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The Legend of the Three Lakes - Hachirotaro Traveling

[Legend of the Three Lakes of Northeastern North: Part 2] Side stories that are passed down in various places that flesh out the story

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Legend of the Three Lakes in Northeastern North: Part 1] Do you know about the "Legend of the Three Lakes," a magnificent folklore that lies across the three prefectures? https://jp.neft.asia/a...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.28

Three Dragon Gods of the Three Lakes (Nansobo, Hachirotaro, Tatsuko)

[Legend of the Three Lakes in Northeast North: Part 1] The magnificent folklore "Legend of the Three Lakes" that lies in the three prefectures...

The great nature of the northeastern north, spanning Aomori, Akita, and Iwate, has been passed down from ancient times to mysterious legends. Among them is a grand folklore known as the "Legend of the Three Lakes." It will be the stage...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.26

Moko

If you cry, a "mokko" comes! ? We've tried to follow the mystery of the trauma of children in Tsugaru...

"If you cry, a mokko will come from the mountains." This phrase has been used for a long time, mainly in the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture, and is said to be a "training phrase" to stop children from crying, and is still Aomori...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.05.13

deer dance

Date and the Southern folk entertainment "Shika Dance" | Local report on Sasara Hall's closure project [Iwate Prefecture]

One day in March, while watching X, I discovered a post from the Kanazu-ryu Pumice Shishiryu Preservation Society. It's finally coming in two weeks. This is the last opportunity for the lion to dance at Sasara Hall. t.coht...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.04.19

All Buddhas of Mayama

Over ten thousand Jizo Bodhisattvas covering the walls of Mayama [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Namahage is a visitor god passed down around the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. The Namahage Purple Festival is held once a year at Shinzan Jinja, the center of this legend, and is currently hosting the Namahage Purple Festival all over the country...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.03.03

62nd Namahage Shiba Hill Festival

I was excited by my first Namahage! Local report of the 62nd Namahage Shibato Festival [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Oga City, Akita Prefecture is the sacred place for the visitor god "Namahage," which is no exaggeration to say that it is the most famous in Japan. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT Why do Namabalds take on knives and sniff people...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.02.26

Monument in the swan

Karitamin Shrine in Zao Town, the center of "swan faith" that is passed down in the southern part of the prefecture [Miyagi Prefecture]

Zao Town, Karita District, Miyagi Prefecture. There is a shrine called Karitamine Shrine (Shiratori Daimyojin) located near the boundary between National Route 4 and the Tohoku Expressway. Karita, which has three companies in Zao Town...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.01.28

Usokae Festival Wooden Carved Uso Bird

Do you turn the various disasters of the year into lies? Takahata Tenmangu Shrine's Liar Festival Visit Report [Fuku...

Takahata Tenmangu Shrine is located in Iizakacho, Fukushima City. The "Listen Festival" held twice a year in January and April at this shrine is given a lucky charm that has a super powerful benefit, replacing various disasters of the year with "Listens"...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.01.15

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 2] South of Iwate Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians [...

[Northern Miyagi Prefecture and Southern Iwate Prefecture] Christianity spreading in Tohoku (Part 1) In the northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, which have become the villages of hidden Christians, Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Northern Kyoto in Tohoku...

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[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 2] Miyagi Prefecture Northern Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians [...

[Northern Miyagi Prefecture and Southern Iwate Prefecture] Christianity spreading in Tohoku (Part 1) In the northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, which have become the villages of hidden Christians, Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Northern Kyoto in Tohoku...

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