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[Part 2] A stone monument related to Mizuko Masahide in Akayu! | Akayu Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture

I went to Akayu Onsen! [Part 1] mainly introduces hot springs. This time, I visited a place where I visited Akayu Onsen, and it was a popular content called "Touken Ranbu" that is said to be the sparking sword boom...

ikokeikoke2022.11.10

Kakunodate samurai residence

[JR East Pass Trip: First Day 1] On the first day, we went to the samurai residences in Kakunodate in the morning!

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [JR East Pass Journey: Explanation - Preparation Edition] I'm off! Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway! https://jp.neft.asia/archiv...

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.11.03

[Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture] Go to Inawashiro Herb Garden for an autumn Instagram photo...

Lake Inawashiro is also close by, so it was perfect for a driving course. We will introduce it as a recommended spot. There are a lot of images so you can enjoy the photos alone, so please read to the end...

ikokeikoke2022.10.31

[Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture] Relax in the Japanese warmth and warm hospitality, a cultural property...

Aizu Higashiyama Onsen is a hot spring resort that represents the Aizu region, located on the outskirts of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. The hot springs have a long history, and about 1,300 years ago, the monk Gyoki (Gyogi) was invited to spread Buddhism...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.10.10

Kitakata, a town of barns with over 4,000 existing barns [Fukushima Prefecture]

When you think of Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture, ramen is the one that comes to mind. It is said to be one of Japan's three major ramen along with Sapporo Ramen and Hakata Ramen. Its history is long, and around the end of the Taisho period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.10.07

Tagajo, the mysterious northern capital that also appears in the poetry pillows of the Heian period [Miyagi Prefecture]

Tagajo is a castle built as a base for controlling the Emishi (Tohoku region), which was an unexplored land by the Yamato Imperial Court during the Nara period, and is a castle in the Tohoku region known as Mutsu Province...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.10.05

Hiromoto Oe

One of the "13 people at Kamakura-dono" and relationship between Minamoto Yoritomo's Chiebukuro Oe Hiromoto and Yamagata Prefecture, one of the "19 people"

Oe Hiromoto, who appears as one of the main characters in the NHK Taiga drama "The 13 People of Kamakura," is the person who supported the Kamakura Shogunate with his clear intelligence. The "guardian jito" system that appears in history classes...

nakanaka2022.09.30

[Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture] Follow the footsteps of the Oshu Soma clan, who fostered a unique culture for 800 years...

It has been over 800 years since the Sengoku Daimyo Soma clan was given to Mutsu Kuni Namekatagun (Minamisoma City, Iitate Village) in northern Fukushima Prefecture by Minamoto Yoritomo, and has been in the Reiwa era...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.09.01

[Tenei Village, Fukushima Prefecture] Two hot spring inns with thatched roofs. Full of nostalgic atmosphere...

"Iwase Yumoto Onsen" is located in Tenei Village, located in central Fukushima Prefecture, in Sukagawa City, Shirakawa City, and Aizuwakamatsu City. In the center of Tenei Village, there is a watershed (Bunsuirei) that divides Japan into east and west, and the Oosaka Pass (...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.08.26

Shirakawa Seki destination display

What is Shirakawa's Seki? Shirakawa, a border town where the checkpoint was once located [Fukushima Prefecture]

Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, is located at the entrance to a region called Emishi (now the Tohoku region), which was not at the strength of the Imperial Court until around the Nara period, and at the border, it is located at the entrance to the Kunizakai (Shirakawa Seki/Shirakawa no Shirakawa...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.08.24

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