A characteristic of Masuda's townscape is that even though it is said to be a "kura town," you won't find anything that resembles a "kura" when you walk around the townscape. The streets are reminiscent of the Edo period...
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Are you familiar with the natural scenery called columnar joints? This is a landscape represented by Tojinbo in Fukui Prefecture and Takachiho Gorge in Miyazaki Prefecture, but it is actually located in Miyagi Prefecture...
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"Shinjo Festival" is a summer festival held for three days from August 24th to 26th every year in Shinjo City, a former castle town in northern Yamagata Prefecture. “The best float in Japan...
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Morioka is a ``river town'' where three rivers, the Kitakami River, Shizukuishi River, and Nakatsu River, meet.During the Edo period, annual tax rice was transported to Edo via Ishinomaki by boat transport on the Kitakami River.
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Oishida Town (Oishida Town) is located almost in the center of Yamagata Prefecture, and the Mogami River runs through the center of the town, making it a thriving agricultural town that produces rice and watermelons. Specialty sauce...
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Tobishima is Yamagata Prefecture's only remote island, floating in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Sakata City. The area is approximately 2.75 square km and the circumference is approximately 10 km. Population is 169 people (December 2020...
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Narageshuku is a post town on the Ushu Highway. Ushu Kaido is the Edo Five Road, which connects Edo and Mutsu Province on the Pacific side...
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The Okitama region, which was ruled by the former Yonezawa clan, including Yonezawa City, is dotted with hot springs connected to the Uesugi family. The Uesugi family is the first...
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Sokushinbutsu. Even if life ends, they remain forever and watch over people. At the end of their training, monks voluntarily eat only nuts and wild vegetables...
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Nagai City, located in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture, is centered around the former Nagai Town, which developed during the Edo period through shipping on the Mogami River, as well as Nagai Village, Nishine Village, Hirano Village, Isazawa...
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