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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. Right...

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 do not have any electricity equipment...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.04.21

Kintaro? What is the EH500 type electric locomotive that is mainly used on the Tohoku Main Line?

In addition to the trains that are carried by passengers, there are many freight trains running on the JR Tohoku Main Line, the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line and the Aoimori Railway Line, which pass through the Tohoku region. ...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.04.02

Noshiro City, which has developed as a port for logistics in Yoneshiro River, has become an address, and is still in the modern era...

The Yoneshiro River crosses the central part of Noshiro City from east to west. It departs from Nakadake (1024m above sea level), which spans Akita, Aomori, and Iwate prefectures, and is located in Kosaka Town...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.03.27

Hiyama Ando clan, ruled Akita during the Sengoku period and based in Noshiro [Akita Prefecture]

Noshiro City is a city located in northern Akita Prefecture, with a population of approximately 47,000 people bordering the Sea of ​​Japan on the west side (as of December 2024, Noshiro City). First class in the center of the city...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.03.24

Akita Glamping

Introducing stylish glamping facilities inspired by the Kujukushima Island of Elephant-gata [Akita Prefecture]

"Glamping" is a coined word meaning "glamorous" "camping" and is a camping experience that makes you enjoy it as if you were staying at a luxury hotel empty-handed...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2025.03.19

"Honkai Lion Dance Banraku" is a folk entertainment that has been handed down for 400 years [Yurimoto, Akita Prefecture...

Yurihonjo City is known as the Honkai Lion Dance Bangaku, a folk performing arts that has been passed down since ancient times, and has been designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in the country...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.03.18

Large meanders of Mt. Nanaza and Yoneshiro River from "Kimimachisaka" ©Lande

"Kimimachisaka" associated with the sacred mountain "Nanazazan" and Emperor Meiji [Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture]

Futatsui is an area located in the eastern part of Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture, and was once an independent municipality as Futatsui Town. In 2006 (Heisei 18)...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.03.14

All Buddhas of Mayama

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..."

AoiwaAoiwa2025.03.03

Shirayuki Express, which took 12 hours to connect Kanazawa and Aomori

From now on (2025) to about 40 years ago, express trains ranging from Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture to Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture over 12 hours. ...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.27

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