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[Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture] What kind of place is Yonezawa? History, sightseeing spots, specialties, etc. of the area...

When someone asks, "What kind of place is ○○○?", it would be cool if you could explain it clearly. It's packed with useful trivia in such situations...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.06.17

[Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture] “Roadside Station Takada Matsubara” is a symbol of Rikuzentakata’s recovery

"Roadside Station Takada Matsubara" is located within the "Takada Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park" in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, and is also known as the "Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Memorial Museum"...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.05.28

[Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture] World Heritage Site "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution - Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, Stone...

Hashino Iron Mine/Hashino Blast Furnace Ruins (Hashino Blast Furnace Ruins) is a blast furnace ruin located in Hashino-cho, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, and was designated as a national historic site in 1957, and is a World Heritage Site of the Meiji...

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.05.20

Model of Isedotai ruins (Isedotai Jomonkan)

"Isedodai Ruins" is a mysterious ruin registered as a World Heritage Site! [Akita Prefecture]

Isedota Iseki is a Jomon period ruins located in Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture. The biggest feature is the four ring stones (stone circles)...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.30

Michinoku Folk Village's southern territory Date territory boundary mound

Take a walk through the original Japanese scenery at Michinoku Folk Village, an outdoor museum that houses ancient architecture! ...

Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, is a city located in the southwestern part of the prefecture. During the Edo period, it was a typical rural area located on the border of the southern domain of the Morioka domain and the Date domain of the Sendai domain. However, the Showa era...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.04.25

The popular game "Matagi" started in Kitaakita City! [Akita Prefecture]

The Ani region (Autumn...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.12

Before the Satake clan's revocation, Akita City was the forefront of the Northern powers [Akita Prefecture]

The Akita city's website states that the history of Akita City began in 1602 (Keicho 7). 1602 was the Edo period and until then...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.11

The Ani Mine, which was said to be the number one in Japan during the Edo period and supported the Kubota Domain [Kita Akita City, Akita Prefecture]

The Ani Mine is one of Japan's leading copper mines that operated until 1986 in Kitaakita City, located in the northern part of Akita Prefecture, bordering Iwate Prefecture. ...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.04.08

Is the Japanese stone circle "Oyu Ring Stone" a sacred place in the Jomon period? [Akita Prefecture]

The "Oyu Stone Rings" located in Towada, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, are one of the "Jomon Ruins in Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku" that became a World Heritage Site on July 27, 2021.

editorial staffeditorial staff2024.03.27

demon of the world

The "Devil's House" is a demon museum where demons from all over the world gather! [Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture]

In Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, there is a museum that focuses on demons, which is rare even in Japan. That is "Kitakami City Oni no Yakata". Speaking of demons, Japanese fairy tales...

NEFT Editorial Department2024.03.18

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