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Why do Nama balds take knives to indulge people – The Oga Peninsula and the Oni Den...

When you hear the word Oga, the first thing that comes to mind is Namahage. Every year on New Year's Eve, a demon-like figure wearing a mask with a terrifying face and a costume made of straw...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.11.14

[Chokaisan and Tobishima Geopark: Nikaho Edition (1)] It is said to be aligned with Matsushima, but it was a major earthquake...

Nikaho City (Akita Prefecture) is located at the foot of Mt. Chokai, and is located in the Yurihonjo area of ​​Akita Prefecture, the Sakata area of ​​Yamagata Prefecture, the Yuza area, and the Tobishima area...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.11.07

Image of Kujukushima (Zogata)

A phantom landscape that you can't see now. Matsuo Basho was impressed by the elephant-gata Kujukushima [in Akita Prefecture...

Kisakata Kujukushima is a scenic spot located on the Sea of ​​Japan coast in Nikaho City, at the northern foot of Mt. Chokai, which rises on the prefectural border between Akita and Yamagata. Rice field...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.11.05

Aizu Eastern Army Cemetery “Amidaji Temple”

Amida-ji Temple, where the grave of Saito Ichi is located during the Boshin War and the burial site of the Aizu clan's war dead and the Shinsengumi.

Nanukamachi is located west of the center of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. During the feudal period, Echigo Kaido and Yonezawa Kaido roads ran through them, and inns and restaurants were lined up along the roads, making the area close...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.10.10

Sekiunji Temple stone monument

The moniwa family's sacred house at Ishiunji Temple, where the bloodline of the famous general known as the three Date Masters, Moniwa Tsunamoto, rests [Miyagi Prefecture]

In Matsuyama, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, there is a mausoleum of the Oniwa (Moniwa) family, famous as senior vassals of the Date family. Yoshimoto, the second son of Tsunamoto Moniba, who was later called one of the three great Date...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.10.04

Illustration of cat inari

If you're a cat lover, why not miss out on it? The history of the region traced from "Nobuoyama Neko Inari"...

Do you like cats? Cat-shaped goods and motifs, cat cafes and other cat spots...There are people everywhere in the world...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.09.30

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 2] South of Iwate Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians [...

[Miyagi Prefecture North / Iwate South Region] Christianity spread in Tohoku (Part 1) Tohoku Rochken Trivia in the North of Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, which became a village of hidden Christians ...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.09.27

Osaki Hachiman Shrine worship hall

The main house of Sendai's national treasure, Osaki Hachimangu Shrine! Osaki Hachiman Shrine in Tajiri, Osaki City [Miyagi Prefecture]

Osaki City is located in the northwestern part of Miyagi Prefecture and is the third most populous city in the prefecture after Sendai City and Ishinomaki City. Cities that form the "Osaki metropolitan area" along with surrounding municipalities...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.24

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 2] Miyagi Prefecture Northern Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians [...

[Miyagi Prefecture North / Iwate South Region] Christianity spread in Tohoku (Part 1) Tohoku Rochken Trivia in the North of Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, which became a village of hidden Christians ...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.09.20

Iizaka Onsen with the Sato brothers who assisted Minamoto Yoshitsune [Fukushima Prefecture]

There is a historic hot spring resort called Iizaka Onsen in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. It is famous that Basho Matsuo also stayed here, but there are other people who are connected to Iizaka...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.09.18

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