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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...

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[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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Ishinomaki Senbero

Introducing recommended Senbero Bars on the Sengoku Line, from the east exit of Sendai Station to Ishinomaki! [Miyagi Prefecture]

At the east exit of Sendai Station, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, a professional baseball team, has been developing the station front since Miyagi Stadium in Miyagi Nohara, is now home stadium, and the station's free east-west corridor has been renovated.

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.11.20

Let's have a simmer

Introducing a unique Senbero bar near Izumi Chuo Station, the sub-center of Sendai! [Miyagi Prefecture]

The final stop is about 20 minutes from Sendai Station on the Namboku Subway Line, and the area around Izumichuo Station is a "Izumichuo Sub-center" in Sendai City, and is home to many office buildings and commercial facilities. They are connected...

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Lanterns at the main gate of Zuiganji Temple

A report on the local strolling of the temple at Zuiganji Temple in Matsushima! [Miyagi Prefecture]

A nighttime prayer event will be held at Zuiganji Temple, a national treasure in Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, from October 28th to November 19th, 2023. I actually visited the site on November 10th the other day...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.11.15

Osaki Senbero

The area around Furukawa Station in Osaki City, the core city of the prefecture, is a treasure trove of Senbero Bars! [Miyagi Prefecture]

Osaki City, a core city in northern Miyagi Prefecture, was born through a major merger in the Heisei era. From Kashimadai to Naruko, the central presence of Osaki City, long from east to west, is the Tohoku Shinkansen and East...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.11.02

Futakuchi forest road (view from Yamagata side)

[Miyagi Prefecture - Yamagata Prefecture] The only road that directly connects Sendai City and Yamagata City is the "Rindo Futakuchi Line"...

The roads connecting Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture are generally via the Yamagata Expressway/Tohoku Crossing Expressway/Sata Line, National Route 48, and Sasaya Pass, but you may be in winter...

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