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Introducing popular temples and shrines recommended for the first visit to the New Year of the Year of the Snake (Aomori Prefecture)!

We would like to introduce two shrines in Aomori Prefecture that we recommend for the New Year's 2025 New Year's, which are said to be standard shrines from Aomori City and Hachinohe City in their respective regions. Hirosaki City and its surrounding area...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.20

[Third] Sugae Masumi walked in Oga Peninsula - Encountered a major earthquake [Akita Prefecture]

Sugae Masumi (1754-1829), a traveler from the Edo period, introduces Sugae Masumi (1754-1829), a traveler from the Oga Peninsula, and introduces the Edo period and the present day, based on the Oga Five Winds of Oga, a traveler from the Oga Peninsula.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.12.16

[Second Edition] Suga Masumi walked in Oga Peninsula - Interested in the strange rocks along the coast [...

Sugae Masumi (1754-1829) from the Edo period (1754-1829) introduces the Oga Gofu (Oga Gofu), a story written by Oga Peninsula, and contrasts the Edo period with the modern era.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.12.10

Takakura Shrine (Ouchi-juku)

Takakura Shrine, a hidden power spot in Ouchijuku [Fukushima Prefecture]

Ouchijuku is located in Shimogo Town, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture. It is famous as one of Fukushima's tourist attractions, as you can see old thatched roof houses lined up along the road. This is the real street of Ouchijuku...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.11.22

Divine crest “Aizu three-hollyhock”

"Silver and Japanese Shrine" is the head office of sericulture care, with cherry blossoms over 1,000 years old [Fukushima Prefecture]

Jamyocho is located about 1km southwest of JR Aizuwakamatsu Station. Here, the headquarters of the silkworm farming protection facility, Kogaikuni Shrine, is home to the sacred tree "Minezakura" that is over 1,000 years old...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.11.21

Is Nama bald real? Traces of demons remaining throughout the Oga Peninsula – Oga Peninsula and the Legend of Demons...

Aside from the debate about whether Nama bald is a demon or a god, there are a ton of demon legends on the Oga Peninsula. The origin of the legend is that five bats that visited with Emperor Wu of Han transform into demons...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.11.19

Bullet traces from the Boshin War

The only existing building that remains traces of the Boshin War, "Former Takizawa Honjin" [Fukushima Prefecture]

The former Takizawa Honjin (also known as Yokoyama Family Residence) is said to be the oldest private house in the Tohoku region, located about 3km northeast of Tsuruga Castle, along the old Shirakawa Kaido road near the entrance to Takizawa Pass, which runs from Aizuwakamatsu to Shirakawa and to Edo.

AoiwaAoiwa2024.11.15

Restored large pillared building

Sannai Maruyama Ruins is Japan's largest Jomon Ruins located in the northernmost part of Honshu [Aomori Prefecture]

Sannai Maruyama Ruins are ancient ruins located in Maruyama, Sannai Maruyama, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, from the early Jomon period to the end of the middle Jomon period (approximately 5,900 to 4,200 years ago)...

.NEFT Editorial Department2024.10.17

Aizu Eastern Army Cemetery “Amidaji Temple”

Amida-ji Temple, where the grave of Saito Ichi is located during the Boshin War and the burial site of the Aizu clan's war dead and the Shinsengumi.

Nanakamachi is located in the west of the central city of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. During the feudal era, the Echigo Kaido and Yonezawa Kaido are running along the road, and inns and restaurants line the roads, and from the mid-Showa era, Aizu's most popular craze...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.10.10

Sekiunji Temple stone monument

The moniwa family's sacred house at Ishiunji Temple, where the bloodline of the famous general known as the three Date Masters, Moniwa Tsunamoto, rests [Miyagi Prefecture]

In Matsuyama, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, there is a sacred house of the Onibi family, famous as a senior retainer of the Date family. He has been ruled this place for generations since the time of Yoshigen, the second son of Shigena Tsunamoto, who was later called the Date Three Great...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.10.04

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