[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is March 10th?

The day the main tunnel of the Seikan Tunnel was completed (Aomori Prefecture)

On March 10, 1985 , the main tunnel of the Seikan Tunnel was completed , connecting Honshu and Hokkaido by land.

The Seikan Tunnel (also known as the Seikan Tunnel) is a 53.85 km long railway tunnel that connects Imabetsu Town, Higashitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture on Honshu with Shiriuchi Town, Kamiiso District, Hokkaido, and was the longest undersea tunnel in the world at the time

The "Seikan Tunnel Entrance Plaza" near the entrance on the Aomori side , and a "Tunnel Shrine" has been erected to commemorate the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen.

The sacred object a stone that was excavated when the main mine was drilled a "penetration stone" that has been preserved by local residents is also installed to the right of the worship hall.

The day when the Hote Festival is held at Shiogama Shrine (Miyagi Prefecture)

Every year on March 10th the Hote Festival is held at Shiogama Shrine in Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture

It is a fire prevention ritual that has been carried on since the Edo period, and the highlight of the festival is the portable shrine procession the three most violent portable shrines in Japan . Sixteen bearers carry the portable shrine, which weighs over one ton, down the steep 202 steps of Omotesando, known as Otokozaka, through the city, and then climb the steps again to return, completing the ritual.

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