During the Edo period, Yurihonjo City was occupied by three feudal domains: the Yashima domain, the Kameda domain, and the Honjo domain, and Kitamae...
The Ou Mountains and Zao Mountain Range straddle Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures. Did you know that on the Miyagi Prefecture side of the Zao Mountain Range, there is a shrine whose deity repeatedly moves during the summer and winter?
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Odate Castle, a branch castle of the Kubota clan, was owned by the Satake Nishi family.In the Edo period, Odate City was part of the neighboring Kazuno region (Kazuno City, Kosaka Town), which was part of the Nanbu Domain (part of Iwate Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture)...
When asked, ``What is the first festival that comes to mind in Yamagata Prefecture?'', many people answer ``Yamagata Hanagasa Festival,'' which is held from August 5th to 7th every year.
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Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [History of Hachirogata Reclamation 2] How was the reclaimed land created? [Hachirogata Town, Akita Prefecture] https://jp.n...
When it comes to festivals in Akita, I get the impression that there are many summer festivals that take place from July to August, such as the Akita Kanto Festival, but there are also many charming autumn festivals in various places...
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Speaking of festivals in Aomori Prefecture, there are many such as the ``Aomori Nebuta Festival,'' ``Hirosaki Neputa Festival,'' ``Goshogawara Tachinebuta,'' and even the ``Hachinohe Sanja Taisai Festival.''
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A railway line called the Tsugaru Line runs through the eastern part of the Tsugaru Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture. Originally it was a line that could only be called a local line, but in 1988...
Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [History of Hachirogata Reclamation ①] The second largest lake in Japan has become a vast rice field [Ogata Village, Akita Prefecture] https://...
JR East's Yamagata Shinkansen and Yamagata Line, officially known as the Ou Main Line, run through Itaya Pass, which straddles the border between Fukushima and Yamagata prefectures.
