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The legendary special express "Echo Morioka Aomori" [Iwate Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture]

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 OnoYuto Ono2025.05.02

Zashiki warriors

Would you be lucky if you could see it? We'll get to know the truth about the "zashiki warashi" that is being talked about at Kindaichi Onsen! [Iwate Prefecture]

Kindaichi Onsen is quietly located in the mountains of Ninohe City in northern Iwate Prefecture. This hot spring resort has long been popular as a hot spring resort, and the legend of "Zashiki Warashi" is...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.01

New spots in Iwate Prefecture are packed with great people, baseball, and famous restaurants! Three new road stations...

New roadside stations are opening one after another all over Japan, but in Iwate Prefecture, three new roadside stations have recently opened over the past five years. They provide a place for driving breaks, while also providing a local...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2025.04.30

deer dance

Date and the Southern folk entertainment "Shika Dance" | Local report on Sasara Hall's closure project [Iwate Prefecture]

One day in March, while watching X, I discovered a post from the Kanazu-ryu Pumice Shishiryu Preservation Society. It's finally coming in two weeks. This is the last opportunity for the lion to dance at Sasara Hall. t.coht...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.04.19

Is the birth of a new B-grade gourmet food? ? Bel Joyce's nice feeling pan! ! [Iwate Prefecture]

Have you heard of the Bell Joyce Group's "Delicious Beef Curry Bread with Sesame Fragrance" that won the top prize at the "Bento and Side Dishes Awards 2025"? Beef curry filling...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2025.04.15

What was "Kirisensho" that pitcher Kikuchi Yusei thought would be in the national category? [Iwate Prefecture]

"Kirisensho" is a local sweet made from steamed rice flour, and is served at celebrations in the central part of Iwate Prefecture, or as a snack when planting rice or farming. The other day, I was able to...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2025.04.07

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...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.04.02

Iwate Glamping

The amenities are the best! Glamping facilities that enjoy a trailer [Iwate Prefecture]

Iwate Prefecture has previously had few glamping facilities, but recently there have been gradually increasing numbers of facilities in various parts of the prefecture where you can enjoy camping easily without having to carry anything. In this article, we will introduce them...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2025.03.04

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...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.06

Sanriku Railway continues to run today after overcoming the crisis [Iwate Prefecture]

There is a railway that runs along the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture. It is called the Rias Line from the Sanriku Railway. The Sanriku Railway, which was the last railway to run along the Sanriku Coast, opened, was affected by the major disaster...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.01.23

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