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Yajiro Kokeshi's expression

Yajiro Kokeshi – A tradition developed around Kamasaki Onsen, the home of the Shiraishi Katakura family...

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representing the Tohoku region. It is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage existing in every prefecture in Tohoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.17

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 1] Northern Miyagi Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians...

The prefectural border between Miyagi Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture, Yonekawa in Towa-cho, Tome City, Okago area, Fujisawa-cho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, and Magome, Motoyoshi-cho, Kesennuma City...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.09.13

Togata Kokeshi's expression

Togata Kokeshi – Traditional Kokeshi developed at Togata Onsen in Miyagi Zao [Miya...

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representing the Tohoku region. It is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage existing in every prefecture in Tohoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.11

worship hall

Sendai Toshogu Shrine is a shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, located in Sendai, and is a treasure trove of important cultural properties! [Miyagi Prefecture]

At Toshogu Station, one stop on the Senzan Line from JR Sendai Station, there is the shrine that gives the name, Sendai Toshogu. Sendai...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.06

[Recommended Autumn Festival: Miyagi Edition] The Date family's majestic atmosphere and music overflowing with the city's city, coloring autumn.

Speaking of Miyagi Prefecture's big autumn festivals, the annual festival at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine, the 620,000 koku guardian of the Sendai domain, is famous. In addition, Date Masamune, the founder of the domain, founded Sendai...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.08.27

Kattamine Shrine (plaque of Zao Daigongen)

Are there any sacred objects that are constantly moving in the hot spring towns at the top and at the foot of the mountain? Karita Minegami of Miyagi Zao...

The Ou Mountains and Zao Mountain Range straddle Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures. Did you know that on the Miyagi Prefecture side of the Zao Mountain Range, there is a shrine whose deity repeatedly moves during the summer and winter?

AoiwaAoiwa2024.08.23

Miyagi's local natto

From north to south! 7 local nattos from Miyagi Prefecture that you can buy at the supermarket! [Miyagi Prefecture]

Easily available and nutritious, I have to have this in the morning! Natto is a processed food that many people think of. It is said that there are many people in western Japan who are not good at it...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.08.20

[2024 event information] Sendai Tanabata Festival, where gorgeous Tanabata decorations decorate the city!

The Sendai Tanabata Festival, which graces the streets of Sendai, will be held for four days from August 5th (Monday) to August 8th (Thursday), including the eve festival (Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival)...

NEFT Editorial Department2024.07.19

Nakashinden Uchihamono Upcycled car scrap knife

Toyota Motor Corporation strives to create new value! Car scraps are born into traditional crafts...

Toyota Motor Corporation is a leading company representing Japan. We have a huge factory in Ohira Village, and many cars made in Miyagi Prefecture are shipped all over Japan from here...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.07.12

The history of the Tohoku Main Line, which runs north and south through the Tohoku region

Until the Tohoku Shinkansen opened in 1982, many limited express trains and express trains ran on the Tohoku Main Line, which traverses the Tohoku region from north to south. Tohoku...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.07.08

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