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From diesel express trains to bullet trains... The path of Tsubasa [Akita Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture]

As of 2025, Tsubasa, the Yamagata Shinkansen, mainly connects Tokyo Station with Yamagata Station or Shinjo Station in Yamagata Prefecture. Even if you are not particularly fond of railways, you may live in Yamagata or go to Yamagata...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.06.11

The Legend of the Three Lakes - Hachirotaro Traveling

[Legend of the Three Lakes of Northeastern North: Part 2] Side stories that are passed down in various places that flesh out the story

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Legend of the Three Lakes in Northeastern North: Part 1] Do you know about the "Legend of the Three Lakes," a magnificent folklore that lies across the three prefectures? https://jp.neft.asia/a...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.28

Three Dragon Gods of the Three Lakes (Nansobo, Hachirotaro, Tatsuko)

[Legend of the Three Lakes in Northeast North: Part 1] The magnificent folklore "Legend of the Three Lakes" that lies in the three prefectures...

The great nature of the northeastern north, spanning Aomori, Akita, and Iwate, has been passed down from ancient times to mysterious legends. Among them is a grand folklore known as the "Legend of the Three Lakes." It will be the stage...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.26

[Akita's Sasara Dance: Part 2] The Sasara Dance also comforted the disappointing Lord Satake...

Many folk performing arts and traditional events have been handed down in Akita Prefecture. "Sasara Dance" (or "Sasara") is one of them, and has been handed down throughout Akita, mainly in the Kitaakita region (the book...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.22

[Akita's Sasara Dance: Part 1] The roots of "Sasara Dance"? The hint is "Lion Dance"...

Many folk performing arts and traditional events have been handed down in Akita Prefecture. "Sasara Dance" (or "Sasara") is one of them, and has been handed down throughout Akita, mainly in the Kitaakita region (the book...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.20

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Tohoku's natto culture is amazing! Introducing unique natto dishes from the six Tohoku prefectures [A must-have natto lover...

When you think of natto, you may think of it as it is for breakfast, but in the Tohoku region, the flavors are different. In Tohoku, where fermented food culture is taking root, natto is also a local food culture...

Hana OdagiriHana Odagiri2025.05.15

Akita Cedar, which has been close to people's lives since ancient times, is a close look at the reasons and secrets [Akita Prefecture]

Japan's forest area is as much as 67% of the country's land area. Akita Prefecture has a forest rate of 72%, which is above the average, and broad-leaved trees mainly consist of beech trees from the World Heritage Site Shiragami Mountains (Shiragami Sanchi/Akita/Aomori Prefecture)...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.14

Oda, a genius painter who was a samurai and produced Japan's first Western film, Akita Ranga...

Odano family residences still surviving on Kakunodate Samurai Dori Street In Kakunodate Samurai Dori Street in Kakunodate, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, are the Odano family, a retainer of the Kubota domain (Akita domain). The Odano family has been a long time...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.12

Is it too much? Is it? What is the Japanese sweets "unpei"? Traditional flavors rooted in the local area [Aomori...

supermarkets and Japanese confectionery shops in the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture and Akita Prefecture are lined with sweets called "Unpei" during the New Year holidays, before Obon, and during the equinox period. Colors such as pure pink and fluorescent green...

Hana OdagiriHana Odagiri2025.04.25

Railway version of EV? ACCUM battery train running through the Oga Peninsula [Akita Prefecture]

Many "trains" run on Japanese railways today, but trains are basically vehicles that continue to take in electricity from outside, so they cannot be driven on routes that do not have electricity facilities...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.04.21

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