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Nanbu Bevelers are the unique residence of the Nanbu Domain, who was well aware of the importance of horses [Iwate Prefecture]

The "Curly House" is an ingenious and human home built to create stables inside the house and live together. Northern Kanto, especially Iwate Prefecture, has a unique curve called "Nanbu Curler" during the Edo period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.26

Yoshitsune Minamoto

"The ruins of dreams for summer grass and soldiers," Takadate, the land where Minamoto Yoshitsune was over [Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture]

Takadate (Hiroizumicho, Hiraizumicho, Iwate Prefecture) is the place where Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189) passed away for 31 years. I'm following my brother Yoritomo...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.25

Maezawa Koya Village, a Japanese original landscape that remains with many traditional "masters" [Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture]

In Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, there are many traditional farmers called Magaraya, with thatched roofs and L-shaped main buildings, and among them, 13 congregants gather in Maezawa Village...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.23

cold horse

Cold horses graze at the feet of Shiriyazaki Lighthouse, the northernmost point of Honshu [Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture]

Kandachime is a native of Japan, raised on a pasture in Shiriyazaki, facing the Pacific Ocean and Tsugaru Straits at the eastern edge of the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, and is located in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.22

Yamakyo Warehouse

[Yamagata Prefecture during the Boshin War] Decisions made by the Shonai, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Uenoyama, Tendo, and Shinjo domains...

During the Boshin War, a battle unfolds over the Shonai clan, which was considered an enemy of the Imperial Court, along with the Aizu clan. Within the prefecture, the Shonai Domain and the Yonezawa Domain are small domains with less than 50,000 koku, and the large domains...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.06.21

[Akita Prefecture] What is Hirafuku Hyakuho? Detailed information on works and places where they can be viewed

I know that Hirafuku Momoho is famous as a painter born in Akita Prefecture, but many people probably don't really know what kind of works he left behind. This article...

MurasakihimeMurasakihime2022.06.17

What is the "Devil Corps Village" that actually existed in the Meiji period? Iwate Prefecture, which explores the legend and true identity of demons.

Have you ever heard of the name "Onishigaimura"? It was once the setting of the novel "Murder in the Devil's Corpses" (published in 1998, written by Yoshimura Tatsuya, Kadokawa Haruki Office)...

nakanaka2022.06.15

[Miyagi Prefecture during the Boshin War] What was the decision of the Sendai domain, the great domain of Ou?

The Sendai domain became the leader of the Ouetsu Domain Alliance and was a central figure in the battle with the government army, but its movements in the Boshin War are not well known. The largest clan in Tohoku, with a total military force of 35,000...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.06.14

Oda Nobunaga

What is the relationship between Oda Nobunaga and Yamagata? We also introduce precious portraits and shrines dedicated to Nobunaga (Yamagata Prefecture)

When you think of popular Sengoku warlords, who do you think of? I'm sure there are many people who imagine Oda Nobunaga, a warlord who aimed to unify the world in a war-torn world. This time...

nakanaka2022.06.13

Fukushima warriors

Three of the most powerful warlords of the Sengoku period in Fukushima Prefecture! Ashinamori, Soma Yoshitane, Tamura Kiyotaka

In the Sengoku period, Fukushima Prefecture, just like today, was fighting for three regions: Kaido (Hamadori), Sendo (Nakadori), and Aizu, with daimyo and Kunijin lords. These national lords of the Kamakura Shogunate...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.06.09

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