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"Immediate Body Buddha" in Yamagata Prefecture and "Reincarnation Faith" in Yudonoyama

Immediately Buddha. Even if life dies, he will remain forever and watch over people. At the end of his training, the monk will eat only nuts and wild vegetables at his own will, and will reach a limit on the fat content of his body...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.06.15

Kurokawa Noh

Kurokawa Noh is a Shinto ritual that has been developed independently by farmers for 500 years [Yamagata Prefecture]

At Kasuga Shrine in Kurokawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Gassan, Kurokawa Noh is a folk art that has been passed down for 500 years by parishioners (peasants) as a ritual, and is designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in the country.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.06.13

[Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture] Travel back in time to the Sengoku period? The Battle of Kawanakajima was held in Yonezawa in Reiwa...

The Uesugi Festival, which will be held in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, will be held for four days with a major event. In particular, the battle on Kawanakajima, which is reproduced on the riverbed of the Mogami River that flows through the city on the last day, is just like...

ikokeikoke2023.04.27

Daihokan

A historical heritage that remains at Tsuruoka, the port of call for Kitamae Ship [Yamagata Prefecture]

From the mid-Edo period through the 1890s, Kitamaebune ships traveled across the Sea of ​​Japan between Osaka and Tohoku and Hokkaido, transporting many goods. The largest port in the Tohoku region was Sakata (Sakata/Yamata).

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.04.14

[Yamagata Prefecture] Tsuruoka's silk fabric industry created by changing swords to hoes.

Japanese Heritage Site: "Silk associated with Samurai - To Tsuruoka, a town where we encounter the original scenery of modernization in Japan" Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, is home to Gassan, Hagurosan, and Yudonoyama (Yudou...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.04.12

[Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture] Tourist spots you should visit along with Mt. Hanami and local places you should try at least once...

Hanamiyama in Fukushima City is a famous flower spot visited every year by the late Akiyama Shotaro, a leading photographer in Japan, saying that "there is a paradise in Fukushima." Approximately 70 varieties including plums, cherry blossoms, forsythia, bokeh, and honeymoon...

natsukinatsuki2023.03.28

"Negaseki" is one of the three ancient Oshu sekies that surpasses Minamoto Yoshitsune and Matsuo Basho [Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture]

The Nezugaseki (Pretty Jogaseki, Pretty Jogaseki/Nezugaseki) was a region controlled by the Tohoku region (Ezo/Emishi), which was not yet controlled by the Yamato Imperial Court during the Ritsuryo political period (Asuka period to Heian period), and the area of ​​control (Kanto Hokuriku...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.03.08

The gorgeous "Noheji Gion Festival" and Kitamae Ship port call "Noheji" [Aomori Prefecture]

Noheji Town, Aomori Prefecture, is a port town located at the base of the Shimokita Peninsula, at the farthest of Mutsu Bay, between the Tsugaru Peninsula and the Shimokita Peninsula. "Noheji" is the Ainu word "Nuppeh (a river flowing through the field)"...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.03.06

[Fukushima Prefecture] 5 Famous Waters in Fukushima Prefecture! Delicious food that supports the recovery of "Utsukushima Fukushima"...

Fukushima Prefecture has seven "100 Famous Mountains" including Mt. Bandai, and although it is the largest area in the six Tohoku prefectures, it is home to untouched forests such as the Ou Mountains, Echigo Mountains, and Abukuma Highlands.

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.03.01

Asaka Canal

"Asaka Shui" is a major Meiji project that transformed the Asaka Shui field in Koriyama City into fertile ground [Fukushima Prefecture]

There is an irrigation canal that runs from Lake Inawashiro to Koriyama City. It is a canal that supplies water to Koriyama City by digging a tunnel through the mountains between Lake Inawashiro and Koriyama City. The Asaka Canal is a waterway that runs through the mountains between Lake Inawashiro and Koriyama City.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.12.23

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