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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 DepartmentNEFT 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

Illustration of cat inari

If you're a cat lover, why not miss out on it? The history of the region traced from "Nobuoyama Neko Inari"...

Do you all like cats? Cat-shaped goods and motifs, cat spots, including cat cafes...the world is filled with people's love for cats everywhere. ...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.09.30

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 2] South of Iwate Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians [...

[Northern Miyagi Prefecture and Southern Iwate Prefecture] Christianity spreading in Tohoku (Part 1) In the northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, which have become the villages of hidden Christians, Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Northern Kyoto in Tohoku...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.09.27

Osaki Hachiman Shrine worship hall

The main house of Sendai's national treasure, Osaki Hachimangu Shrine! Osaki Hachiman Shrine in Tajiri, Osaki City [Miyagi Prefecture]

Osaki City is located in the northwest of Miyagi Prefecture and has the third largest population in the prefecture after Sendai and Ishinomaki City. Although it is a city that forms the "Osaki metropolitan area" along with surrounding cities and towns, it is also recognized as a World Agricultural Heritage...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.24

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 2] Miyagi Prefecture Northern Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians [...

[Northern Miyagi Prefecture and Southern Iwate Prefecture] Christianity spreading in Tohoku (Part 1) In the northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, which have become the villages of hidden Christians, Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Northern Kyoto in Tohoku...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.09.20

Iizaka Onsen with the Sato brothers who assisted Minamoto Yoshitsune [Fukushima Prefecture]

In Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, there is an historic hot spring resort called Iizaka Onsen. It is well known that Matsuo Basho also stayed there, but there are other people who are associated with Iizaka. Sato followed Minamoto Yoshitsune...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.09.18

Yajiro Kokeshi's expression

Yajiro Kokeshi – A tradition developed around Kamasaki Onsen, the home of the Shiraishi Katakura family...

Kokeshi is one of the most representative traditional crafts in the Tohoku region. This is a craft that has spread over a fairly wide area, with at least one unique lineage in all Tohoku prefectures. This time, we'll be looking at the following...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.17

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Sendai Toshogu Shrine is a shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, located in Sendai, and is a treasure trove of important cultural properties! [Miyagi Prefecture]

Toshogu Station, one station on the Senzan Line from JR Sendai Station, is home to the shrine "Sendai Toshogu", which is the origin of its name. The virtue was founded by Date Tadamune, the second lord of the Sendai domain...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.06

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