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"Kakuta City, Miyagi Prefecture" is a town connected to space as a development hub for large rocket engines.

Even though it's called Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture, it may not be well known nationwide. Located south of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture's prefectural capital, near the prefectural border with Fukushima Prefecture, the city is located in the center of the city, and is the first-class river Abu...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.08.08

[Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture] The cutting edge of rocket research begins in Noshiro City. "Noshiro Rocket Testing Site"

Noshiro City, located in the northern part of Akita Prefecture, is home to the large-scale rocket experimental site, Noshiro Rocket Experimental Site. Rocket engine development and burning on a long, narrow site facing the Sea of ​​Japan in the western part of the city...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.08.01

The National Astronomical Observatory Mizusawa Campus was the first in Japan to connect with space [Iwate Prefecture]

The National Astronomical Observatory Mizusawa Campus, although its name seems to be a university, is an observatory station at the National Astronomical Observatory. The predecessor was the oldest "latitude observation" of the National Astronomical Observatory, which opened in 1899 (Meiji 32)...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.07.25

Altitude of 1,600 meters. The closest to the star in Japan, the Jodohira Observatory [Fukushima Prefecture]

The Jododairatenmondai is located at Jododaira, located at an altitude of approximately 1,600m, halfway between the highland highway and the Bandai Azuma Skyline in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.07.24

[Part 2] A day trip to Yamagata city, a sightseeing trip with a 2-5km radius from Yamagata Station on the Senzan Line [Yamagata...

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Part 1] Day Trip in Yamagata City | A sightseeing 2-5km radius from Yamagata Station on the Senzan Line [Yamagata Prefecture] https://jp.neft.asia/arc...

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.07.22

[Iwate Prefecture] Why is Iwate/Morioka called that? Find out the origin of place names!

Iwate Prefecture is full of food culture such as Wankosoba, Morioka Cold Noodles, and Jajan noodles, as well as historical heritage such as Mokoshiji Temple and Chusonji Temple, but I've thought, "Why did Iwate Prefecture become the name of Iwate?"...

HiroyukiOkaHiroyukiOka2022.07.15

[Iwate Prefecture during the Boshin War] What was the decision of the Morioka and Ichinoseki clans?

During the Boshin War, when the Tohoku area became a battlefield, Iwate Prefecture was not a battlefield. At that time, Iwate Prefecture was the Morioka domain, which was the southern half of the northern half, and the southern half was the Ichinoseki domain, which had close ties to the Sendai domain...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.07.12

[Aomori Prefecture during the Boshin War] What were the decisions of the Hirosaki, Kuroishi, Hachinohe, and Shichinohe domains?

During the Boshin War, no major battles took place in Aomori Prefecture, and it was peaceful. The branch of the Morioka domain, Nananohe Domain (Morioka Shinta Domain), in the eastern part of the prefecture, acts alongside the Morioka domain, but the Hachinohe Domain is in a neutral position...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.07.05

[Akita Prefecture during the Boshin War] What were the decisions of the Kubota, Kameda, Honjo, and Yajima domains?

At the end of the Edo period, Akita Prefecture was limited to the Kubota Domain (Akita Domain) with 200,000 koku and its branch domains, and the Kameda Domain, Honjo Domain and Yajima Domain, which had less than 20,000 koku. In the Kubota domain and other domains within Akita Prefecture...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.06.28

Nanbu Bevelers are the unique residence of the Nanbu Domain, who was well aware of the importance of horses [Iwate Prefecture]

The "Curly House" is an ingenious and human home built to create stables inside the house and live together. Northern Kanto, especially Iwate Prefecture, has a unique curve called "Nanbu Curler" during the Edo period...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.06.26

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