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Let's fully enjoy Tateishokuji Temple (Yamadera), one of Yamagata's leading sightseeing spots!

Commonly known as "Yamaji" in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, is one of the prefecture's most famous tourist spots. You will climb the stone steps to Tateishiji Temple, which is at the top. After climbing, the view is truly spectacular! Tourists come constantly afterwards...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.11.30

Tono hometown village

[Iwate] “Tono Furusato Village” where you can experience “Maburitto” and mountain village life

Tono Hometown Village in Iwate Prefecture is a facility that recreates the old-fashioned lifestyle of Tono, where you can participate in numerous experience programs. By actually doing farming work, we live in the mountains...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.14

Chiaki Park

Senshu Park, the best cherry blossom viewing spot in Akita City

A park with the remains of Kubota Castle, the Satake clan's castle, Chiaki Park in Akita City, Akita Prefecture is the remains of Kubota Castle, the castle of the Akita Domain lord, Satake clan. It was designed by Nagaoka Anpei in 1884 and was developed as a park...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Uesugi Shrine

[Yamagata] Uesugi Shrine, which enshrines Sengoku Daimyo Uesugi Kenshin

Uesugi Shrine is one of the most popular tourist spots in Yamagata Prefecture. It is a 10-minute bus ride from JR Yonezawa Station, and a 5-minute walk from Uesugi Shrine. In 1887, Sengoku Daimyo Uesugi...

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Motsuji Temple (entrance)

Motsuji Temple, a World Heritage Site with Japan's oldest Pure Land Garden (Iwate Prefecture)

Motsuji Temple in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, is a Tendai Buddhist temple whose principal image is a standing statue of Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha). It is said to have been founded by Ennin, the founder of the Tendai sect of Buddhism, in 850.

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Entsuin garden

[Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture] Entsu-in, a moss temple in Miyagi with a beautiful garden created by Enshu Kobori

Entsuin Temple in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, is the family temple of Date Mitsumune, the grandson of Date Masamune, and its principal image is the Bodhisattva Kannon. Located on the main approach to Zuiganji Temple, a temple restored by Date Masamune...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.04

Kakunodate samurai residence

[Akita] Edo period samurai residence street “Kakunodate Samurai Residence”

A place where the Edo period's streetscape remains The Kakunodate Samurai Mansion is a series of mansions of middle and lower-level samurai during the Edo period that remain in the Kakunodate district of Senboku City, Akita Prefecture. From Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture to Senboku, Akita Prefecture...

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Yamakyo Warehouse

[Yamagata] A historic agricultural warehouse complex that is still in use today, “Sankyo Soko”

Agricultural warehouse in the Meiji period Yamai Warehouse is located in Sakata, a city in the northern part of Yamagata Prefecture, and is the symbol of Shonai, a rice-producing region. The rice was built in 1893 (Meiji 26) and was stored...

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Torii of Osaki Hachiman Shrine

"Osaki Hachimangu Shrine" is a national treasure and a national treasure that is famous for its nude visits at Donto Festivals [Miyagi Prefecture]

Osaki Hachimangu Shrine is a shrine located in the western part of Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, along Prefectural Route 31 (Sendai-Murata Line) in Yahata, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, a designated city. Formerly ranked as a village shrine...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.09.14

Osorezan

[Aomori Prefecture] One corner of Japan's 3rd generation Sacred Ground in Mutsu City, "Osoreyama"

Mount Osore is a sacred mountain located in Tanabu, Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture, and is considered one of Japan's three great sacred sites, along with Mount Koya and Mount Hiei. Mount Osore is an ancient volcano...

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