Anniversaries, incidents, famous people's births and deaths, etc. What happened in the six Tohoku prefectures in the past? We will explain in detail in each daily article
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0311]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0311-600x420.png.webp)
The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred at approximately 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011. The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred 130 km east-southeast of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, off the coast of Sanriku, with its epicenter at a depth of approximately 24 km.
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0310]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0310-600x420.png.webp)
The day the main tunnel of the Seikan Tunnel was completed On March 10, 1985, the main tunnel of the Seikan Tunnel was completed, connecting Honshu and Hokkaido by land.
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0308]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0308-600x420.png.webp)
Musubimaru's Birthday (Miyagi Prefecture) Musubimaru, the tourism promotional mascot for Sendai City and Miyagi Prefecture, was born on March 8, 2007 (Heisei 19). His face is shaped like a rice ball...
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0304]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/0304-600x420.png.webp)
The day Iwakisan (asteroid) was discovered (Aomori Prefecture). The asteroid Iwakisan was discovered by Kobayashi of Oizumi Town, Gunma Prefecture, who has discovered more than 2,000 asteroids and is also known as the discoverer of Comet Kobayashi.
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0301]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0301-600x420.png.webp)
Birthday of Nanbu Nobunao, the first lord of the Morioka Domain (Iwate Prefecture). Nanbu Nobunao, the 26th head of the Nanbu clan, is considered the founder of the Morioka Domain (also known as the Nanbu Domain) and the founder of the Nanbu clan's revival. In Tenbun 1...
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0227]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0227-600x420.png.webp)
The day the Hakkoda Tunnel, a railway tunnel exclusively for the Shinkansen, was completed (Aomori Prefecture). The Hakkoda Tunnel, located between Shichinohe-Towada Station and Shin-Aomori Station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tohoku Shinkansen...
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0225]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/0225-600x420.png.webp)
Mokichi Memorial Day (Yamagata Prefecture) Today, February 25th, marks the passing of Saito Mokichi, a poet and psychiatrist from Kinpaku Village, Minamimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture (now Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture), who passed away on February 25, 1953.
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0224]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/0224-600x420.png.webp)
Railway Strike Day (Set on the Tohoku Main Line) In 1898, when labor disputes were intensifying across the country, engineers at the Japan Railway Company, which built and operated many of the lines that are now JR East, called for a wage increase.
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0220]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0220-600x420.png.webp)
Ishikawa Takuboku's Birthday (Iwate Prefecture) February 20th is the birthday of the Meiji-era poet, Ishikawa Takuboku. Ishikawa Takuboku was born on February 20th, 1886...
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Hachinohe Enburi Festival (Aomori Prefecture) Hachinohe Enburi is a traditional performing art that prays for a good harvest, originating from the farming tool "eburi" used to level the fields. (The main tasks of farming are performed in advance to ensure the rice grows smoothly.).
