In the center of Morioka City, if you go north from the Jujutsu-mae intersection where Ishiwarizakura (Ishiwarizakura) is located on Chuo-dori Street, you will see Token-ji Temple along the road. Behind this temple, there are three...
Aoiwa
In Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, there is a museum that focuses on demons, which is rare even in Japan. That is "Kitakami City Oni no Yakata". Speaking of demons, Japanese fairy tales...
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Currently, the Tohoku Shinkansen is a prominent railway line that traverses the Tohoku region from north to south. The Tohoku Main Line, a conventional line parallel to the Tohoku Shinkansen, is...
When people living in the Tokyo metropolitan area use public transportation to visit the Tohoku region, they often use Shinkansen trains such as the Tohoku Shinkansen. But east...
This year marks the end of the Kuroishiji Temple Somin Festival, which has a history of more than 1,000 years. It has been a hot topic in various places since early on, but I have never seen it before...
Aoiwa
Minamoto no Yoshiie's younger brother Yoshimitsu Minamoto joined Minamoto no Yoshiie's army from Kyoto to help his brother out of his predicament. The Allied forces were in trouble at the time...
Daiwa Consilio
With Mae Kiyohara (Kiyohara no Sanehira) dying of illness, the internal conflict within the Kiyohara clan finally came to an end. The six districts of Oku, which belonged to Mae, were ruled by Mutsu no kami...
Daiwa Consilio
After the war of the previous nine years, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi returned to Kyoto, and the Kiyohara clan ruled the Oku six districts of Mutsu (inland of Iwate Prefecture), which had been ruled by the Abe clan...
Daiwa Consilio
After being defeated by Abe Sadato in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie worked hard to strengthen their military strength.
Daiwa Consilio
After the Akutogawa Incident in February 1056, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Abe Yoritoki were at war again...
Daiwa Consilio
