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 Odagiri
"If you cry, a mokko will come from the mountains." This phrase has been used for a long time, mainly in the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture, and is said to be a "training phrase" to stop children from crying, and is still Aomori...
Aoiwa
When you think of "chikuwa" in Aomori Prefecture, the first thing that comes to mind is Maruyo Suisan's "Kamome Chikuwa." Its presence is obvious when you look at the Kamaboko corner at the supermarket. How many rows are Kamme Chikuwa...
Hana Odagiri
Fermentation culture still remains strong in Hokkaido and Tohoku. Among them, "Nishinoki" that can be eaten in Hokkaido and Aomori has been loved for many years as a snack to eat with rice and alcohol...
Hana Odagiri
In the late Showa period, special express trains called "Echomorioka" and "Echo Aomori" operated on the Tohoku Main Line, known as the Tohoku aorta. Probably, the line is rather low-known...
Yuto Ono
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 Odagiri
As the cherry blossoms in Hirosaki Park begin to bloom, Tsugaru people begin to "experience the cherry blossom viewing in a slightly unusual way." The ones on the leisure sheet are actually "Split Crabs." What a rare cherry blossom viewing gourmet food in Tsugaru...
Hana Odagiri
I came to Hachinohe to see the Hachinohe Enburi, which is usually held from February 17th to 20th, and as I wrote in an article I previously published, "Hiroshi" will be held from 11am on the day I arrived...
editorial staff
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...
Yuto Ono
There are various "festivals" in Tohoku, and in the summer there are a wide variety of "festivals" in various places, including the Akita Kanotai Festival, the Hanagasa in Yamagata, the Nebuta and Morioka Sansa dances in Aomori, and the Sendai Tanabata. ...
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