At the Akita Kanto Festival, one of the three major Tohoku festivals, one of Tohoku's leading festivals, about 280 Kanto Festival travelled along the streets overnight, and it is said that the number of lanterns will reach as many as 10,000. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media...
NEFT Editorial Department
Many people may know the beginning of the song for Ishikawa Sayuri's single "Tsugaru Strait/Winter Scenery," which was released in 1977. It is a masterpiece with short lyrics incorporating the scenes of a journey...
There used to be a limited express train called Shiratori, a JNR, that runs over 1,000km along the Sea of Japan coast from Osaka Station to Aomori Station. From Osaka Station to Aomori Station when it was first introduced in 1961...
Yurihonjo City is a local government that accounts for about 70% of the Yuri region, spreading out across the edge of Mt. Chokai (2,236m), which divides the Dewa region into north and south. The area is 1,200 square kilometers, and approximately 10...
The Oga Peninsula was founded 20,000 years ago. The Oga Peninsula was an island 6,000 years ago. The peninsula jutting out into the Sea of Japan appeared on the ground about 20,000 years ago. The era is the ice age. The Oga Peninsula, which was at the bottom of the sea...
Until the Edo period, the areas of Yamagata and Akita prefectures were treated as one country. Yurihonjo City is located on the north side of Mt. Chokai (2236m above sea level), which rises to the prefectural border with Yamagata Prefecture, and...
Gojomemachi, located north of Akita City, is home to approximately 7,700 people, known as the morning market that began about 500 years ago (as of February 2024, Akita Prefecture's population and households (monthly report)).
The Ou Main Line is a JR East line that runs from Fukushima Station to Yamagata Station and Akita Station to Aomori Station. It is one of the main trains that run north-south through the Tohoku region, and was once a limited express train that ran across all sections...
At the north tip of the Oga Peninsula is Nyudozaki. On the hill, which is filled with a huge panoramic view of the Sea of Japan, there is a rare climbing lighthouse, and on the nearby coast is the "deer drop"...
The most popular tourist attractions on the Oga Peninsula are a number of strange rocks such as Godzilla Rock and Daisankyo, and their shapes are also popular for their interesting shapes, but these are valuable things that allow you to see the history of the Earth...
