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All Buddhas of Mayama

Over ten thousand Jizo Bodhisattvas covering the walls of Mayama [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Namahage is a visitor god passed down around the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. At Shinzan Jinja, the center of this tradition, once a year, once a year, we have a "namahage..."

AoiwaAoiwa2025.03.03

[Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture] You can see a nationally designated natural monument! Pegmatite rocks at Kashima Ojingu...

We would like to introduce Kashima Ojingu, Nishida-cho, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, a unique power spot where you can see a nationally designated natural monument. The sacred object of Kashima Ojingu Shrine is huge...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2025.02.28

Shirayuki Express, which took 12 hours to connect Kanazawa and Aomori

From now on (2025) to about 40 years ago, express trains ranging from Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture to Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture over 12 hours. ...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.27

Aomori Prefecture's apple harvest is the highest in Japan at 370,000 tons per year! But how much is 370,000 tons?

Many people, even if you don't live in the Tohoku region, know that Aomori Prefecture's specialty is apples. It was harvested in Aomori Prefecture in 2023...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.21

What kind of route was the Konan Railway Owani Line, which was effectively decided to abolish it? [Blue...

Regarding the Owani Line, a railway line operated by Aomori Prefecture's private railway, Konan Railway, the Kowani Line, is operating...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.19

A spectacular view of the 60-year-old famous places in the states, Mutsu - Matsushima scenery and Toyama views (written by Utagawa Hiroshige) Source: ColBase (https://colbase.nich.go.jp/)

Matsushima, the three most famous Japanese scenery, painted by Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige. Does the island in the painting still exist today? [Purchae...

Utagawa Hiroshige is a ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period who is famous for bringing out masterpieces such as the "Fifty-third Tokaido" into the world. Hiroshige was in his later years, in his states...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.02.17

A train with a locomotive and passenger train! ? Trains with a strange formation [Aomori, Akita, Iwate]

The main character of Japanese railways today can be said to be "trains." In addition, on routes where electricity cannot be supplied for trains (non-electrified routes), light oil is used to fuel...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.06

Harumune Date, a portrait of the Sendai City Museum

Date Harumune's grave and his figure at Hoshuji Temple in Fukushima City [Fukushima Prefecture]

The 15th Date family, the Date Harumune, is the grandfather of Masamune Date, the first lord of the Sendai feudal clan, and in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, the hometown of Masamune.

AoiwaAoiwa2025.02.03

Monument in the swan

Karitamin Shrine in Zao Town, the center of "swan faith" that is passed down in the southern part of the prefecture [Miyagi Prefecture]

Zao -cho, Karita -gun, Miyagi Prefecture. There is a shrine called Karita Rin Shrine (Shiratori Daimeijin) at the National Route 4 near the border with Shiraishi City and the Tohoku Expressway ...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.01.28

Sanriku Railway continues to run today after overcoming the crisis [Iwate Prefecture]

There is a railway that runs along the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture. Its name is ``Rias Line'' of ``Sanriku Railway''. Sanriku Railway was the last railway to open along the Sanriku Coast...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.01.23

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