Hideyo Noguchi is famous for appearing on the 1,000 yen bill, but did you know that he was born in Fukushima Prefecture? The prefecture is home to buildings where he actually lived, as well as a museum. In this article...
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Morioka City, the prefectural capital of Iwate Prefecture, is a city that combines both old and new, with a retro atmosphere and urban streetscape. Morioka Castle, with its remaining stone walls, and the Red Brick Museum, which retains traces of the Meiji era, are popular tourist attractions.
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Iwate Prefecture is cool and has a large temperature difference between morning and evening. The Kitakami mountain range, which occupies a large part of the prefecture, has many slopes with calcareous soil that is ideal for grape cultivation, making it a region where winemaking has flourished since ancient times. Kuzumaki Winery...
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Yamagata Prefecture has many basins suitable for grape cultivation and is home to the largest number of wineries among the six Tohoku prefectures. The Murayama region in the north of the prefecture has seen an increase in the number of new wineries in recent years. Tsuruoka City in the Shonai region is also seeing a rise in new wineries.
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The Okitama region in southern Yamagata Prefecture has long been a thriving grape growing region, with many long-established wineries, along with newer wineries, producing and bringing to market high-quality Japanese wines. Takahata Winery...
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Yunogami Onsen is located in Shimogo Town, at the southernmost tip of Fukushima Prefecture's Aizu region, bordering Nasushiobara City in Tochigi Prefecture. The Agagawa River (Okawa River) flows through the center of the town.
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Iwase Yumoto Onsen is located in Ten'ei Village, in central Fukushima Prefecture, sandwiched between the cities of Sukagawa, Shirakawa, and Aizuwakamatsu. In the center of Ten'ei Village is the watershed that divides Japan into east and west, the Ousaka Pass (...
Did you know that Miyagi Prefecture, home of Sasanishiki rice, has the lowest fruit production in the Tohoku region? There were no wineries there, but as part of the recovery efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the prefecture...
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According to 2018 statistics, Akita Prefecture ranked 6th in the nation for apple harvest (5th in the Tohoku region), and 1st in the nation for berries such as raspberries and blackberries. However, grapes account for 18th in the nation...
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