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Hakkoda Mountains

[Aomori] Mt. Hakkoda, a volcanic group consisting of 18 mountains with Mt. Odake as its main peak

Hakkoda, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains Hakkoda is a general term for several volcanoes located on the south side of Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, and is counted as one of the 100 Famous Mountains in Japan. Rather than having a mountain called Mt. Hakkoda, Mt. Odake (...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.13

Adatara Mountain

Mt. Adatara, an active volcano in Fukushima that is counted as one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains

Adachi Tara, an active volcano that is still being observed to this day, is an active volcano in Fukushima Prefecture that has been loved by many people, and has appeared in the Manyoshu and Takamura Kotaro's Chieko Sho. Bandai Asahi National Park...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.11

Geibikei Gorge

"Yohanekei" in Ichinoseki City, where even neighbors even have strangers [Iwate Prefecture]

Geibikei is a valley about 2km wide in the middle Sutetsu River, located in Higashiyamacho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, and was a hidden area that even those who lived nearby were known to have known before the Meiji period. ...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.11

Goshikinuma (Aonuma)

[Fukushima Prefecture] Goshikinuma, a group of lakes and marshes in Urabandai where you can see a variety of colors

Goshiki Numa is officially called Goshiki Numa Lake Group. It is located in Kitashiobara Village in Fukushima Prefecture. Located within Bandai Asahi National Park, this area, located on the north side of Lake Inawashiro on the south side of Mt. Bandai, is called Urabandai...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Chiaki Park

Senshu Park, the best cherry blossom viewing spot in Akita City

A park with the remains of Kubota Castle, the Satake clan's castle, Chiaki Park in Akita City, Akita Prefecture is the remains of Kubota Castle, the castle of the Akita Domain lord, Satake clan. It was designed by Nagaoka Anpei in 1884 and was developed as a park...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Uesugi Shrine

[Yamagata] Uesugi Shrine, which enshrines Sengoku Daimyo Uesugi Kenshin

Uesugi Shrine is one of the most popular tourist spots in Yamagata Prefecture. It is a 10-minute bus ride from JR Yonezawa Station, and a 5-minute walk from Uesugi Shrine. In 1887, Sengoku Daimyo Uesugi...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Motsuji Temple (entrance)

Mokoshiji Temple, the world heritage site with Japan's oldest garden, the Jodo Garden [Iwate Prefecture]

Motsuuji Temple, located in Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, is a Tendai sect temple with its main image of Yakushi Nyorai statue, and is said to have been founded in 850 by Jikaku Daishi Ennin. ...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Entsuin garden

[Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture] Entsu-in, a moss temple in Miyagi with a beautiful garden created by Enshu Kobori

Temples associated with the Date family in Matsushima Endoin, located in Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture, is the family temple of Date Mitsumune, the grandson of Date Masamune, and its main image is Holy Kannon Bodhisattva. Omotesando, Zuiganji Temple, a temple revived by Date Masamune...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.04

Aomori Museum of Art

[Aomori] Many works by artists from Aomori Prefecture, such as Shiko Munakata, Shuji Terayama, and Yoshitomo Nara...

Aomori's most famous tourist attractions The Aomori Prefectural Museum of Art is an art museum that opened in July 2006 and is called "Prefectural Beauty" by locals. Located next to Sannai Maruyama Ruins, its architectural design is...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.04

Kakunodate samurai residence

[Akita] Edo period samurai residence street “Kakunodate Samurai Residence”

A place where the Edo period's streetscape remains The Kakunodate Samurai Mansion is a series of mansions of middle and lower-level samurai during the Edo period that remain in the Kakunodate district of Senboku City, Akita Prefecture. From Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture to Senboku, Akita Prefecture...

.NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.04

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