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Furukawa specialty dad's favorite

Does the name sound similar to a nationwide favorite? Furukawa's specialty, "Papa's Favorite" (Miyagi Prefecture)

When you think of delicious and versatile mixed rice crackers that are great for drinking or as a snack for kids, what product name comes to mind? Many people probably think of names like "〇 Favorites"...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.10.01

Osaki Hachiman Shrine's worship hall

Osaki Hachiman Shrine in Tajiri, Osaki City [Miyagi Prefecture], the main shrine of Sendai's national treasure, Osaki Hachiman Shrine

Located in the northwest of Miyagi Prefecture, Osaki City has the third largest population in the prefecture after Sendai and Ishinomaki. Together with surrounding cities and towns, it forms the Osaki Metropolitan Area, and is a city designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.24

[Christianity Spreads in Tohoku: Part 2] Northern Miyagi Prefecture, Home to Hidden Christians [...].

[Northern Miyagi and Southern Iwate Prefectures] Christianity Spreads in Tohoku (Part 1) In northern Miyagi and southern Iwate Prefectures, which became the home of hidden Christians, the spread of Christianity in Tohoku is...

Editorial staffEditorial staff2024.09.20

Yajiro Kokeshi's facial expression

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

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representative of the Tohoku region. They are a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique style found in every prefecture in the Tohoku region. This time, we will be looking at some of these kokeshi...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.17

[The Spread of Christianity in Tohoku: Part 1] Northern Miyagi Prefecture, the Home of Hidden Christians...

The "Hidden Christian Villages" are located on the border between Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, in the Yonekawa area of ​​Towa Town, Tome City, the Okago area of ​​Fujisawa Town, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the Magome area of ​​Motoyoshi Town, Kesennuma City.

Editorial staffEditorial staff2024.09.13

The facial expressions of Togatta Kokeshi dolls

Togatta Kokeshi – Traditional Kokeshi developed in "Togatta Onsen" in Zao, Miyagi Prefecture [Miya...

Kokeshi dolls are one of the traditional crafts representative of the Tohoku region. They are a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique style found in every prefecture in the Tohoku region. This time, we will be looking at some of these kokeshi...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.11

worship hall

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

Just one stop from JR Sendai Station on the Senzan Line, Toshogu Station is home to the shrine that gave it its name, Sendai Toshogu Shrine. Founded by Date Tadamune, the second lord of the Sendai domain, the shrine is dedicated to...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.06

[Recommended Autumn Festivals: Miyagi] The majesty of the Date clan and music filling the streets

Miyagi Prefecture's major autumn festivals include the annual festival of Osaki Hachimangu Shrine, the main shrine of the Sendai domain, which had a fiefdom of 620,000 koku. Other famous festivals include the festival of Masamune Date of Mt. Iwate, where the domain's founder, Masamune Date, had his base before founding Sendai.

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2024.08.27

Kattamine Shrine (plaque bearing the name Zao Daigongen)

Is there a sacred object that keeps moving between the mountaintop and the hot spring town at the foot of the mountain? Miyagi Zao's Kattamine Shrine...

The Zao mountain range, part of the Ou Mountains, straddles Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures. Did you know that on the Miyagi side of the Zao mountain range, there is a shrine whose deity moves from summer to winter? The summit of Mt. Katta and Togatta Onsen...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.08.23

Miyagi's local natto

From north to south! 7 local natto varieties from Miyagi Prefecture that you can buy at supermarkets! [Miyagi Prefecture]

Natto is a processed food that is easily available, packed with nutrition, and is a must-have for many people in the morning! While many people in western Japan are said to dislike it, many people from the Tohoku region seem to like it...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.08.20

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