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

The border between Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, the Yonekawa area in Higashiwa-cho, Tome City, Fujisawa-cho, Ichinoseki City, and Magome area in Motoyoshi-cho, Kesennuma City, are the "hidden Christian Village"...

2024.09.13

Togata Kokeshi's expression

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

Kokeshi is one of the most representative traditional crafts in the Tohoku region. This is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage in all Tohoku prefectures. This time, we'll be looking at the following...

2024.09.11

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]

Toshogu Station, one station on the Senzan Line from JR Sendai Station, is home to the shrine "Sendai Toshogu", which is the origin of its name. The virtue was founded by Date Tadamune, the second lord of the Sendai domain...

2024.09.06

[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 large autumn festivals, the regular festival at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine, the total guardian of the Sendai Domain of 620,000 koku. In addition, Masamune, the founder of the domain, was based at Mt. Masamune, and before the founding of Sendai, Masamune, the prince of Mt. Masamune, was the home of the capital.

2024.08.27

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 Zao mountain range and the Ou Mountains spanning Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures. Did you know that there is a shrine on the Miyagi Prefecture side of the Zao mountain range where sacred objects move repeatedly in summer and winter? Karita-dake summit and Togata Onsen...

2024.08.23

Miyagi's local natto

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

Easy to get and get enough nutrition, you have to have none in the morning! Natto is a processed food that many people think of. It is said that many people from Western Japan are not good at it, but those from Tohoku are the ones who like it...

2024.08.20

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

The Sendai Tanabata Festival, which elegantly decorates the city of Sendai, will be held again this year for four days from Monday, August 5th to Thursday, August 8th, including the eve of the year (Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival)! Visitors will be extended during the event period...

2024.07.19

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 one of Japan's leading leading companies. Many Miyagi residents know that they have a huge factory in Ohira Village, and that cars produced in Miyagi Prefecture are shipped all over Japan from here, but...

2024.07.12

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

Until the Tohoku Shinkansen opened in 1982, many express trains and express trains ran along the Tohoku Main Line, which runs north and south. Inside the Tohoku region, between the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Tohoku region...

2024.07.08

Statue of Kimiyuki Sanada Yukimura

Three historical sites that surround the connection between Katakura Shigenaga and Sanada Yukimura, the vanguard of the Date family, "Oni Kojuro" [Miyagi Prefecture]

During the Battle of the Tokugawa Shogunate to destroy the Toyotomi family, a historical site relating to Sanada Yukimura and his descendants, who were foe and allies, but were united by strange connections, existed in Shiraishi City.

2024.07.03

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