The Zao mountain range and the Ou Mountains spanning Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures. Did you know that there is a shrine on the Miyagi Prefecture side of the Zao mountain range where sacred objects move repeatedly in summer and winter? Karita-dake summit and Togata Onsen...
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Itaya Pass, located on the border between Fukushima and Yamagata prefectures, is the site of JR East's Yamagata Shinkansen and Yamagata Line, officially the Ou Main Line. The Ou Main Line is currently the Yamagata Shinkansen...
The "place names with doors" in the area known as Nukanobu District, the former southern territory of Aomori Prefecture to Iwate Prefecture, are thought to have lined up from south to north along the Oshu Kaido road from Shichinohe...
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The vast area spanning northern Iwate Prefecture to eastern Aomori Prefecture is called Nukanobu, and there were nine "place names with doors." The history of this is from the Oshu Fujiwara clan and beyond...
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What is Hirosaki City's Daibutsu Park? Hirosaki City's Great Buddha Park is filled with cherry blossoms in spring and hydrangeas in early summer. Here you will find "Ishikawa Castle," aka "Daibutsugahana Castle," which was once conquered by Oura Tamenobu (Tsugaru Tamenobu)...
It would be cool to be able to explain it casually when asked, "What is XXX like?" A trivia that you can understand the region is packed with useful trivia for such situations...
Yurihonjo City is a local government that accounts for about 70% of the Yuri region, spreading out across the edge of Mt. Chokai (2,236m), which divides the Dewa region into north and south. The area is 1,200 square kilometers, and approximately 10...
Flying Witch is a manga that depicts the growth of the main character, Kowata Makoto, amid the beautiful nature of Aomori. It is still being serialized eight years after the anime aired, and is a representative manga of Aomori. In this article...
Hashino Iron Mining and Hashino Koroato are the site of the blast furnace located in Hashino-cho, Kamaishi-shi, Iwate Prefecture, and was designated a national historic site in 1957, and was a World Heritage Site called "The Meiji Industrial Revolution Heritage Site of Japan: Iron and Steelmaking, and...
Odate, which was also admired by the borders of the domain during the first half of the Edo period, was known for its Akita dogs, Hinai Jichiri chickens, and Kiritanpo, and was located in the easternmost part of the Kubota domain (Akita domain). ...
