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The cat festival for cat lovers, "Nekozuka Kofun Cat Festival" and the legend of cats [Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture]

Do you all know? The Nekozuka Kofun Cat Festival is held every year in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai City. Sorry, to be honest, I didn't know about it. It really happens that Sendai's history, traditions, legends, etc.

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.05.21

Illustration of Kuromatayama and UFO

What is Kuromatayama? We'll learn more about what we learned through academic research and why urban legends are told...

Kuromatayama has a beautiful cone shape, making it a famous power spot in recent years, and is it a pyramid? It is a mysterious mountain where urban legends are also told. ...

MurasakihimeMurasakihime2022.05.03

A stone monument with a Freemasonry mark engraved on the ruins of Sendai Castle Ote Gate

A Freemasonry stone monument near the ruins of Sendai Castle Otemon? Examining Sendai mystery! ...

Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, is home to Date Masamune's castle, Sendai Castle (Aoba Castle), and near the site of the major gate, there is a stone monument that appears to be from a "Freemason," making it a hot topic as a small urban legend...

NEFT Editorial Department2022.02.22

Five-storied pagoda

[Haguro Town, Yamagata Prefecture] Mt. Haguro is a sacred place for mountain training! Five-storied pagoda, Jisugi cedar, matchmaking shrine, etc...

When we think of the three Dewa mountains in Yamagata, we refer to Mt. Haguro, Mt. Yudono, and Mt. Tsukiyama. These three mountains are famous places for the Shugen Festival all over the country. The core of this site is Mt. Haguro (market) which has the shrine of Dewa Shrine, which worships the three gods of the mountains.

sugarsugar2018.09.08

16 Rakan Rocks

Sixteen Arahant Rocks are the cliff Buddha with the sea in the background! It is also famous as a sunset spot [Yamagata Prefecture's Yu...

One of the famous spots in Yamagata Prefecture is Juroku Arakhan Rock. These 16 Arachan rocks are a cliff Buddha that has endured rough waves for over 150 years, and are extremely rare in Japan...

sugarsugar2018.09.06

Tomizawa ruins

Preserve the ruins from 20,000 years ago! Feel the time of eternity at the Underground Forest Museum!

Speaking of museums, excavated items excavated from ruins are carefully shaped and displayed. Holidays, where you can look at the exhibits and think about your life at the time, are truly an adult's time to use. and...

Chimon2018.06.16

Oyu ring stones are stone circles from the Jomon period of Japan! ? [Akita Prefecture]

Although it is not well known, there are stone circles in Japan as well. Oyu ring stones located in Towada Oyu, Kakunodate City, Akita Prefecture are one of Japan's largest stone circles, made in the late Jomon period...

NEFT Editorial Department2017.08.09

4 popular spots in Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu!

Speaking of Aomori Prefecture, it is the northernmost prefecture of Honshu, blessed with mountains and seas, and has become a hot topic with the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen. This time, we would like to introduce some of the most popular tourist destinations in Aomori Prefecture. ...

NEFT Editorial Department2017.04.04

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