Previous article: [Series: Tracing the narrow path in the back of the valley ③] After leaving Sendai, Basho and Sora arrive at Matsushima by boat from Shiogama. Basho Matsuo and Sora Kawai...
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Previous article: [Serial: Tracing the Narrow Road to the Back of the World ①] The journey to Tohoku begins with "crossing the Shirakawa barrier" On May 3, 1689 (6/19 of the new calendar), the haiku poet...
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In the Edo period, when there were no airplanes, bullet trains, or automobiles, traveling on foot was the norm, and it was a life-threatening journey that was fraught with great hardship. (Basho) That's...
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Oishida Town is located almost in the center of Yamagata Prefecture, and is a town with a prosperous agricultural industry, represented by rice and watermelon, which flows through the central part of the Mogami River. Specialty...
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``Anonahan'' means ``that one'', and ``Odekunanse'' means ``please come'' in the Morioka dialect. There are many tourist attractions in Morioka...
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Janohana, a village of flowers and history in Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture, is a garden where you can admire flowers in full bloom throughout the year. Inside the park, there are nationally registered tangible...
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The history of Morioka dates back to the distant Heian period, when Sakanoue Tamuramaro, the Great Shogun of the Great Conqueror, built Shiba Castle. In the Nanbokucho period, it was connected to the Kai-Genji...
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The Okitama region, which was ruled by the former Yonezawa clan, including Yonezawa City, is dotted with hot springs connected to the Uesugi family. The Uesugi family is the first...
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Sokushinbutsu. Even if life ends, they remain forever and watch over people. At the end of their training, monks voluntarily eat only nuts and wild vegetables...
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At Kasuga Shrine in Kurokawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Gassan, it was passed down as a ritual by parishioners (peasants) for 500 years and was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in the country...
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