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[Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture] What is “Takashiba Deco House”? A tourist destination where you can talk with locals! shopping...

A lucky charm that can be displayed in the hope of fortune, such as zodiac or daruma. Folk crafts that give a sense of Japan's good old culture will soothe the hearts of those who see it today and in the past. Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture is a "Takashiba Deco Shop..."

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.03.11

Procession with lanterns and main hall

Kuroishiji Somin Festival, which has brought the curtain down over 1,000 years of history | 2024 local report [Iwate Prefecture]

This year marks the end of the Kuroishiji Somin Festival's history of over 1,000 years has concluded. It has been a hot topic in various places since early on, but I can't just pass the ending without ever seeing it! That's...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.02.22

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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.12

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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.09

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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.07

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]

The word "Uneme" appears in many aspects of life in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, and is a symbol of the area, from Uneme Street, a main road that runs east-west through the city, to the Uneme Festival, a summer tradition held every August.

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.02.05

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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.02

Yoshinobu Satake

The foundation of Akita City is the castle town of Kubota Castle, created by Satake Yoshinobu [Akita Prefecture]

According to the Akita City website, "Akita City was founded in 1602 when Satake Yoshinobu was transferred to another province." Satake Yoshinobu arrived in Akita in 1602.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.01.26

[Series ⑦: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] The bond between the Genji and Togoku warriors, 100 years of the Oshu Fujiwara clan...

Minamoto Yoshimitsu joined Minamoto Yoshimitsu from Kyo in order to save his brother from his difficulties. The Allied forces were impregnated at the time, Kanazawa fences (Kanezawa fences)...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.01.16

[Series ⑥: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] From the internal conflict of the Kiyohara clan to the battle for family succession, private warfare and...

With Kiyohara's Sanehira's death in illness, the Kiyohara clan's internal conflict has subsided. Okuroku District, which was the territory of Shine, was Minamoto Yoshiie of Mutsunokami...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.01.09

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