Despite his busy schedule with official duties, Takahisa Satake, the 21st head of the Satake Kita family, never misses the opportunity to attend the traditional "Yama-Gyoji" festival in Kakunodate, his hometown, in Akita Prefecture.
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Located in northern Miyagi Prefecture, on the border with Iwate Prefecture, there is a place called "Kanari" in Kurihara City. It is said that gold dust was mined in the Natsukawa River that flows through this area, and the charcoal maker "Sumi-yaki Tota" (Sumi-yaki Tota) was named after the place name.
Akiu Onsen, located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, has long been loved by people as a hot spring town with beautiful autumn foliage. The area stretches from Akiu to the borders of Iwate and Akita prefectures to the north, and to the Ou Mountains of Tochigi prefecture to the south...
There are many winter festivals in Tohoku, but the Kuroishiji Somin Festival is one of the most distinctive and long-standing events, and is held at Kuroishiji Temple, Myokenzan, in Mizusawa Kuroishi-cho, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture. History is long...
Inawashiro Town in Fukushima Prefecture is famous as the town where Noguchi Hideyo grew up. Here is the Noguchi Hideyo Memorial Museum, and the entire home of Noguchi Hideyo is preserved as it was back then. There are also Noguchi...
Chidokan is the only surviving feudal school in Tohoku. At the feudal school, I was able to learn about the current content from elementary school to graduate school. The building on the premises is open to the public. Audio guidance...
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Sendai City Museum is a museum located on the remains of Sendai Castle Sannomaru. Many materials related to Sendai's history, art and culture are on display. A culture donated by the Sendai Date family, a descendant of Date Masamune...
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The southern part of Miyagi Prefecture is a city of history and future. Shiraishi, ruled by Katakura Kojuro, the center of gravity of the Date family, the lord of the Sendai domain, is still alive with numerous historic buildings, and there are also some amazing science fiction-like structures in Tsunoda City...
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Kawarage Jigoku is located southeast of Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, near the borders with Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures. It is located close to Doroyu Onsen, a famous hidden hot spring, about 22 km from Yuzawa Station on the JR Ou Main Line.
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Tenkyokaku is the villa of Prince Arisugawa Takehito, located in Inawashiro Town, just to the west of Lake Inawashiro. Its Renaissance-style interior makes it one of Japan's most Western-style buildings...
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