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A spectacular view of the 60-year-old famous places in the states, Mutsu - Matsushima scenery and Toyama views (written by Utagawa Hiroshige) Source: ColBase (https://colbase.nich.go.jp/)

[Miyagi Prefecture] Matsushima is the three most famous Japanese scenery painted by Utagawa Hiroshige, an ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period. Picture...

Utagawa Hiroshige is a ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period who is famous for bringing out masterpieces such as the "Fifty-third Tokaido" into the world. Hiroshige was in his later years, in his states...

Aoiwa2025.02.17

Harumune Date, a portrait of the Sendai City Museum

Shrines and temples

[Fukushima Prefecture] The grave of the Date Harumune and his personality in Hozumiji Temple in Fukushima City

The 15th Date family, the Date Harumune, is the grandfather of Masamune Date, the first lord of the Sendai feudal clan, and in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, the hometown of Masamune.

Aoiwa2025.02.03

Japanese sake

[Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture] Sake of natto label that should be a sake brewery? Cola of the same company ...

One of the sake brands that represents Miyagi Prefecture is Wataya. There is a limited product that sells such a cotton shop, which sells Kim of Kim only once a year. That name ...

Aoiwa2025.01.30

folk beliefs

[Miyagi Prefecture] Karita Rei Shrine in Zao -cho, the center of the "Swan religion" transmitted to the southern region of the prefecture.

Zao -cho, Karita -gun, Miyagi Prefecture. There is a shrine called Karita Rin Shrine (Shiratori Daimeijin) at the National Route 4 near the border with Shiraishi City and the Tohoku Expressway ...

Aoiwa2025.01.28

Traditional crafts

[Yamagata Prefecture] This tradition was created by Kuraji Kobayashi, who trained in woodworking at Sakunami Onsen in the Sendai domain...

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representing the Tohoku region. It is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage existing in every prefecture in Tohoku...

Aoiwa2025.01.24

old architecture

[Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture] Takashiba Deco House, a village of local toys that still remains in the territory of the former Miharu domain

Did you know that there is a craftsman village called ``Takashiba Deco Yashiki'' near the prefectural border with Miharu Town, about 25 minutes by car from Koriyama Station? Popular TV drama "Solitary...

Aoiwa2025.01.22

Field report

[Fukushima Prefecture] Can we replace the year's various disasters with "lies"? Iizaka Onsen/Takahata Tenmangu Shrine...

Takahata Tenmangu Shrine is located in Iizaka-cho, Fukushima City. The ``Usokae Festival'' is held twice a year in January and April at this shrine, where the various misfortunes of the year are replaced with ``lies.''

Aoiwa2025.01.15

Traditional crafts

[Akita Prefecture] Akita's traditional kokeshi doll, which has a unique melancholy expression, "Kijiyamako...

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representing the Tohoku region. It is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage existing in every prefecture in Tohoku...

Aoiwa2025.01.07

Traditional crafts

[Aomori Prefecture] Tsugaru Kokeshi is the youngest of the 12 lines, a traditional kokeshi doll that originated in the Taisho era.

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representing the Tohoku region. It is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage existing in every prefecture in Tohoku...

Aoiwa2024.12.25

Traditional crafts

[Yamagata Prefecture] Traditional Kokeshi developed at Hijinori Onsen based on the flow of Naruko and Tokaita ...

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representing the Tohoku region. It is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage existing in every prefecture in Tohoku...

Aoiwa2024.12.12

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[Miyagi Prefecture] Matsushima is the three most famous Japanese scenery painted by Utagawa Hiroshige, an ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period. Picture...

[Fukushima Prefecture] The grave of the Date Harumune and his personality in Hozumiji Temple in Fukushima City

[Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture] Sake of natto label that should be a sake brewery? Cola of the same company ...

[Miyagi Prefecture] Karita Rei Shrine in Zao -cho, the center of the "Swan religion" transmitted to the southern region of the prefecture.

[Yamagata Prefecture] This tradition was created by Kuraji Kobayashi, who trained in woodworking at Sakunami Onsen in the Sendai domain...

[Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture] Takashiba Deco House, a village of local toys that still remains in the territory of the former Miharu domain

[Fukushima Prefecture] Can we replace the year's various disasters with "lies"? Iizaka Onsen/Takahata Tenmangu Shrine...

[Akita Prefecture] Akita's traditional kokeshi doll, which has a unique melancholy expression, "Kijiyamako...

[Aomori Prefecture] Tsugaru Kokeshi is the youngest of the 12 lines, a traditional kokeshi doll that originated in the Taisho era.

[Yamagata Prefecture] Traditional Kokeshi developed at Hijinori Onsen based on the flow of Naruko and Tokaita ...