Kitamaebune transported many supplies from the mid-Edo period to the 1930s, travelled through the Sea of Japan between Osaka, Tohoku and Hokkaido. Sakata (Mountain) is the largest port in the Tohoku region.
Japanese Heritage Site: "Silk associated with Samurai - To Tsuruoka, a town where we encounter the original scenery of modernization in Japan" Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, is home to Gassan, Hagurosan, and Yudonoyama (Yudou...
The Shimokita Peninsula is a peninsula located at the northernmost tip of Honshu, with the sacred site Osorezan and the Kandachime of Shiriyazaki, the natural monument Hotokegaura, and Oma (...
The "Michinoku Otogi Kaido" connects Shiroishi City, Shichika Shukumachi, Miyagi Prefecture, with Nanyo City, and Takahata Town, Yamagata Prefecture, and is home to folk tales and folk tales...
Ogawara Town, located in the southern part of Miyagi Prefecture, is home to the center of the town, and the Shiraishi River flows through the center of the town, and many migratory birds fly every year. The Shiraishi River embankment is approximately 8km and is lined with approximately 1,200 cherry trees, and "one...
Bandai Volcano (Bandai Kazan/Inawashiro Town, Bandai Town, and Kitashiobara Village) are located in Mt. Bandai (Obanai, 1,816m above sea level), Kushigamine...
Hanamiyama in Fukushima City is a famous flower spot visited every year by the late Akiyama Shotaro, a leading photographer in Japan, saying that "there is a paradise in Fukushima." Approximately 70 varieties including plums, cherry blossoms, forsythia, bokeh, and honeymoon...
It's getting warmer and it's going to be a perfect season to travel around Iwate Prefecture. Iwate Prefecture has 33 cities and towns, each city and town has its own distinctive features. Traveling to Iwate Prefecture from outside Tohoku...
As the saying goes, "Eight million gods," it is said that there are more than 150,000 shrines and temples across the country. There are so many gods worshiped, but the most worshiped in Japan...
The Nezugaseki (Pretty Jogaseki, Pretty Jogaseki/Nezugaseki) was a region controlled by the Tohoku region (Ezo/Emishi), which was not yet controlled by the Yamato Imperial Court during the Ritsuryo political period (Asuka period to Heian period), and the area of control (Kanto Hokuriku...
