About 12 minutes by car from Sendai Station, on Mount Aoba, offering a panoramic view of the city, stood a castle that once ruled Sendai. Built by Date Masamune, the castle known as Aoba Castle has long since disappeared...
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In the southern Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, there is a post town that has existed since the Edo period. Even now, in the 2000s, the town is lined with thatched-roof houses, and it feels as if time has stood still...
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Although it is not widely known, stone circles also exist in Japan. The Oyu Stone Circle in Towada-Oyu, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, is one of the largest stone circles in Japan, built in the late Jomon period.
When people think of buried treasure in Japan, many may think of the Tokugawa buried treasure, but legends of buried treasure actually exist all over Japan. There is a mountain in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, where such a legend still remains...
Lake Hachirogata in Akita Prefecture once boasted an area of 220 square kilometers and was known as the second largest lake in Japan after Lake Biwa. The origins of Lake Hachirogata: Long ago...
