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[Iwate Prefecture] Enjoy Morioka Sansa dance! Here are some highlights and ways to enjoy the event, which was held for the first time in three years...

Image provided by Morioka Sansa Odori Executive Committee The Morioka Sansa Odori, a representative summer festival of Iwate, will be held for the first time in three years for four days from August 1st to 4th! "Watch the Sansa Odori as a summer memory..."

nakanaka2022.07.31

[Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture] Festival contents have been renewed! Those who enjoy the new festival 120%...

The Fukushima Warajima Festival is usually held in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture in early August. The festival offers the largest large-sized warbler in Japan to Haguro Shrine on Mt. Nobuo, and delivers wishes for healthy legs and good health, but in 2019...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2022.07.30

[Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture] What is the history and types of Morioka Sansa Odori? Guinness World Record Taiko Performance...

The Morioka Sansa Dance, synonymous with Iwate in summer, is the first festival to liven up Tohoku's summer on the earliest dates from August 1st to 4th of the Tohoku Six Great Festivals. This time, Morioka-san...

nakanaka2022.07.29

[Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture] A summer tradition in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture! The wishes put into Japan's biggest waraji...

We would like to introduce you to the Fukushima Warajima Festival, a summer tradition in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. The Fukushima Warajima Festival is a group of men carrying large waraji, which is 12m long, paraded through the town, and the wings of Mt. Nobuo...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2022.07.28

[Aomori Prefecture] Aomori Nebuta Festival 2022 will be held for the first time in 3 years! The hot summer is back in Michinoku...

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the event was cancelled for two years, just like other Tohoku festivals, but in my hometown of Aomori, the Nebuta Festival, which will be the first in three years, I'm sure I'll be unable to stop excitedly! here...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.07.27

The National Astronomical Observatory Mizusawa Campus was the first in Japan to connect with space [Iwate Prefecture]

The National Astronomical Observatory Mizusawa Campus, although its name seems to be a university, is an observatory station at the National Astronomical Observatory. The predecessor was the oldest "latitude observation" of the National Astronomical Observatory, which opened in 1899 (Meiji 32)...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.07.25

[Part 2] A day trip to Yamagata city, a sightseeing trip with a 2-5km radius from Yamagata Station on the Senzan Line [Yamagata...

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Part 1] Day Trip in Yamagata City | A sightseeing 2-5km radius from Yamagata Station on the Senzan Line [Yamagata Prefecture] https://jp.neft.asia/arc...

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.07.22

[Yamagata Prefecture] It’s summer! It's a festival! Hanagasa returns | The long-awaited Hanagasa Festival 202...

Each of the six Tohoku prefectures has its historic summer festivals. In hoping for the reconstruction and reconstruction of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011, the "Tohoku Rokusatsu Festival" will be held in each of the six Tohoku prefectures (Aomori/Nebuta Festival, autumn...

ikokeikoke2022.07.21

[Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture] A brave festival where cavalry warriors compete. With a history of over 1000 years...

In the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture, there is a brave festival where cavalry warriors dressed in armor called "Soma no Maoi," which is said to have a history of over 1,000 years...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.07.20

[Iwate Prefecture] Why is Iwate/Morioka called that? Find out the origin of place names!

Iwate Prefecture is full of food culture such as Wankosoba, Morioka Cold Noodles, and Jajan noodles, as well as historical heritage such as Mokoshiji Temple and Chusonji Temple, but I've thought, "Why did Iwate Prefecture become the name of Iwate?"...

HiroyukiOkaHiroyukiOka2022.07.15

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