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The development of Akita City that began in Tsuchizaki - the soil at the mouth of the Omono River, which developed as the center of distribution...

At the mouth of the Omonogawa River, which flows through Akita City, is Akita Port, the largest trading port in Akita Prefecture. Akita Port is based on its land number Tsuchizaki Port (Tsuchizaki Minato), and it is derived from the old name Tsuchizaki Minato...

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Inuchi Ginzan, which supported the Akita Domain's finances. The coal mining town was filled with over 15,000 people [...

The Akita Domain (Kubota Domain) was a domain in which the Satake clan was almost the entire Akita Prefecture area, and the initial level of the stone was about 200,000 koku, but later increased to about 390,000 koku. The Yamagata Domain, also in the same Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture), was originally...

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Michitsune Mishima

Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, has completely changed its landscape due to Mishima Michiyo after the Meiji Restoration.

Yamagata City was developed as a castle town of the Yamagata Domain and was a commercial city that developed through the trade of the safflower, a specialty. Yamagata Castle, located in the center, is very large, and Sannomaru, which was on the outside, is about 235 hectares...

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The castle town of Kubota Castle since the Meiji period, which was hit by numerous major fires and changed [Autumn in Akita Prefecture...

Kubota Castle and castle towns, which were created through thorough urban planning by the Akita Domain (Kubota Domain), have lost most of the buildings due to frequent fires. Kubota Castle has been a Chiaki Park since the Meiji period...

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Disk dumplings from Hobaraya Shokudo

A day trip to Iizaka Onsen on the Fukushima Kotsu Iizaka Line (Iiden) from Fukushima Station! [Fukushima Prefecture]

This is the second day of a two-day, one-night, small gourmet trip from Sendai [Iizaka Onsen Edition]! Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT From Sendai Station to Fukushima City! A two-day, one-night, gourmet trip on a highway bus! [Fukushima Prefecture] ht...

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Torimasa's Teppanyaki Offal

From Sendai Station to Fukushima City! A two-day, one-night, gourmet trip on a highway bus! [Fukushima Prefecture]

This time we're going for a quick and easy gourmet trip! We will tell you about Fukushima City's "a two-day, one-night trip full of delicious foods by using the express bus"! First off, the shrine at the west exit of JR Sendai Station...

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Yoshinobu Satake

The foundation of Akita City is the castle town of Kubota Castle, created by Satake Yoshinobu [Akita Prefecture]

Akita City's website states that "it commences in 1602, when Satake Yoshinobu was replaced by the country." Satake Yoshinobu came to Akita in 1602. ...

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Akita dog

Akita dogs are treasures in Japan! The Akita Inu Preservation Society in Odate City strictly manages pedigree [Akita Prefecture]

Odate City, Akita Prefecture is located in the middle basin of Yoneshirogawa, which crosses northern Akita Prefecture, and is bordered by Aomori Prefecture, and is the northernmost municipality of Akita Prefecture. Odate City is located in three directions...

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[Series ⑦: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] The bond between the Genji and Togoku warriors, 100 years of the Oshu Fujiwara clan...

Minamoto Yoshimitsu joined Minamoto Yoshimitsu from Kyo in order to save his brother from his difficulties. The Allied forces were impregnated at the time, Kanazawa fences (Kanezawa fences)...

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Tsugaru Railway, the northernmost private railway in Japan, will introduce the charms of the railway line that is not just a train [...

Winters in the Tohoku region, especially on the Sea of ​​Japan side, are severe. However, today, the Tsugaru Railway, the northernmost private railway in Japan (※), is running on the Tsugaru Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, is enjoying such harsh winters...

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