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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. And then we're at the front of that freight train...

2025.04.02

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, Kakunodate City, Kitaakita City...

2025.03.27

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). The Yoneshiro River is a first-class river in the center of the city, and is east and west...

2025.03.24

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 yourself as if you were staying at a luxury hotel without any effort. In this article, we will introduce the home...

2025.03.19

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

In Yurihonjo City, there is a folk performing art called Honkai Shishi Dance Bangaku, a country designated as an important intangible folk cultural property, and is an ancient folk art. "Honkai Lion Dance Banraku" is...

2025.03.18

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. It merged with Noshiro City in 2006 (Heisei 18), and is currently a...

2025.03.14

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. The Namahage Purple Festival is held once a year at Shinzan Jinja, the center of this legend, and is currently hosting the Namahage Purple Festival all over the country...

2025.03.03

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. It's a train called "Shirayuki". ...

2025.02.27

62nd Namahage Shiba Hill 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 Why do Namabalds take on knives and sniff people...

2025.02.26

A train with a locomotive and passenger train! ? Trains with a strange formation [Aomori, Akita, Iwate]

The main character of Japanese railways today can be said to be "trains." Furthermore, on routes where electricity cannot be supplied for trains (non-electrified routes), "dietic cars" that use diesel fuel as fuel are used...

2025.02.06

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