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"Place names with doors" from 1 to 9 [Five and Six Doors Edition] It has a plain impression but is rich in taste...

From northern Minohe County in Aomori Prefecture to southern Kamikita County, it will be connected along National Route 4 to Gonohe and Rokunohe from the south. Gonohe is located in mountainous areas and has a lot of forest...

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"monaka" opens in Mannaka Sakanacho, Morioka! Let's go and see Mona! ...

On July 11th, 2024, a new commercial complex "monaka" with one basement and four floors above ground was opened at the entrance to the Sakamachi Arcade in Morioka City. "monaka (...

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"Place names with doors" from 1 to 9 [Sannohe] Sannohe, the birthplace of the Nanbu clan, is known for its ties...

Sannohe County, located further north on National Route 4 from northern Iwate Prefecture and crosses the prefectural border with Aomori Prefecture, is the birthplace of the Minohe Minami clan and is a region closely associated with the Morioka Domain. ...

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"Place names with doors" from 1 to 9 [One and 2nd homes edition] The first home is the Jomon ruins...

The vast area spanning northern Iwate Prefecture to eastern Aomori Prefecture is called Nukanobu, and there were nine "place names with doors." The history of this is from the Oshu Fujiwara clan and beyond...

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What is the mystery of the "place names that take place from the door" from Ichinohe to Kunohe? The lands of numbers dotted in the former southern territory...

The area from the Sanhachi Kamikita region of Aomori Prefecture to the northern part of Iwate Prefecture was once a vast territory of the Nanbu domain, known as Nukanobu. This area has a range of...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.07.04

[Part 2] Japan's first nautical chart, "Kamaishi Port Picture of Rikuchukushi" and the development of Kamaishi [Iwate Prefecture]

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Part 1] Japan's first nautical chart, "Riku-China Kamaishi Port Picture" and the development of Kamaishi [Iwate Prefecture] https://jp.neft.asia/archives/32...

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[Part 1] Japan's first nautical chart "Kamaishi Port Picture of Rikuchukushi" and the development of Kamaishi [Iwate Prefecture]

When it comes to creating a map of Japan, Ino Tadataka was surveyed nationwide in 1912. So, which was Japan's first nautical chart produced? This brings you to mind which port, sea, and production background...

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[Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture] Roadside Station Taro Ya...

The roadside station opened in Taro, Miyako City in April 1995. At that time, the road station was on a high ground north of Taro's city, so it was spared from the tsunami damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and was used to rescue the city...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.06.04

[Chokaisan and Tobishima Geopark: Yurihonjo Edition] When Japan was on the Eurasian continent...

Yurihonjo City is a local government that accounts for about 70% of the Yuri region, spreading out across the edge of Mt. Chokai (2,236m), which divides the Dewa region into north and south. The area is 1,200 square kilometers, and approximately 10...

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Yurihonjo, where Honjo, Kameda and Yajima domains were intersected between the Kubota domain and the Shonai domain...

Until the Edo period, the areas of Yamagata and Akita prefectures were treated as one country. Yurihonjo City is located on the north side of Mt. Chokai (2236m above sea level), which rises to the prefectural border with Yamagata Prefecture, and...

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