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[Iwaizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture] “Mitagai Branch” is the most nostalgic roadside station in Japan! Guardian...

During the feudal era, southern cows carried sea supplies from the coast to Morioka. The route was National Route 455. Morioka has two road stations. One of them was once the southern...

sugarsugar2018.09.09

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[Fukushima Prefecture] Let's try making washi paper at Nihonmatsu City Washi Tradition Museum!

Fukushima Prefecture is the "Entrance to Michinoku" that becomes more profound the more you learn. Even so, Nihonmatsu's washi paper has a history that is unparalleled by other regions. A rustic atmosphere to a solemn atmosphere...

Chimon2018.05.29

[Fukushima] Let's go to Iitate Village, a beautiful village in Japan! Roadside station “Maidan” is also open!

Iitate Village, located on the eastern side of the Abukuma Highlands, which separates the Hamadori and Nakadori regions of Fukushima Prefecture, is a beautiful village surrounded by abundant nature. Its name comes from the fact that the entire village was evacuated following the nuclear accident caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake...

HazukiiHazukii2017.11.30

[Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture] Cherry Land is the home of Yamagata cherries! Cherry...

When you think of Yamagata, you think of cherries. And when you think of cherry spots in Yamagata, you think of Sagae Cherry Land. In particular, the Sakuranbo Kaikan JA in Sagae Cherry Land has a...

sugarsugar2017.09.29

[Fukushima] Opened in 2017. A famous bar at the popular roadside station "Kunimi Atsushi no Sato"...

Roadside Station Kunimi Atsushino Sato grand opening in May 2017 in Kunimi Town, Date County, in the northern part of Fukushima Prefecture. Kunimi Town is known for its rich agricultural products, including peaches...

HazukiiHazukii2017.08.22

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Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, known as the "hometown of Ono no Komachi"! A tragic story about a beautiful woman...

Ono no Komachi is known as one of the three most beautiful women in the world. She was a female poet of the Heian period and is famous for her waka poems in the Hyakunin Isshu and Kokin Wakashu. However, not much is known about her life.

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