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Image of Kujukushima (Zogata)

Matsuo Basho was impressed by the legendary scenery of Kujukushima, the elephant, which is not currently visible [in Akita Prefecture...

Kisakatakujukushima Island, Elephant-Gaku, is a scenic spot located on the Sea of ​​Japan coast of Nikaho City, at the northern foot of Mt. Chokai, which rises to the border between Akita and Yamagata. All over the countryside where rice fields spread out...

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.

Nanakamachi is located in the west of the central city of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. During the feudal era, the Echigo Kaido and Yonezawa Kaido are running along the road, and inns and restaurants line the roads, and from the mid-Showa era, Aizu's most popular craze...

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 sacred house of the Onibi family, famous as a senior retainer of the Date family. He has been ruled this place for generations since the time of Yoshigen, the second son of Shigena Tsunamoto, who was later called the Date Three Great...

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 all like cats? Cat-shaped goods and motifs, cat spots, including cat cafes...the world is filled with people's love for cats everywhere. ...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.09.30

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

[Northern Miyagi Prefecture and Southern Iwate Prefecture] Christianity spreading in Tohoku (Part 1) In the northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, which have become the villages of hidden Christians, Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Northern Kyoto in Tohoku...

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 northwest of Miyagi Prefecture and has the third largest population in the prefecture after Sendai and Ishinomaki City. Although it is a city that forms the "Osaki metropolitan area" along with surrounding cities and towns, it is also recognized as a World Agricultural Heritage...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.24

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

[Northern Miyagi Prefecture and Southern Iwate Prefecture] Christianity spreading in Tohoku (Part 1) In the northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, which have become the villages of hidden Christians, Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Northern Kyoto in Tohoku...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.09.20

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

In Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, there is an historic hot spring resort called Iizaka Onsen. It is well known that Matsuo Basho also stayed there, but there are other people who are associated with Iizaka. Sato followed Minamoto Yoshitsune...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.09.18

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 1] Northern Miyagi Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians...

The border between Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, the Yonekawa area in Higashiwa-cho, Tome City, Fujisawa-cho, Ichinoseki City, and Magome area in Motoyoshi-cho, Kesennuma City, are the "hidden Christian Village"...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.09.13

[Recommended Autumn Festival: Iwate Edition 2] Iwate's Autumn Festival changes the festival as things change

Compared to northern Iwate Prefecture, where there are many festivals where the fine floats go out into the city, the autumn festivals in the southern part of the prefecture are rich in personality. In the towns on the Sanriku coast, there are festivals where portable shrines are carried in the sea, and in the inland towns...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.09.03

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