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Procession with lanterns and main hall

Kuroishiji Somin Festival, which has brought the curtain down over 1,000 years of history | 2024 local report [Iwate Prefecture]

This year marks the end of the Kuroishiji Somin Festival's history of over 1,000 years has concluded. It has been a hot topic in various places since early on, but I can't just pass the ending without ever seeing it! That's...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.02.22

The Legend of the Wool

What is the tragic love story, "The Legend of the Saijo"? The shadow of legend that remains in modern times [Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture]

The word "Uneme" appears in many aspects of life in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, and is a symbol of the area, from Uneme Street, a main road that runs east-west through the city, to the Uneme Festival, a summer tradition held every August.

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.02.05

[Series ⑦: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] The bond between the Genji and Togoku warriors, 100 years of the Oshu Fujiwara clan...

Minamoto Yoshimitsu joined Minamoto Yoshimitsu from Kyo in order to save his brother from his difficulties. The Allied forces were impregnated at the time, Kanazawa fences (Kanezawa fences)...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.01.16

[Series ⑥: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] From the internal conflict of the Kiyohara clan to the battle for family succession, private warfare and...

With Kiyohara's Sanehira's death in illness, the Kiyohara clan's internal conflict has subsided. Okuroku District, which was the territory of Shine, was Minamoto Yoshiie of Mutsunokami...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.01.09

Zodiac (3)

Main shrine to protect the 12 zodiac signs of Sendai | Main shrine to protect the zodiac signs of Tohoku: Miyagi Edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.31

Daimanji Kokuzodo

Is the Thousand Buddhas at Daimanji Temple's Kokuzoson in Mukaiyama the origin of the name Sendai? [Miyagi Prefecture]

On the way from central Sendai towards Nagamachi, near Atagobashi Station on the Sendai Municipal Subway Namboku Line, Mount Atago is famous for its Atago Shrine, but just behind it are Daimanji Temple and Kokuzoson...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.29

Zodiac (2)

The main shrine of the zodiac guardianship of the Aizu zodiac guardianship of the Tohoku zodiac guardianship of the zodiac: Fukushima Edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.28

zodiac

Tsugaru Ichidai-sama | The main shrine of the Tohoku zodiac sign guardianship: Aomori edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.27

[Series ⑤: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the second three years] 20 years after the role of the previous nine years, the role has expanded once again to Ou...

After his role in the last nine years, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi returned to Kyoto, and the Kiyohara clan ruled the Okuroku districts of Mutsu (inland areas in Iwate Prefecture), which were ruled by the Abe clan. Kiyohara has been a long battle...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.26

[Series ④: Role of the previous nine years, role of the second three years] Mr. Kiyohara, who completely changed the flow of roles of the previous nine years...

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie, who were defeated by Abe no Satoo in the Battle of Konomi, are said to have worked hard to regain their strength...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.19

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