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Mitsuishi Shrine

"Rock" and a demon's "hand" shape? Mitsuishi Shrine, filled with Iwate's roots [Iwate Prefecture]

Tokenji Temple appears along the road as you head north at the intersection in front of the courthouse on Chuo-dori, in the center of Morioka City. Behind this temple is "Mitsuishi Shrine"...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.03.28

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

Procession with lanterns and main hall

Kuroishiji Somin Festival, which has brought the curtain down over 1,000 years of history | 2024 local report [Iwate Prefecture]

This year marks the end of the Kuroishiji Somin Festival's history of over 1,000 years has concluded. It has been a hot topic in various places since early on, but I can't just pass the ending without ever seeing it! That's...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.02.22

Approach to Nihonmatsu Shrine

Nihonmatsu Shrine, the main shrine of the former Nihonmatsu Domain, famous for its lantern festival [Fukushima Prefecture]

Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture is located just halfway between Fukushima City and Koriyama City. Here, Nihonmatsu Shrine is famous for its Nihonmatsu lantern festival, which boasts a tradition of over 350 years. From Edo...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.02.19

Inuchi Ginzan, which supported the Akita Domain's finances. The coal mining town was filled with over 15,000 people [...

The Akita Domain (Kubota Domain) was a domain in which the Satake clan was almost the entire Akita Prefecture area, and the initial level of the stone was about 200,000 koku, but later increased to about 390,000 koku. The Yamagata Domain, also in the same Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture), was originally...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.02.09

[Series ⑥: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] From the internal conflict of the Kiyohara clan to the battle for family succession, private warfare and...

With Kiyohara's Sanehira's death in illness, the Kiyohara clan's internal conflict has subsided. Okuroku District, which was the territory of Shine, was Minamoto Yoshiie of Mutsunokami...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.01.09

Zodiac (3)

Main shrine to protect the 12 zodiac signs of Sendai | Main shrine to protect the zodiac signs of Tohoku: Miyagi Edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.31

Atago Shrine temple name plaque

The main deity of the year of the Dragon and Snake enshrined in the god of fire! Atago Shrine on Mt. Atago (Sendai City)...

Located in the southern part of Sendai city center and on the summit of Mt. Atago, Atago Shrine is famous as a night view spot, as it offers a panoramic view of Sendai city across the Hirose River. It is named after "Atago"...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.30

Daimanji Kokuzodo

Is the Thousand-Body Buddha of Daimanji Temple in Mukaiyama, the root of the place name in Sendai? [Miyagi Prefecture]

On the way from the center of Sendai city towards Nagamachi, Mt. Atago is located near Atagobashi Station on the Namboku Line of the Sendai Municipal Subway. It is famous for being Atago Shrine here, but right behind it is Daimanji Kokuzo...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.29

Zodiac (2)

The main shrine of the zodiac guardianship of the Aizu zodiac guardianship of the Tohoku zodiac guardianship of the zodiac: Fukushima Edition

Do you know what a "sacred place" is? This is a pilgrimage route in which you visit sacred sites and temples all over Japan in order, and tour the 88 famous Shikoku sites, which are also famous throughout Japan, is also known as "88 Shikoku...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.12.28

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