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The Hakkoda Maru, a ferryboat from the past, is brought back to life! Experience the eternal history of the ship...

A five-minute walk from Aomori Station will take you to the Hakkoda Maru, the Seikan Ferry. This is the last ferry on the Seikan route, departing from Aomori and arriving in Hakodate, and its beautiful lemon yellow hull...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2018.06.23

Tomizawa Ruins

20,000 year old ruins preserved as they are! Experience the passage of time at the Underground Forest Museum!

Speaking of museums, they are places where artifacts excavated from ruins are carefully arranged and displayed. Looking at the exhibits and imagining what life was like back then is the perfect way to spend your time as an adult.

Chimon2018.06.16

Date Masamune Equestrian Statue

Aoba Castle? Sendai Castle? Introducing the base of the Sendai domain built by Date Masamune!

About 12 minutes by car from Sendai Station, on Mount Aoba, offering a panoramic view of the city, stood a castle that once ruled Sendai. Built by Date Masamune, the castle known as Aoba Castle has long since disappeared...

Chimon2018.05.23

Panoramic view of Ouchijuku

Travel back in time to the Edo period at Ouchijuku! [Fukushima Prefecture]

In the southern Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, there is a post town that has existed since the Edo period. Even now, in the 2000s, the town is lined with thatched-roof houses, and it feels as if time has stood still...

Chimon2018.04.18

Tono Furusato Village

Discover the original Japanese landscape! Tono, Iwate Prefecture, has plenty to see

Located about an hour by train from Shin-Hanamaki Station, Tono City is home to numerous folk tales and legends. There are many charming spots, including old-fashioned houses and a river where kappa are said to have lived.

HarumakiHarumaki2018.03.15

Nobu Shirase

The Shirase Antarctic Expedition Memorial Museum, a museum that preserves the footsteps of Antarctic explorer Nobu Shirase [Akita Prefecture]...

Have you heard of the Shirase Antarctic Expedition Memorial Museum in Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture? Shirase Nobu was the first Japanese explorer to explore the Antarctic. His footsteps can be traced back to his birthplace, Nikaho...

akoako2018.03.06

[Fukushima Prefecture] If you want to meet aliens, head to Fukushima! Iino Town is famous for its UFOs 

Have you ever seen a UFO? I have only seen one. But I have never encountered an alien. So I visited Iino-cho, Fukushima City (formerly Iino-cho, Date County). UFO...

HazukiHazuki2017.12.24

Mount Chokai

What is the "Long-Armed, Long-Legged" yokai of Mount Chokai? It is said to have been defeated by the volcano god, Omokami-no-kami...

Mount Chokai, which straddles Akita and Yamagata prefectures, is one of Japan's 100 most scenic spots and is also counted among Japan's 100 most famous mountains. With an elevation of over 2,300 meters, its peak soars above the clouds...

Editorial staffEditorial staff2017.10.25

Oyu Stone Circle: A stone circle from Japan's Jomon period! [Akita Prefecture]

Although it is not widely known, stone circles also exist in Japan. The Oyu Stone Circle in Towada-Oyu, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, is one of the largest stone circles in Japan, built in the late Jomon period.

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2017.08.09

gold nugget

Legend of the buried gold treasure of the Fujiwara clan of Oshu! What is Kinkeiyama in Hiraizumi? [Iwate Prefecture]

When people think of buried treasure in Japan, many may think of the Tokugawa buried treasure, but legends of buried treasure actually exist all over Japan. There is a mountain in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, where such a legend still remains...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2017.08.06

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