Aoiwa

Travelling around the Tohoku region and enjoy delicious drinks and explore the history, traditions and customs of the land ♨️

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Aomori Prefecture

Hachiman Horse - A lucky toy that is one of Japan's three major pieces and is a lucky toy that is passed down in the southern horse production area...

In the past, horses were inseparable from people's lives, such as farming, war, and transportation. There are many excellent horse production areas in the Tohoku region, and their appearance is naturally found in various regions...

Aoiwa2025.03.17

history

Atagoyama horizontal tombs, a mixture of ancient and modern holes, and the remains of Atagoshita Water Power Station [Miyagi Prefecture Sen...

In the heart of Sendai city, about 2km south of JR Sendai Station, there are ruins dotted with strange side holes on the cliffs along the Hirose River, crossing the Atago Ohashi Bridge. Atagoyama's horizontal tomb...

Aoiwa2025.03.13

folk beliefs

Over ten thousand Jizo Bodhisattvas covering the walls of Mayama [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Namahage is a visitor god passed down around the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. At Shinzan Jinja, the center of this tradition, once a year, once a year, we have a "namahage..."

Aoiwa2025.03.03

winter festival

I was excited by my first Namahage! Local report of the 62nd Namahage Shibato Festival [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Oga City, Akita Prefecture is the sacred place for the visitor god "Namahage," which is no exaggeration to say that it is the most famous in Japan. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media: NEFT [Akita...

Aoiwa2025.02.26

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/)

Scenic spots

Matsushima, the three most famous Japanese scenery, painted by Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige. Does the island in the painting still exist today? [Purchae...

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

Date Harumune's grave and his figure at Hoshuji Temple in Fukushima City [Fukushima Prefecture]

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

Is it a natto label sake that should be forbidden to sake breweries? Special pure rice sake collaboration product from a local 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

Karitamin Shrine in Zao Town, the center of "swan faith" that is passed down in the southern part of the prefecture [Miyagi 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 Kokeshi - Created by Kobayashi Kuraji, who trained in 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

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

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