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The tracks of Hatsukari, the first express train in the Tohoku region

When people living in the metropolitan area visit the Tohoku region using public transport, they often use Shinkansen such as the Tohoku Shinkansen. However, the Tohoku Shinkansen has been open for about 40 years now...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.02.26

Former Wakayanagi Station building

Experience driving the trains that were actually running at the Kuriden Museum! [Miyagi Prefecture]

Kuriden Museum (Kurihara Denen Railway Park) is a railway theme park located in Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, which has been made public and has been kept in the public, with passenger cars and electric locomotives used by the former Kurihara Denen Railway...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.16

Migratory birds in Izuuma

People lived in the fertile earth for a long time, and Kurihara was the territory of the Sendai domain during the Edo period...

The Kurihara area that makes up Kurihara City is spread out at the southeastern foot of Mt. Kurikoma, and is home to the Ichihasamagawa River, Nisasagawa River, and Sanhasamagawa River, which originate from Mt. Kurikoma...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.01.02

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Main shrine to protect the 12 zodiac signs of Sendai | Main shrine to protect the zodiac signs of Tohoku: Miyagi Edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.31

Atago Shrine temple name plaque

The main deity of the year of the Dragon and Snake enshrined in the god of fire! Atago Shrine on Mt. Atago (Sendai City)...

Located in the southern part of Sendai city center and on the summit of Mt. Atago, Atago Shrine is famous as a night view spot, as it offers a panoramic view of Sendai city across the Hirose River. It is named after "Atago"...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.30

Daimanji Kokuzodo

Is the Thousand-Body Buddha of Daimanji Temple in Mukaiyama, the root of the place name in Sendai? [Miyagi Prefecture]

On the way from the center of Sendai city towards Nagamachi, Mt. Atago is located near Atagobashi Station on the Namboku Line of the Sendai Municipal Subway. It is famous for being Atago Shrine here, but right behind it is Daimanji Kokuzo...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.29

[Series 3: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] Abe's army, which boasts unparalleled strength, is pushed into a corner...

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Abe no Yoritoki were once again in combat since the Akutogawa Incident in February 1056 (Tenki 4th year), but the situation of the war was back and forth...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.15

[Series ②: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the second three years] The role of the previous nine years goes from truce to battle again, and it is a struggle...

Abe no Yoriyoshi, the chief of Okurokugun (Iwate Prefecture), is a leader of Mutsunokami and Fujiwara Noboru, who sought the soldiers to defeat him, and onikiribe...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.08

[Series 1: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the later three years] Why did the Ou War occur at the end of the Heian period...

Also known as the "Twelfth Oshu Battle," this battle, which was a battlefield between Mutsu and Dewa, and now Iwate and Akita prefectures, was not just a local battle, but a bridge to the Kamakura period...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.11.28

Due to a strange fate, the people from the Sendai domain were the first to travel around the world in Japan [Miya...

Did you know that it was from the Sendai domain that Japan's first traveled around the world? In this article, we will briefly discuss the stories of people from the Sendai domain who have traveled around the world due to a strange fate...

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