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[Iwate Prefecture] Why is Iwate/Morioka called that? Find out the origin of place names!

Iwate Prefecture is full of food culture such as Wankosoba, Morioka Cold Noodles, and Jajan noodles, as well as historical heritage such as Mokoshiji Temple and Chusonji Temple, but I've thought, "Why did Iwate Prefecture become the name of Iwate?"...

HiroyukiOkaHiroyukiOka2022.07.15

[Iwate Prefecture during the Boshin War] What was the decision of the Morioka and Ichinoseki clans?

During the Boshin War, when the Tohoku area became a battlefield, Iwate Prefecture was not a battlefield. At that time, Iwate Prefecture was the Morioka domain, which was the southern half of the northern half, and the southern half was the Ichinoseki domain, which had close ties to the Sendai domain...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.07.12

[Aomori Prefecture during the Boshin War] What were the decisions of the Hirosaki, Kuroishi, Hachinohe, and Shichinohe domains?

During the Boshin War, no major battles took place in Aomori Prefecture, and it was peaceful. The branch of the Morioka domain, Nananohe Domain (Morioka Shinta Domain), in the eastern part of the prefecture, acts alongside the Morioka domain, but the Hachinohe Domain is in a neutral position...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.07.05

Uesugi Takayama

Who is Uesugi Takayama, the portrait figure that is always displayed at elementary and junior high schools in Yonezawa City? ...

Did you know that the elementary and junior high school gymnasium in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture is decorated with a portrait of Uesugi Takayama? It seems that Yonezawa citizens are familiar with the name "Kokuyama" and are known as "Kokuyama", but...

.NEFT Editorial Department2022.06.30

[Akita Prefecture during the Boshin War] What were the decisions of the Kubota, Kameda, Honjo, and Yajima domains?

At the end of the Edo period, Akita Prefecture was limited to the Kubota Domain (Akita Domain) with 200,000 koku and its branch domains, and the Kameda Domain, Honjo Domain and Yajima Domain, which had less than 20,000 koku. In the Kubota domain and other domains within Akita Prefecture...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.06.28

Nanbu Bevelers are the unique residence of the Nanbu Domain, who was well aware of the importance of horses [Iwate Prefecture]

The "Curly House" is an ingenious and human home built to create stables inside the house and live together. Northern Kanto, especially Iwate Prefecture, has a unique curve called "Nanbu Curler" during the Edo period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.26

Yoshitsune Minamoto

"The ruins of dreams for summer grass and soldiers," Takadate, the land where Minamoto Yoshitsune was over [Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture]

Takadate (Hiroizumicho, Hiraizumicho, Iwate Prefecture) is the place where Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189) passed away for 31 years. I'm following my brother Yoritomo...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.25

cold horse

Cold horses graze at the feet of Shiriyazaki Lighthouse, the northernmost point of Honshu [Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture]

Kandachime is a native of Japan, raised on a pasture in Shiriyazaki, facing the Pacific Ocean and Tsugaru Straits at the eastern edge of the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, and is located in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.22

Yamakyo Warehouse

[Yamagata Prefecture during the Boshin War] Decisions made by the Shonai, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Uenoyama, Tendo, and Shinjo domains...

During the Boshin War, a battle unfolds over the Shonai clan, which was considered an enemy of the Imperial Court, along with the Aizu clan. Within the prefecture, the Shonai Domain and the Yonezawa Domain are small domains with less than 50,000 koku, and the large domains...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.06.21

What is the "Devil Corps Village" that actually existed in the Meiji period? Iwate Prefecture, which explores the legend and true identity of demons.

Have you ever heard of the name "Onishigaimura"? It was once the setting of the novel "Murder in the Devil's Corpses" (published in 1998, written by Yoshimura Tatsuya, Kadokawa Haruki Office)...

nakanaka2022.06.15

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