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Oku no Hosomichi 3

[Serialization: Following the narrow path of the depths ③] After leaving Sendai, Basho and Sora arrive at Matsushima by boat from Shiogama.

Matsuo Basho and his disciple Kawai Sora, who left Fukagawa in Edo on March 27th, 1689 (May 16th, New Calendar), were...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.09.19

Oku no Hosomichi 2

[Serialization: Following the narrow path in the back part 2] After arriving in Miyagi Prefecture, Basho and Sora aim for Sendai, the capital of forests.

On May 3rd, 1689 (June 19th June), haiku poet Matsuo Basho (Matsuo Basho) and his disciple Kawai Sora were eating...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.09.14

Oku no Hosomichi 1

[Serialization: Following the narrow path in the back part 1] The journey to Tohoku begins with “crossing the Shirakawa barrier”...

In the Edo period, when there were no airplanes, bullet trains, or automobiles, traveling on foot was the norm, and it was a life-threatening journey that was fraught with great hardship. (Basho) That's...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.09.11

[Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture] A mysterious forest with a 1,000-year history and the belief in Hachiman to ward off evil | Kaminuma Hachiman Shrine

Uenuma Hachiman Shrine, which is enshrined in Tome City, the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture, is a venerable shrine full of tranquility and a thousand years of history. The tranquil and mysterious precincts are just power ...

FitzroyFitzroy2023.09.07

[Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture] Tsuruoka's food culture has been passed down for hundreds of years

In Tsuruoka City, we make use of seasonal ingredients such as wild vegetables and mushrooms, local bounties such as rice, edamame, turnips, and bamboo shoots, and seafood such as cod and flounder.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.08.29

Jionji temple gate

[Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture] Famous for Taiga dramas? What is “Mr. Oe” and Sagae City? Nagosha...

Sagae City is said to have been ruled and developed by the Oe clan, one of the important characters in the historical drama ``The 13 People of Kamakura Palace''. The famous temple "Jionji" in Sagae City...

ikokeikoke2023.08.21

Zuiganji Temple (entrance)

Zuiganji Temple, a temple revived by Date Masamune, located in Matsushima, Japan's three-scenestors of Japan [Miyagi Prefecture]

Zuiganji is a Rinzai sect temple located in Matsushima Town, Miyagi District, Miyagi Prefecture, and its official name including the mountain name is Matsushima Seiryuzan Zuigan Enpuku Zenji.

AoiwaAoiwa2023.08.14

[Chokaisan and Tobishima Geopark: Yusa and Sakata Edition] Shonai Hirano is moist with the blessings of Mt. Chokaisan

Mt. Chokai has two peaks (Higashichokaisan Shinzan and Nishichokaisan Nabemori) that extend from 0m above sea level in the Sea of ​​Japan to the summit at 2,236m...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.08.02

[Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture] Shinjo Festival, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, said to be the largest parade of floats in Japan

"Shinjo Festival" is a summer festival held for three days from August 24th to 26th every year in Shinjo City, a former castle town in northern Yamagata Prefecture. “The best float in Japan...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.07.31

Yamadera Risshakuji Temple

Tateishi-ji Temple, a corner of the four temple corridors, including Chuson-ji Temple, Mokoshi-ji Temple, and Zuigan-ji Temple [Yamagata Prefecture]

Rishakuji Temple in Yamagata Prefecture. Common name: Yamadera (Yamadera) was founded by Jikaku Daishi Ennin in 860 at the request of Emperor Seiwa...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.07.22

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