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What is Shirakawa like? A trivia tame that lets you understand the region, including history, tourist spots, and specialty items...

It would be cool to be able to explain it casually when asked, "What is XXX like?" A trivia that you can understand the region is packed with useful trivia for such situations...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.04.23

Hirosaki Castle

Hirosaki Sakura Festival 2024! Event information and 5 recommended food stalls for locals! [Aomori...

Hirosaki Sakura Festival 2024 will be held from April 12th to May 5th, 2024, and Hirosaki's cherry blossoms, which are said to be the number one in Japan, are characterized by their cherry blossoms that are in full bloom, and they will continue to live in Aomori...

Hana OdagiriHana Odagiri2024.04.11

Before the Satake clan's revocation, Akita City was the forefront of the Northern powers [Akita Prefecture]

The Akita city's website states that the history of Akita City began in 1602 (Keicho 7). In 1602, Satake was a daimyo of Hitachi Province (Ibaraki Prefecture) until then, in the Edo period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.11

The development of Akita City that began in Tsuchizaki - the soil at the mouth of the Omono River, which developed as the center of distribution...

At the mouth of the Omonogawa River, which flows through Akita City, is Akita Port, the largest trading port in Akita Prefecture. Akita Port is based on its land number Tsuchizaki Port (Tsuchizaki Minato), and it is derived from the old name Tsuchizaki Minato...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.12

Michitsune Mishima

Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, has completely changed its landscape due to Mishima Michiyo after the Meiji Restoration.

Yamagata City was developed as a castle town of the Yamagata Domain and was a commercial city that developed through the trade of the safflower, a specialty. Yamagata Castle, located in the center, is very large, and Sannomaru, which was on the outside, is about 235 hectares...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.07

The castle town of Kubota Castle since the Meiji period, which was hit by numerous major fires and changed [Autumn in Akita Prefecture...

Kubota Castle and castle towns, which were created through thorough urban planning by the Akita Domain (Kubota Domain), have lost most of the buildings due to frequent fires. Kubota Castle has been a Chiaki Park since the Meiji period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.02

Yoshinobu Satake

The foundation of Akita City is the castle town of Kubota Castle, created by Satake Yoshinobu [Akita Prefecture]

Akita City's website states that "it commences in 1602, when Satake Yoshinobu was replaced by the country." Satake Yoshinobu came to Akita in 1602. ...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.01.26

[Series ⑦: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] The bond between the Genji and Togoku warriors, 100 years of the Oshu Fujiwara clan...

Minamoto Yoshimitsu joined Minamoto Yoshimitsu from Kyo in order to save his brother from his difficulties. The Allied forces were impregnated at the time, Kanazawa fences (Kanezawa fences)...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.01.16

[Series ⑥: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] From the internal conflict of the Kiyohara clan to the battle for family succession, private warfare and...

With Kiyohara's Sanehira's death in illness, the Kiyohara clan's internal conflict has subsided. Okuroku District, which was the territory of Shine, was Minamoto Yoshiie of Mutsunokami...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.01.09

[Series ⑤: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the second three years] 20 years after the role of the previous nine years, the role has expanded once again to Ou...

After his role in the last nine years, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi returned to Kyoto, and the Kiyohara clan ruled the Okuroku districts of Mutsu (inland areas in Iwate Prefecture), which were ruled by the Abe clan. Kiyohara has been a long battle...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.12.26

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