All beaches in Yamagata Prefecture are located in Yusa Town, Sakata City and Tsuruoka City in the Shonai region on the Sea of Japan. This area is surrounded by the Dewa Mountains in the east, the Asahi Mountains in the south, and the Chokai Mountains in the north, and from each of them...
Tobishima is the only remote island in Yamagata Prefecture, floating in the Sea of Japan off Sakata City. The area is approximately 2.75 square km and the surrounding area is about 10 km. The population is 169 (December 2022), and fishing is the main industry...
Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, is the second most featured in the US newspaper The New York Times as "52 places to visit in 2023," just after London, England. "You can get there in a short time from Tokyo, and there are plenty of people...
Mount Tokusenjo, towering over Kesennuma City in northeastern Miyagi Prefecture, is known as the most famous azalea site in Japan, at an elevation of 711m. The wild Yamatsuba and Ringo-Azaleas are 50% worth of about 10 Tokyo Domes...
Sakata (Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture) is a town that developed as a port town at the mouth of the Mogami River. During the Edo period, all merchant ships from Osaka, Shikoku Chugoku and Western Kyushu Islands, all came down here and were produced in the East and Hokuriku region...
Kitamaebune transported many supplies from the mid-Edo period to the 1930s, travelled through the Sea of Japan between Osaka, Tohoku and Hokkaido. Sakata (Mountain) is the largest port in the Tohoku region.
The Shimokita Peninsula is a peninsula located at the northernmost tip of Honshu, with the sacred site Osorezan and the Kandachime of Shiriyazaki, the natural monument Hotokegaura, and Oma (...
Is Yudagawa Onsen designated as a national recreational hot spring resort? Yudagawa Onsen, which is known as a famous hot spring that has been in business for 1,300 years and is said to be a famous hot spring resort with eight inns, two public baths, and one foot bath. hot spring...
It's getting warmer and it's going to be a perfect season to travel around Iwate Prefecture. Iwate Prefecture has 33 cities and towns, each city and town has its own distinctive features. Traveling to Iwate Prefecture from outside Tohoku...
The Nezugaseki (Pretty Jogaseki, Pretty Jogaseki/Nezugaseki) was a region controlled by the Tohoku region (Ezo/Emishi), which was not yet controlled by the Yamato Imperial Court during the Ritsuryo political period (Asuka period to Heian period), and the area of control (Kanto Hokuriku...
