Aomori Prefecture's National Route 4 runs from the northern part of Sannohe County to the southern part of Kamikita County, connecting Gonohe and Rokunohe from the south. Gonohe is located in a mountainous area with extensive forests.
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The only place name with the character "to" in it that no longer exists is "Shinohe," and while there are various theories as to why that location and place name no longer exist, none can be definitively stated as the established theory.
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Sannohe County, located further north on National Route 4 from northern Iwate Prefecture across the border with Aomori Prefecture, is the birthplace of the Sannohe Nanbu clan and has deep ties to the Morioka Domain.
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The vast area stretching from northern Iwate Prefecture to eastern Aomori Prefecture is called Nukanobu, and there were nine place names containing the character "to" (door). Its history is said to date back to the Oshu Fujiwara clan, but it may have originated from...
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The area stretching from the Sanpachi-Kamikita region of Aomori Prefecture to northern Iwate Prefecture was once the vast territory of the Nanbu clan, known as Nukanobu. This area included the districts of Ichinohe to Kunohe...
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In Shiroishi City, there are historical sites related to Sanada Yukimura and his descendants, who were enemies but were connected by a strange bond during the Summer Siege of Osaka, a battle that led to the Tokugawa shogunate's downfall and the Toyotomi clan...
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Shiroishi City, located in southern Miyagi Prefecture, was built by Katakura Kojuro Kagetsuna, who served as Date Masamune's right-hand man and was known as "Katakura Kagetsuna of Wisdom" alongside "Date Masamune of Warriors.".
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Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Part 1] Japan's first nautical chart, "Map of Kamaishi Port in Rikuchukoku" and the development of Kamaishi [Iwate Prefecture] https://jp.neft.asia/archives/32...
When it comes to creating maps of Japan, the first person to come to mind is Ino Tadataka, who conducted a nationwide survey in 1799. So, who produced Japan's first nautical chart? Which port, sea, and the background to its creation come to mind...
It would be cool if you could explain smoothly when someone asks you, "What's XXX like?" This "Local Knowledge Treasure Box" is packed with trivia that will come in handy in such situations...
