Nagai City, Yamagata Prefecture, is home to two dams. They play important roles, providing electricity (power plants) essential to the daily lives of local residents and regulating floods caused by heavy rain. The dam lakes are a treasure trove of nature, and are a popular spot for picking wild vegetables nearby.
Narage-juku was a post town on the Ushu Kaido road. The Ushu Kaido was one of the five Edo roads that connected Edo with Mutsu Province on the Pacific coast...
In Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, there is the ancient and prestigious Atago Shrine. The shrine is deeply revered, especially by residents of the surrounding area, and worship services and festivals are held on specific dates each year...
Since being selected as one of the "52 Places to Visit This Year" by the New York Times, Morioka City has seen an increase in the number of cars with license plates from other prefectures and foreign tourists, and souvenirs are selling well...
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Since its opening in 1989, Morioka Zoological Park has been a popular place for Morioka residents to interact with animals. Located in the hills on the outskirts of Morioka City, it is adjacent to Iwayama Park and Iwayama Parkland.
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The Okitama region, formerly ruled by the Yonezawa Domain, including Yonezawa City, is dotted with hot springs associated with the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi clan was founded by the first lord, Kenshin, in Echigo (Niigata Prefecture).
Sokushinbutsu (self-mummified monks). Even after their lives are over, their form remains forever, watching over people. At the end of their training, monks voluntarily devote themselves to a diet of only nuts and wild vegetables, reducing the amount of fat in their bodies to the limit...
Located in the northern Nakadori region of Fukushima Prefecture, Hobara General Park in Hobara-cho, Date City, is home to a roller slide that is extremely popular with children. It's a huge, long roller slide measuring a whopping 10 meters high and 70 meters long...
At Kasuga Shrine in Kurokawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Gassan, Kurokawa Noh, a folk performing art that has been handed down as a sacred ritual by parishioners (farmers) for 500 years, is designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan.
The New York Times has ranked Morioka City in Iwate Prefecture second only to London in its list of "52 places to visit in 2023." "It's a short trip from Tokyo and not crowded...".
