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Akita Kanto Festival

[2024 event information] Akita's three major Tohoku festivals "Kanto Festival"

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...

2024.07.16

The lyrics were written in the song in the past... Night trains departing from Ueno and heading to Aomori [Aomori Prefecture]

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...

2024.07.05

It takes 16 hours to Aomori from Osaka! Shiratori is the longest daytime express train in Japan

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...

2024.06.18

[Chokaisan and Tobishima Geopark: Yurihonjo Edition] When Japan was on the Eurasian continent...

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...

2024.05.31

[Akita Prefecture/Oga Peninsula] Full of view points. A magnificent park created by the earth...

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...

2024.05.29

Yurihonjo, where Honjo, Kameda and Yajima domains were intersected between the Kubota domain and the Shonai domain...

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...

2024.05.27

Gojome Town, home to a morning market that has been around for over 500 years and "zelkova with breasts" (Akita Prefecture)

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)).

2024.05.23

For some reason, do they have a lot of unusual names? Station names on the Ou Main Line [Fukushima, Yamagata, Akita]

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...

2024.05.22

Shiosezaki, located on the southwest edge of the Oga Peninsula where Godzilla and Gamera are located, and Akita's Uyuni Salt...

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"...

2024.05.21

Rocky landscape of the west coast of Oga Peninsula ©Oganavi

[Akita Prefecture, Oga Peninsula] Strange rocks on the west coast where ancient legends are passed down

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...

2024.05.15

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