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[Aomori Prefecture] Aomori Nebuta Festival 2022 will be held for the first time in 3 years! The hot summer is back in Michinoku...

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the event was cancelled for two years, just like other Tohoku festivals, but in my hometown of Aomori, the Nebuta Festival, which will be the first in three years, I'm sure I'll be unable to stop excitedly! here...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.07.27

[Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture] Introducing the latest information and history of the 2022 Sendai Tanabata Festival! Views of the day...

The Sendai Tanabata Festival is a famous event in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. I'm sure there are some people who know about the event but have never been there. So this time, we'll be doing Sendai Tanabata in 2022...

HiroyukiOkaHiroyukiOka2022.07.26

[Iwate Prefecture] Jomon Flame Fujisawa Wildfire Festival 2022 will be held! Making original Jomon pottery...

The Fujisawa No Yaki Festival in Fujisawa-cho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, which was cancelled for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held for the first time in three years for two days, Saturday, August 13th and Sunday, August 14th, 2022...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.07.23

[Yamagata Prefecture] It’s summer! It's a festival! Hanagasa returns | The long-awaited Hanagasa Festival 202...

Each of the six Tohoku prefectures has its historic summer festivals. In hoping for the reconstruction and reconstruction of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011, the "Tohoku Rokusatsu Festival" will be held in each of the six Tohoku prefectures (Aomori/Nebuta Festival, autumn...

ikokeikoke2022.07.21

[Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture] A brave festival where cavalry warriors compete. With a history of over 1000 years...

In the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture, there is a brave festival where cavalry warriors dressed in armor called "Soma no Maoi," which is said to have a history of over 1,000 years...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.07.20

[Iwate Prefecture] Why is Iwate/Morioka called that? Find out the origin of place names!

Iwate Prefecture is full of food culture such as Wankosoba, Morioka Cold Noodles, and Jajan noodles, as well as historical heritage such as Mokoshiji Temple and Chusonji Temple, but I've thought, "Why did Iwate Prefecture become the name of Iwate?"...

HiroyukiOkaHiroyukiOka2022.07.15

Uesugi Takayama

Who is Uesugi Takayama, the portrait figure that is always displayed at elementary and junior high schools in Yonezawa City? ...

Did you know that the elementary and junior high school gymnasium in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture is decorated with a portrait of Uesugi Takayama? It seems that Yonezawa citizens are familiar with the name "Kokuyama" and are known as "Kokuyama", but...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2022.06.30

Nanbu Bevelers are the unique residence of the Nanbu Domain, who was well aware of the importance of horses [Iwate Prefecture]

The "Curly House" is an ingenious and human home built to create stables inside the house and live together. Northern Kanto, especially Iwate Prefecture, has a unique curve called "Nanbu Curler" during the Edo period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.26

Maezawa Koya Village, a Japanese original landscape that remains with many traditional "masters" [Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture]

In Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, there are many traditional farmers called Magaraya, with thatched roofs and L-shaped main buildings, and among them, 13 congregants gather in Maezawa Village...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.23

cold horse

Cold horses graze at the feet of Shiriyazaki Lighthouse, the northernmost point of Honshu [Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture]

Kandachime is a native of Japan, raised on a pasture in Shiriyazaki, facing the Pacific Ocean and Tsugaru Straits at the eastern edge of the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, and is located in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.22

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