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Jionji temple gate

[Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture] Famous for Taiga dramas? What is “Mr. Oe” and Sagae City? Nagosha...

Sagae City is said to have been ruled and developed by the Oe clan, one of the important characters in the historical drama ``The 13 People of Kamakura Palace''. The famous temple "Jionji" in Sagae City...

ikokeikoke2023.08.21

[Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture] The most beautiful village blessed with nature “Maina Village Iitate”

Iitate Village is a village surrounded by beautiful nature on a plateau at an altitude of 400 meters in the northern part of the Abukuma Mountains. Iitate Village coexists with the rich nature and is a place where ``Japan...

natsukinatsuki2023.08.18

Gassan Plateau

[Shonai region, Yamagata prefecture] Travel back in time during summer vacation! Movie location set in Shonai...

The movie location set in the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture has become a hot topic, as it looks just like a historical drama and allows you to enjoy the feeling of having traveled back in time. Naturally...

ikokeikoke2023.08.17

"Masuda-cho, Yokote City" is a preservation area lined with unique merchants with built-in houses [Akita Prefecture]

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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.08.16

Zuiganji Temple (entrance)

Zuiganji Temple, a temple revived by Date Masamune, located in Matsushima, Japan's three-scenestors of Japan [Miyagi Prefecture]

Zuiganji is a Rinzai sect temple located in Matsushima Town, Miyagi District, Miyagi Prefecture, and its official name including the mountain name is Matsushima Seiryuzan Zuigan Enpuku Zenji.

AoiwaAoiwa2023.08.14

The timber rocks in Shiraishi Obara are natural phenomena, and are spectacular spots with columnar joints! [Miyagi Prefecture]

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...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.08.04

[Chokaisan and Tobishima Geopark: Yusa and Sakata Edition] Shonai Hirano is moist with the blessings of Mt. Chokaisan

Mt. Chokai has two peaks (Higashichokaisan Shinzan and Nishichokaisan Nabemori) that extend from 0m above sea level in the Sea of ​​Japan to the summit at 2,236m...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.08.02

[Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture] Shinjo Festival, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, said to be the largest parade of floats in Japan

"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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.07.31

Yamadera Risshakuji Temple

Tateishi-ji Temple, a corner of the four temple corridors, including Chuson-ji Temple, Mokoshi-ji Temple, and Zuigan-ji Temple [Yamagata Prefecture]

Rishakuji Temple in Yamagata Prefecture. Common name: Yamadera (Yamadera) was founded by Jikaku Daishi Ennin in 860 at the request of Emperor Seiwa...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.07.22

[Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture] A new Morioka specialty, the Kitakami River boat transport experience attraction "Mori...

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.

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.07.13

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