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[Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture] A mysterious forest with a 1,000-year history and the belief in Hachiman to ward off evil | Kaminuma Hachiman Shrine

Uenuma Hachiman Shrine, which is enshrined in Tome City, the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture, is a venerable shrine full of tranquility and a thousand years of history. The tranquil and mysterious precincts are just power ...

FitzroyFitzroy2023.09.07

[Chokaisan and Tobishima Geopark: Yusa and Sakata Edition] Shonai Hirano is moist with the blessings of Mt. Chokaisan

Mt. Chokai has two peaks (Higashichokaisan Shinzan and Nishichokaisan Nabemori) that extend from 0m above sea level in the Sea of ​​Japan to the summit at 2,236m...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.08.02

[Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture] Shinjo Festival, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, said to be the largest parade of floats in Japan

"Shinjo Festival" is a summer festival held for three days from August 24th to 26th every year in Shinjo City, a former castle town in northern Yamagata Prefecture. “The best float in Japan...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.07.31

[Yamagata Prefecture] Is Yamagata the secret to surviving the hot summer? A closer look at Yamagata's "chilled culture"...

No matter how much you try, have you given up because the summer heat keeps coming back every year? I want to do something about the summer heat, at least for myself...

SatomioriSatomiori2023.07.25

"Snake's Nose, the Land of Flowers and History" is a garden where you can enjoy flowers in the seasons! [Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture]

Janohana, a village of flowers and history in Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture, is a garden where you can admire flowers in full bloom throughout the year. Inside the park, there are nationally registered tangible...

natsukinatsuki2023.07.05

4 power spots in Morioka City! Introducing historical sites that history lovers should visit [Iwate Prefecture]

The history of Morioka dates back to the distant Heian period, when Sakanoue Tamuramaro, the Great Shogun of the Great Conqueror, built Shiba Castle. In the Nanbokucho period, it was connected to the Kai-Genji...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.07.04

[Kamiyama City, Yamagata Prefecture] A post town on the Ushu Kaido road that was used by 13 feudal lords during the Edo period...

Narageshuku is a post town on the Ushu Highway. Ushu Kaido is the Edo Five Road, which connects Edo and Mutsu Province on the Pacific side...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.06.22

"Immediate Body Buddha" in Yamagata Prefecture and "Reincarnation Faith" in Yudonoyama

Sokushinbutsu. Even if life ends, they remain forever and watch over people. At the end of their training, monks voluntarily eat only nuts and wild vegetables...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.06.15

Kurokawa Noh is a Shinto ritual that has been developed independently by farmers for 500 years [Yamagata Prefecture]

At Kasuga Shrine in Kurokawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Gassan, it was passed down as a ritual by parishioners (peasants) for 500 years and was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in the country...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.06.13

Nagai, the former Yonezawa domain boat transport town that flourished through the Mogami River [Yamagata Prefecture]

Nagai City, located in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture, is centered around the former Nagai Town, which developed during the Edo period through shipping on the Mogami River, as well as Nagai Village, Nishine Village, Hirano Village, Isazawa...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.06.08

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