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[Date City, Fukushima Prefecture] The long roller slide is a big hit! Have fun at Hobara General Park

Located in the northern Nakadori region of Fukushima Prefecture, Hobara General Park in Hobara-cho, Date City, is home to a roller slide that is extremely popular with children. It's a huge, long roller slide measuring a whopping 10 meters high and 70 meters long...

natsukinatsuki2023.06.14

Yonezawa Station, Yamagata Prefecture

[Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture] A natural hot spring right in front of the glamping site! The region's first sand bath...

Yamagata Prefecture is known as a hot spring powerhouse. It is said that every city, town, and village has its own hot spring facility. Among them, Yonezawa City has not only a popular hidden hot spring, but also a hot spring where you can take a day trip to bathe, and a sand bath, which is rare in the Tohoku region...

ikokeikoke2023.06.06

Oga Peninsula, Akita Prefecture: Meet the real Namahage! Namahage Museum and Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum...

What impression do you have of Namahage? I had the image of a scary demon who goes around to each house on New Year's Eve, threatening children by asking, "Are there any naughty children here?".

natsukinatsuki2023.06.05

Let's climb Mt. Zao! See the highest peak of the Zao mountain range, Mt. Kumano, and the highest peak on the Miyagi side, Mt. Katta...

Zao, which straddles Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, is a famous mountain known nationwide for its symbolic "Okama" crater, winter sports, and frost-covered trees. Surprisingly, it's not widely known that a standalone mountain called Zao exists...

FitzroyFitzroy2023.05.29

Mt. Gassan (summer skiing)

[Gassan, Nishimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture] Can you ski in midsummer? Gassan Ski Resort is warming up...

Mount Gassan, Mount Haguro, and Mount Yudono are known as the "Three Mountains of Dewa" and are known as mountains of mountain worship. Mount Gassan is considered a place of prayer for happiness in the past, Mount Haguro for the present, and Mount Yudono for the next...

ikokeikoke2023.05.23

[Southern Tohoku] A must-try for fruit lovers! Strawberries, peaches, and cherries...

Southern Tohoku, led by Yamagata Prefecture, known as the "cherry prefecture," is a wonderful place for fruit lovers, where fruit can be harvested all year round. Fruit picking with family, lovers, or friends is fun, but...

SatomioriSatomiori2023.05.15

[Date City, Fukushima Prefecture] A journey around the sacred mountain power spot, Reizan Town, Date City

Ryozen-machi, Date City, located in northern Fukushima Prefecture, is a town famous as a power spot. It's home to the sacred mountain and Ryozen Shrine, which have long been a place of deep religious faith, as well as the traditional Ryozen Taiko drumming...

natsukinatsuki2023.05.02

Lavender at Misato Town Lavender Garden

[Misato Town, Akita Prefecture] A purple landscape found in Akita! Misato Town Lavender Garden is a soothing...

When you think of majestic lavender fields, many people think of Furano in Hokkaido. However, you can also see a spectacular purple carpet in Misato Town, Akita Prefecture, that is just as impressive as Hokkaido's.

ikokeikoke2023.05.01

[Tohoku] Where should you go during Golden Week 2023? How about visiting zoos and aquariums in Tohoku?

With restrictions on movement now lifted, tourist destinations across the country are expected to be bustling this Golden Week. This year's Golden Week is expected to see many visitors, not only from Japan but also from overseas...

SatomioriSatomiori2023.04.26

[Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture] The entire mountain is covered in a bright red carpet. Japan's No. 1 azalea spot! Mount Tokusenjo

Mount Tokusenjo, towering over Kesennuma City in northeastern Miyagi Prefecture, is a 711m-high mountain renowned as Japan's best azalea spot. The area is home to an astounding 50,000 acres of wild mountain azalea and Renge azalea, roughly the size of 10 Tokyo Domes.

FitzroyFitzroy2023.04.25

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    A writer from Miyagi explains the Imoni Wars! [Miyagi/Yamagata]
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    The spirit medium "Onakama" and her head temple "Iwatani Juhachiya Kannon-do" in Yamagata Prefecture
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