article explores the history of the Hachinohe Sansha Festival. What is the Hachinohe Sansha Festival? The Hachinohe Sansha Festival is a festival that originated from the festival of Ogami Shrine, held annually from July 31st to August 4th in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture. The "three shrines" in the Sansha Festival refer to Ogami Shrine, Silla Shrine, and Shinmei Shrine, all located within Hachinohe City. The festival features a procession of portable shrines from the three shrines and 20 floats from each town in the city...

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Hayachine Shrine Annual Festival and Yoimiya (Iwate Prefecture)

The annual festival of Hayachine Shrine in Osakocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture

The eve of the festival is held on July 31st and the main festival on August 1st. On both days, the Hayachine Kagura (Daisho Kagura and Take Kagura) , which has a tradition of over 500 years and is registered as an important intangible folk cultural property of Japan and a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, will be performed.

Folklorist Kunio Yanagita's birthday

Kunio Yanagita, a folklorist often called the father of Japanese folklore studies , was born on July 31, 1875 , in Tsujikawa Village, Shinto District, Shikama Prefecture (present-day Tsujikawa, Fukusaki Town, Kanzaki District, Hyogo Prefecture)

While working as a bureaucrat, he investigated rural areas throughout Japan to answer his own question of "what it means to be Japanese." He researched and studied the lives, customs, and traditions of ordinary people that do not appear in historical records, and established them as a systematic field of study called "folklore studies."

In 1908 (Meiji 41), Yanagita met Sasaki Kizen, a then-up-and-coming writer, and became interested in Tono, Iwate Prefecture. The following year, in 1909, he actually went to Tono

He conducted interviews on-site, collecting various traditions and legends passed down in Tono, and in 1910 published a collection of these tales called "Tono Monogatari" (Tales of Tono)

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