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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 chickens are designated as natural monuments in the national and prefectures, known as the Hinai Chicken, Koeyoshidori, and Kinpachi Chicken...

2024.04.05

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 visiting the New Year's New Year's New Year's shrines, the famous shrines are Osaki Hachiman Shrine in Sendai, Sendai Toshogu Shrine, Takekoma Shrine in Iwanuma City, and Shiogama Shrine in Shiogama City, among them...

2024.04.02

Mitsuishi Shrine

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

Tokenji Temple appears along the road as you head north at the intersection in front of the courthouse on Chuo-dori, in the center of Morioka City. Behind this temple is "Mitsuishi Shrine"...

2024.03.28

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

The Oyu Ring Stones in Towada, Kakunodate City, Akita Prefecture, is considered to be one of the Jomon Ruins of Hokkaido and North Tohoku, which became a World Heritage Site on July 27, 2021. Oyu ring stones were the late Jomon period (approximately...

2024.03.27

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

Do you know the term "shinobum mochizuri"? This word often appears in the world of waka poetry, but in fact it is a word that has a connection to the present city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. Life is modern...

2024.03.27

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...

At the mouth of the Omonogawa River, which flows through Akita City, is Akita Port, the largest trading port in Akita Prefecture. Akita Port is based on its land number Tsuchizaki Port (Tsuchizaki Minato), and it is derived from the old name Tsuchizaki Minato...

2024.02.12

Inuchi Ginzan, which supported the Akita Domain's finances. The coal mining town was filled with over 15,000 people [...

The Akita Domain (Kubota Domain) was a domain in which the Satake clan was almost the entire Akita Prefecture area, and the initial level of the stone was about 200,000 koku, but later increased to about 390,000 koku. The Yamagata Domain, also in the same Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture), was originally...

2024.02.09

Michitsune Mishima

Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, has completely changed its landscape due to Mishima Michiyo after the Meiji Restoration.

Yamagata City was developed as a castle town of the Yamagata Domain and was a commercial city that developed through the trade of the safflower, a specialty. Yamagata Castle, located in the center, is very large, and Sannomaru, which was on the outside, is about 235 hectares...

2024.02.07

The Legend of the Wool

What is the tragic love story, "The Legend of the Saijo"? The shadow of legend that remains in modern times [Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture]

There are also Uneme Street, a main road that stretches east to west through the city, and Uneme Festival, a summer tradition held every August. The word "unome" that appears in the middle of life in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture is a place where...

2024.02.05

The castle town of Kubota Castle since the Meiji period, which was hit by numerous major fires and changed [Autumn in Akita Prefecture...

Kubota Castle and castle towns, which were created through thorough urban planning by the Akita Domain (Kubota Domain), have lost most of the buildings due to frequent fires. Kubota Castle has been a Chiaki Park since the Meiji period...

2024.02.02

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