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[Oga Peninsula, Akita Prefecture] Meet the authentic Namahage! Namahagekan/Oga Shinzan Tradition Museum...

What impression do you have of "Namahage"? A scary demon that goes around every house on New Year's Eve and threatens children by telling them, ``No bad kids!''...

natsukinatsuki2023.06.05

Gassan (summer skiing)

[Gassan, Nishimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture] Can you ski in midsummer? Gassan Ski Resort is getting warmer...

Mt. Gassan, Mt. Haguro, and Mt. Yudono are known as the ``Dewa Sanzan'' and are known as mountains of mountain worship. Mt. Gassan is from a previous life, Mt. Haguro is from this life, and Mt. Yudono is about happiness in the next life...

ikokeikoke2023.05.23

[Misato Town, Akita Prefecture] ``Rokugo Yusui Group'' where 120 springs have enriched people's lives

The Rokugo area of ​​Misato Town, Akita Prefecture, is home to one of Japan's most famous waters, known as the Rokugo Springs. Misato Town stretches north and south from Yuzawa City to Semboku City...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.05.11

[Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture] “Aizu Thirty-Three Kannon” tours around the Kitaaizu area, centering on Aizuwakamatsu

"Aizu's Thirty-Three Kannon" is recognized as a Japan Heritage Site.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.05.10

[Tohoku] Strange festivals in Tohoku! ? Introducing 6 festivals that will surprise people from other prefectures

Japanese people are a festival-loving people. Festivals are held somewhere in Japan all year round. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, festivals have been held back for the past few years...

SatomioriSatomiori2023.05.08

[Date City, Fukushima Prefecture] A trip around the power spot Ryozan, Ryozan Town, Date City

Ryozen-cho, Date City, located in the northern part of Fukushima Prefecture, is a town famous as a power spot. Historical sacred mountains and sacred mountain shrines that have been deeply worshiped since ancient times...

natsukinatsuki2023.05.02

[Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture] Travel back in time to the Sengoku period? The Battle of Kawanakajima was held in Yonezawa in Reiwa...

The Uesugi Festival, held in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, is a big event held over four days. On the final day, it was recreated on the riverbed of the Mogami River that flows through the city...

ikokeikoke2023.04.27

Kitamae boat at Hiyoriyama Park

Has even a wealthy merchant with more wealth than the feudal lord appeared? Sakata's port that was moistened by Kitamae Ship [Yamagata Prefecture]

Sakata (Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture) is a town that developed as a port town at the mouth of the Mogami River. During the Edo period, there was a merchant ship from Osaka to Shikoku Chugoku and Kyushu, two islands...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.04.19

Daihokan

A historical heritage that remains at Tsuruoka, the port of call for Kitamae Ship [Yamagata Prefecture]

Kitamaebune transported many supplies from the mid-Edo period to the 1930s, travelled through the Sea of ​​Japan between Osaka, Tohoku and Hokkaido. east...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.04.14

[Yamagata Prefecture] Tsuruoka's silk fabric industry created by changing swords to hoes.

Japan Heritage "Silk related to the Samurai - Go to Tsuruoka, the town where you can encounter the original scenery of Japan's modernization" Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, is home to Mt. Gassan, Ha...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.04.12

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