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The popular game "Matagi" started in Kitaakita City! [Akita Prefecture]

The Ani region (Autumn...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.12

Before the Satake clan's revocation, Akita City was the forefront of the Northern powers [Akita Prefecture]

The Akita city's website states that the history of Akita City began in 1602 (Keicho 7). 1602 was the Edo period and until then...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.11

"Karamatsu no Karamatsu" is the god who protects women's lives, including matchmaking, childbirth, and safe childbirth [Akita Prefecture...

Karamatsu Shrine, located in Kyowa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, is the ``female guardian deity*'' who protects women's lives, and is said to be the god of matchmaking, fertility, and safe childbirth, and is said to be a local deity...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.04.09

The Ani Mine, which was said to be the number one in Japan during the Edo period and supported the Kubota Domain [Kita Akita City, Akita Prefecture]

The Ani Mine is one of Japan's leading copper mines that operated until 1986 in Kitaakita City, located in the northern part of Akita Prefecture, bordering Iwate Prefecture. ...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.08

It's not just Akita dogs! "Akita Three Chickens" is a natural monument in Odate City [Akita Prefecture]

Odate City is known for its Akita dogs, but it is also home to the three Akita chickens: Hinaidori, Koeyoshidori, and Kinpadori...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.05

Shiogama Shrine and Shibahiko Shrine

Was it treated specially by the government in the past? Shiogama Shrine and Shinahiko Shrine in Ichinomiya, Mutsu Province [Palace...

When it comes to New Year's visit for the people of Miyagi Prefecture, Osaki Hachimangu Shrine and Sendai Toshogu Shrine in Sendai City, Takekoma Shrine in Iwanuma City, and Shiogama Shrine in Shiogama City are famous...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.04.02

Mitsuishi Shrine

"Rock" and a demon's "hand" shape? Mitsuishi Shrine, filled with Iwate's roots [Iwate Prefecture]

In the center of Morioka City, if you go north from the Jujutsu-mae intersection where Ishiwarizakura (Ishiwarizakura) is located on Chuo-dori Street, you will see Token-ji Temple along the road. Behind this temple, there are three...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.03.28

Is the Japanese stone circle "Oyu Ring Stone" a sacred place in the Jomon period? [Akita Prefecture]

The "Oyu Stone Rings" located in Towada, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, are one of the "Jomon Ruins in Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku" that became a World Heritage Site on July 27, 2021.

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.03.27

What does "Shinobu Mochizuri" mean? Introducing related spots and folk tales [Fukushima Prefecture]

Do you know the word "Shinobu Mochizuri"? This word often appears in the world of waka poetry, but it actually originates from Fukushima Prefecture, which is now Fukushima Prefecture...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.03.27

The development of Akita City that began in Tsuchizaki - the soil at the mouth of the Omono River, which developed as the center of distribution...

Akita Port, Akita Prefecture's largest trading port, is located at the mouth of the Omonogawa River that flows through Akita City. Akita Port's land number is Tsuchizaki Port...

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