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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 "Three Dewa Mountains" and are known as mountain worshippers. Since Mt. Gassan is considered to be a place that wishes happiness in the next life, Mt. Haguro is considered to be a place that wishes for happiness in the next life, Mt. Yudono is considered to be a place that wishes for happiness in the next life.

2023.05.23

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

The Rokugo district of Misatocho, Akita Prefecture, is one of Japan's most famous water villages, known as the Rokugo Spring Water Group. Misato Town is located in the center of the long Yokote Basin north and south, stretching from Yuzawa City to Senboku City, and is located in the center of the West...

2023.05.11

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

"Aizu Thirty Three Kannon" is a Buddhist culture that forms the core of "Aizu's 33 Kannon Tour - Aizu's Culture of Aizu from the Past through Pilgrimage," which is certified as a Japanese Heritage site...

2023.05.10

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

Japanese people are a festival-loving ethnic group. Festivals are held somewhere in Japan all year round. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, festivals have been self-restrained for the past few years, but due to the lifting of restrictions on activities, this year...

2023.05.08

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

Ryozenmachi, Date City, located in the northern part of Fukushima Prefecture, is a town famous as a power spot. The charms of the sacred mountains, which have been deeply religious since ancient times, the sacred mountain shrines, and the traditional sacred mountain taiko drums...

2023.05.02

[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, which will be held in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, will be held for four days with a major event. In particular, the battle on Kawanakajima, which is reproduced on the riverbed of the Mogami River that flows through the city on the last day, is just like...

2023.04.27

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, all merchant ships from Osaka, Shikoku Chugoku and Western Kyushu Islands, all came down here and were produced in the East and Hokuriku region...

2023.04.19

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. Sakata (Mountain) is the largest port in the Tohoku region.

2023.04.14

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

Japanese Heritage Site: "Silk associated with Samurai - To Tsuruoka, a town where we encounter the original scenery of modernization in Japan" Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, is home to Gassan, Hagurosan, and Yudonoyama (Yudou...

2023.04.12

Fairytale images

Scary stories and slightly sad stories... "Michinoku Otogi Kaido" with many stories left behind [Miyagi Prefecture White...

The "Michinoku Otogi Kaido" connects Shiroishi City, Shichika Shukumachi, Miyagi Prefecture, with Nanyo City, and Takahata Town, Yamagata Prefecture, and is home to folk tales and folk tales...

2023.04.05

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