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Oyu ring stones are stone circles from the Jomon period of Japan! ? [Akita Prefecture]

Although it is not well known, there are stone circles in Japan as well. Oyu ring stones located in Towada Oyu, Kakunodate City, Akita Prefecture are one of Japan's largest stone circles, made in the late Jomon period...

.NEFT Editorial Department2017.08.09

Gold block

The legend of the golden buried gold of the Fujiwara clan of Oshu! What is Mt. Kinji in Hiraizumi? [Iwate Prefecture]

When you think of Japanese reserves, many people may remember the Tokugawa reserves, but the legend of the buried treasure itself actually remains everywhere in Japan. There are mountains in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture that still have such legends...

.NEFT Editorial Department2017.08.06

Ogata Village | Hachirogata Reservoir Pond

Hachirogata, once the second largest lake in Japan [Akita Prefecture]

Hachirogata in Akita Prefecture was once known as the second largest lake in Japan, after Lake Biwa, with an area of ​​220 square kilometers. The origin of Hachirogata, far away...

.NEFT Editorial Department2017.03.14

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