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Kosaka Railway Rail Park where you can stay at the former JNR Blue Train [Akita Prefecture]

Kosaka Railway Rail Park is a railway theme park that uses the garages and railroads located at the former Kosaka Station and Kosaka Station, which were abolished in 2009 (Heisei 21). Kosaka Tetsu...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.12.01

[Series 1: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the later three years] Why did the Ou War occur at the end of the Heian period...

Also known as the "Twelfth Oshu Battle," this battle, which was a battlefield between Mutsu and Dewa, and now Iwate and Akita prefectures, was not just a local battle, but a bridge to the Kamakura period...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.11.28

Abukuma Cave ②

[Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture] Abukuma Cave is one of Japan's leading limestone caves! Created by 80 million years of time...

"Abukuma Cave" is a stalactite cave located in Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture, and is also known as the largest stalactite cave in the Orient in terms of the variety and number of stalactites. Nature created by nature over a vast amount of 80 million years...

NEFT Editorial Department2023.11.21

The Legend of Benbekotaro

Myoken Shrine, where the legend of the fierce battle between dogs and raccoons remains, remains of the "Legend of Benbekotaro" [Yamagata Prefecture]

Tendo City in Yamagata Prefecture is home to the "Benbekotaro Legend," a famous folk tale that is passed down in Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures, and can be said to be the Yamagata version of the famous folk tale "The Legend of Hayataro Legend," which can be said to be the Yamagata version. Let me summarize...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.11.17

Lanterns at the main gate of Zuiganji Temple

A report on the local strolling of the temple at Zuiganji Temple in Matsushima! [Miyagi Prefecture]

A nighttime prayer event will be held at Zuiganji Temple, a national treasure in Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, from October 28th to November 19th, 2023. I actually visited the site on November 10th the other day...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.11.15

Panoramic view of Oyasukyo Daifunto

Koyasu Gorge Daifune | The sight of steam gushing out from everywhere is like a movie world! [...

Along National Route 398 near the border between Miyagi, Iwate and Akita prefectures, there is a hot spring that is rare nationwide, but bathing is prohibited. Koyasu Gorge Daifutsu, which belongs to Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, is known as...

NEFT Editorial Department2023.11.10

The Mogami family crest at the entrance to Kozenji Temple

Kozenji Temple, the family temple of Mogami Yoshimitsu, which was the largest plaza of the Mogami family, with 570,000 koku [Mountain...

Kozenji Temple, the family temple of Mogami Yoshimitsu, which was the largest Sengoku daimyo of Dewa Province (now Yamagata Prefecture), exists in Teppocho, in the heart of Yamagata City. The best...

AoiwaAoiwa2023.11.08

[Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture] Is Iwakiyama Shrine the strongest power spot in Aomori? Actually go and check...

Iwakiyama Shrine, located in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, is a very famous shrine that no one knows about. It is a place that is popular among locals, as it also offers cherry blossoms in spring and autumn leaves in autumn, but in recent years it has been a power spot...

editorial staffeditorial staff2023.11.06

Futakuchi forest road (view from Yamagata side)

[Miyagi Prefecture - Yamagata Prefecture] The only road that directly connects Sendai City and Yamagata City is the "Rindo Futakuchi Line"...

The roads connecting Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture are generally via the Yamagata Expressway/Tohoku Crossing Expressway/Sata Line, National Route 48, and Sasaya Pass, but you may be in winter...

editorial staffeditorial staff2023.11.01

Sabako Shrine (Iizaka Onsen)

Iizaka Onsen is a hot and famous hot spring that Matsuo Basho also loved! Introducing recommended public baths and inns [...

Iizaka Onsen in Fukushima Prefecture is one of the "three famous hot springs of Oshu" along with Akiu Onsen and Naruko Onsen in Miyagi Prefecture. Iizaka Onsen has nine public baths, and the everyday atmosphere of the local residents, not only tourists but also local residents...

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