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[Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture] “Roadside Station Takada Matsubara” is a symbol of Rikuzentakata’s recovery

Roadside Station Takada Matsubara is located in the Takada Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, and is a roadside station attached to the Iwate Prefecture East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Legend Museum. Hirota...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.05.28

Gojome Town, home to a morning market that has been around for over 500 years and "zelkova with breasts" (Akita Prefecture)

Gojomemachi, located north of Akita City, is home to approximately 7,700 people, known as the morning market that began about 500 years ago (as of February 2024, Akita Prefecture's population and households (monthly report)).

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.05.23

Hashino Iron Mining, a world heritage site in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, is a structure that symbolizes the industrial revolution of Japan in the Meiji era...

Hashino Iron Mining and Hashino Koroato are the site of the blast furnace located in Hashino-cho, Kamaishi-shi, Iwate Prefecture, and was designated a national historic site in 1957, and was a World Heritage Site called "The Meiji Industrial Revolution Heritage Site of Japan: Iron and Steelmaking, and...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.05.20

The history of Odate, which played an important role in the borders of the domain during the Meiji Restoration [Akita Prefecture]

Odate, which was also admired by the borders of the domain during the first half of the Edo period, was known for its Akita dogs, Hinai Jichiri chickens, and Kiritanpo, and was located in the easternmost part of the Kubota domain (Akita domain). ...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.05.08

Model of Isedotai ruins (Isedotai Jomonkan)

"Isedodai Ruins" is a mysterious ruin registered as a World Heritage Site! [Akita Prefecture]

Isedota Iseki is a Jomon period ruins located in Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture. The biggest feature is that there are four ring stones (stone circles), which allow for the preservation of the ruins...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.30

What is Shirakawa like? A trivia tame that lets you understand the region, including history, tourist spots, and specialty items...

It would be cool to be able to explain it casually when asked, "What is XXX like?" A trivia that you can understand the region is packed with useful trivia for such situations...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.04.23

Before the Satake clan's revocation, Akita City was the forefront of the Northern powers [Akita Prefecture]

The Akita city's website states that the history of Akita City began in 1602 (Keicho 7). In 1602, Satake was a daimyo of Hitachi Province (Ibaraki Prefecture) until then, in the Edo period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.11

Ani Mine

The Ani Mine, which was said to be the number one in Japan during the Edo period and supported the Kubota Domain [Kita Akita City, Akita Prefecture]

The Ani Kozan is one of Japan's leading copper mines, operating in Kitaakita City, bordering Iwate Prefecture, in the northern part of Akita Prefecture until 1986 (Showa 61). Along with the Indo-National Silver Mine, the Kubota Domain's finances...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.08

Is the Japanese stone circle "Oyu Ring Stone" a sacred place in the Jomon period? [Akita Prefecture]

The Oyu Ring Stones in Towada, Kakunodate City, Akita Prefecture, is considered to be one of the Jomon Ruins of Hokkaido and North Tohoku, which became a World Heritage Site on July 27, 2021. Oyu ring stones were the late Jomon period (approximately...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.03.27

What does "Shinobu Mochizuri" mean? Introducing related spots and folk tales [Fukushima Prefecture]

Do you know the term "shinobum mochizuri"? This word often appears in the world of waka poetry, but in fact it is a word that has a connection to the present city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. Life is modern...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.03.27

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