The picture book "I Took the Blue Train" is the 14th volume in the "Kumata-kun Picture Book" series, written by the late Shigeo Watanabe and illustrated by the late Yasuo Otomo. It is based on the "Blue Train" that once ran...
Tono City in Iwate Prefecture is famous as a land of folklore. It is famous for being a place where many legends, such as kappa and zashiki warashi, still live on to this day. One of the legends passed down in Tono is the "Legend of the Three Mountains of Tono and the Three Goddesses.".
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From around 1994 to the early 2000s, JR operated a special train called the "Harbor Rainbow." It mainly ran between Akita Station in Akita Prefecture and Hakodate Station in southern Hokkaido.
Tsuru-no-Mai Bridge in Tsuruta Town, Aomori Prefecture, is the longest triple-arch wooden bridge in Japan, stretching over 300 meters in length. With Mount Iwaki, Tsuru-no-Mai Bridge (also known as the Mawari-zeki Otameike Pond) in the background...
Bandai Town, Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture, is located northeast of Aizuwakamatsu City, at the southern foot of Mount Bandai. Here, there is a temple called Enichiji, which once flourished as a hub of Buddhist culture in the Aizu region.
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The most well-known Shinkansen line running through the Tohoku region is the Tohoku Shinkansen, which connects Tokyo Station and Shin-Aomori Station. The Tohoku Shinkansen connects directly with conventional train lines (known as a mini-Shinkansen system) to...
Snow, ice, and cold winds. Fukushima Prefecture is hit by bitterly cold winters, but it is precisely because of this cold that some beautiful scenery can be seen. This time, we will introduce some of the most thrilling winter scenery...
If you ride a Tohoku Shinkansen train, there's a good chance you'll ride in a car with a green body and pink stripes. These are JR East's E5 series trains. The Tokaido Shinkansen...
Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture. This area is famous as the birthplace of Ono no Komachi and the birthplace of Inaniwa udon. However, Iwasaki Hachiman Shrine in Yuzawa City is home to a "doll Dosojin," a guardian deity made from natural objects...
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What is Sakaki-ryu Aosokagura? The history of Sakaki-ryu Aosokagura dates back to 1807 (Bunka 4), when Suzuki Tsushima, the 32nd head priest of Aosoka Shrine, traveled to Kyoto and met with the head of the Kyoto Shinto Shrine Haku Shirakawa...
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