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

Speaking of New Year's visit in Yamagata Prefecture, there are many shrines throughout the prefecture, such as Yamagata Gokoku Shrine and Tateishokuji Temple in Yamagata City, Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa, Kameoka Monjudo in Takahata, and Kumano Taisha Shrine in Nanyo...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.25

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

In addition to Osaki Hachimangu Shrine and Toshogu Shrine in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture's New Year visits include Takekoma Shrine, one of Japan's three major Inari Shrines, and Shiogama Shrine, ``Mutsu Kuni Ichinomiya''...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.24

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 from Aomori City and Hachinohe City that are said to be standard in their respective regions as recommended New Year's visit destinations in Aomori Prefecture for the New Year of 2025.

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.20

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

Based on the book "Five Winds of Oga" written by Masumi Sugae (1754-1829), a travelogue of the Edo period, who wrote about his travels on the Oga Peninsula, this book is based on the Edo period and modern times...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.12.16

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

Based on [Oga Gofu], written by Masumi Sugae (1754-1829) of the Edo period, about his travels on the Oga Peninsula, this book compares the Edo period and the present day.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.12.10

Takakura Shrine (Ouchi-juku)

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

Ouchi-juku is located in Shimogo-cho, Minamiaizu-gun, Fukushima Prefecture. It is one of Fukushima's tourist attractions because you can see old houses with thatched roofs lined up along the road.

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]

Kaiyo Town is located approximately 1 km southwest of JR Aizuwakamatsu Station. This is the main headquarters of the Sericulture Guardian, ``Sericulture Country'', where the sacred tree ``Minebari Sakura'', which is over 1000 years old, is located...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.11.21

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

Setting aside the debate over whether Namahage are demons or gods, there are many demon legends on the Oga Peninsula. The story is based on the story of the five animals who visited with Emperor Wu of Han...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.11.19

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.

Nanukamachi is located west of the center of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. During the feudal period, Echigo Kaido and Yonezawa Kaido roads ran through them, and inns and restaurants were lined up along the roads, making the area close...

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 mausoleum of the Oniwa (Moniwa) family, famous as senior vassals of the Date family. Yoshimoto, the second son of Tsunamoto Moniba, who was later called one of the three great Date...

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