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Is Uesugi Takayama praying for rain? Yonezawa Atago Shrine also has an entertainment shrine within its precincts. The background is the joy of that big name...

In Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, there is Atago Shrine, which is a very old and venerable building. Atago Shrine is particularly passionate in the city, and it is held every year with worship and festivals on a certain date...

ikokeikoke2023.06.21

Kurokawa Noh

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, Kurokawa Noh is a folk art that has been passed down for 500 years by parishioners (peasants) as a ritual, and is 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 a town and five villages merged with Nagai Village, Nishine Village, Hirano Village, Isazawa Village and Toyota Village, centered around the former Nagai Town, which was developed by the Mogami River boat transport during the Edo period.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.06.08

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

What impression do you have of "Namahage"? I had the image of a scary demon who went around each house on New Year's Eve and threatened their children by saying, "No bad kids, aren't they?" ...

natsukinatsuki2023.06.05

[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...

natsukinatsuki2023.05.02

Check out all the cities and towns in Iwate Prefecture, where Otani and Sasaki Roki are home to...

It's getting warmer and it's going to be a perfect season to travel around Iwate Prefecture. Iwate Prefecture has 33 cities and towns, each city and town has its own distinctive features. Traveling to Iwate Prefecture from outside Tohoku...

SatomioriSatomiori2023.03.23

A tour of precious cultural assets that remain in Minami Aizu, the southern part of the Aizu region [Fukushima Prefecture]

Minami Aizu County, consisting of Shimogo Town, Minami Aizu Town, Tadami Town, and Hinoemata Village, is comparable to Kanagawa Prefecture, the southern part of the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.12.15

Giant Akita dog at Akita Station

[JR East Pass Trip: Part 2 of Day 1] Walking around Akita City on the first day and enjoying delicious local sake...

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [JR East Pass Trip: First Day Part 1] On the first day, we went to Morioka in the morning to the samurai residence in Kakunodate! https://jp.neft.asia/archi...

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.11.11

The Aizu Tajima Gion Festival is famous for Japan's number one bride line [Minami Aizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture]

Known for the Aizu Tajima Gion Festival, Aizu Tajima was once a bustling post town on the Shimotsu Kaido (Aizu Nishi Kaido), which connected Nikko to Aizu Wakamatsu, the center of the Aizu region. ...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.10.06

Tagajo, the mysterious northern capital that also appears in the poetry pillows of the Heian period [Miyagi Prefecture]

Tagajo is a castle built as a base for controlling the Emishi (Tohoku region), which was an unexplored land by the Yamato Imperial Court during the Nara period, and is a castle in the Tohoku region known as Mutsu Province...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.10.05

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