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Date Masamune Haizuka

Daiganji Temple, who is responsible for the Haizuka of Date Masamune and his grave guardians | A unique funeral ceremony passed down in the Date family [...

Zojozan Daiganji is a Jodo sect temple located in Shinsakacho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. This is a temple with a history that is deeply involved in the funeral ceremony of Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai domain...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.06.16

Absentee family grave at Daianji Temple

Daianji Temple, the family temple of the Mizusawa Date family and the Azuma clan, living in Mizusawa, Oshu [Iwate Prefecture]

Daianji Temple is quietly located in the city center of Mizusawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture. Though it is not well known as a tourist attraction, there is a quiet weight that conveys the history of Oshu to the present day. Once upon a time this...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.06.02

Power spot

Introducing 3 "special" power spots that lie in Bandai Atami Onsen [Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture]

Bandai Atami Onsen, located in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, is a hot spring resort that is widely known nationwide. Another point is that it is easily accessible from the city and is easy to visit by car or train. However, in fact, only the hot springs...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2025.04.24

Sharks, catfish, sea cats, and turnips? Travel report from Hon Hachinohe to Kabushima Shrine [Aomori Prefecture Hachi...

I came to Hachinohe to see the Hachinohe Enburi, which is usually held from February 17th to 20th, and as I wrote in an article I previously published, "Hiroshi" will be held from 11am on the day I arrived...

editorial staffeditorial staff2025.04.04

All Buddhas of Mayama

Over ten thousand Jizo Bodhisattvas covering the walls of Mayama [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Namahage is a visitor god passed down around the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. The Namahage Purple Festival is held once a year at Shinzan Jinja, the center of this legend, and is currently hosting the Namahage Purple Festival all over the country...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.03.03

[Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture] You can see a nationally designated natural monument! Pegmatite rocks at Kashima Ojingu...

We would like to introduce Kashima Ojingu, Nishida-cho, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, a unique power spot where you can see a nationally designated natural monument. The sacred object of Kashima Ojingu Shrine is a giant pegmatite dyke. Until today...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2025.02.28

Harumune Date, a portrait of the Sendai City Museum

Date Harumune's grave and his figure at Hoshuji Temple in Fukushima City [Fukushima Prefecture]

Date Harumune, the 15th head of the Date family, is the grandfather of Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai domain, and was the person who built the headquarters of the Date family in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, where Masamune was born...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.02.03

Monument in the swan

Karitamin Shrine in Zao Town, the center of "swan faith" that is passed down in the southern part of the prefecture [Miyagi Prefecture]

Zao Town, Karita District, Miyagi Prefecture. There is a shrine called Karitamine Shrine (Shiratori Daimyojin) located near the boundary between National Route 4 and the Tohoku Expressway. Karita, which has three companies in Zao Town...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.01.28

Usokae Festival Wooden Carved Uso Bird

Do you turn the various disasters of the year into lies? Takahata Tenmangu Shrine's Liar Festival Visit Report [Fuku...

Takahata Tenmangu Shrine is located in Iizakacho, Fukushima City. The "Listen Festival" held twice a year in January and April at this shrine is given a lucky charm that has a super powerful benefit, replacing various disasters of the year with "Listens"...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.01.15

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

Fukushima Prefecture has long been the gateway to Michinoku, and while there are many shrines and temples that have been around since the Kofun period, there are also shrines and temples that worship special deities, even though they have a short history...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.27

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