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2025.07.22 Aizu-Tajima Gion Festival_Japan's No. 1 Bridal Procession

[Photo Report of Aizu-Tajima Gion Festival: Part 2] The Shichi-no-Mori procession, also known as the longest bridal procession in Japan...

Minamiaizu Town is located in the southwest of Fukushima Prefecture, a little south of Tochigi Prefecture. This area, also known as "Oku-Aizu," is home to the annual Gion Festival, one of Japan's three major festivals.

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Aizu-Tajima Gion Festival Photo Report: Part 1 - Yatai songs performed at the large floats during the evening festival...

Minamiaizu Town is located in the southwest of Fukushima Prefecture, a little south of Tochigi Prefecture. This area, also known as "Oku-Aizu," is home to the annual Gion Festival, one of Japan's three major festivals.

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Three UNESCO cultural heritage sites: "Dainichido Bugaku," "Hanawa Bayashi," and "Kemonai Bon Odori"...

Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, is located in the northeastern part of Akita Prefecture and was once the home of the towns of Hanawa, Osarizawa, Towada, and Hachimantai.

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Kakunodate, a castle town that flourished during the time of the Satake clan [Senboku City's highlights ③]

Kakunodate flourished during the 215 years or so of the Edo period under the rule of the Satake Hokke clan, who were respected by the local residents as "lords." The townscape built by the Ashina clan...

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Kakunodate (Semboku City), which was founded by the Tozawa clan during the Sengoku period and established by the Ashina clan during the Edo period...

Kakunodate is famous for its samurai residence street, which retains its Edo-period streetscape, cherry blossoms in spring, the Kakunodate Festival Mountain Event, which is a nationally designated important intangible folk cultural property, and the Senboku City designated intangible folk cultural property...

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The Tozawa clan, who first ruled Kakunodate in Senboku, were victorious feudal lords who rose to become the lords of the Shinjo Domain...

Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, was formed in 2005 from the three towns and villages of Tazawako Town, Kakunodate Town, and Nishiki Village in Senboku District...

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Reimei-sui water at Wakakusa Inari Shrine

The lost silent film "Reimei no Sato" - a lost local film produced in 1925...

During the Taisho era, when Japanese films were still silent, film productions were taking place all over the country, and even in regional cities, traveling screenings and educational films were actively held. Among the films produced in this era...

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Chaguchagu Umako (2025.06.14)①

"Chagu Chagu Umako," a traditional early summer event in Iwate, is a...

Every June, a festival that can be considered a symbol of early summer in Iwate Prefecture is held in Takizawa City and Morioka City. The name of this festival, sometimes called "Japan's cutest festival" in some areas, is "Ch...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.06.30

Meduts pulls the horse into the river

What is "Medots," the terrifying water spirit of Hachinohe? ~A local legend that's a little different from the Kappa~

In some areas of Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, legends of a mysterious monster called "Medots" or "Medoch" have been passed down since ancient times. It resembles the nationally known "kappa," but its...

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Date Masamune Ash Tomb

Date Masamune's ash mound and Daiganji Temple, which guards his grave | The unique funeral rituals of the Date clan [...

Zojozan Daiganji Temple is a Jodo sect temple located in Shinsaka-cho, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. This temple has a history deeply connected to the funeral rites of Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai domain...

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