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[Fukushima Prefecture] Let's stay at a roadside station! Introducing roadside stations with accommodation facilities in Fukushima Prefecture!

As of 2024, Fukushima Prefecture has 35 road stations, each with a unique personality and appealing to passengers who drive. Of these, there are accommodations similar to hotels within the facility...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.10.15

[Akita Prefecture] Let's stay at a roadside station! Introducing roadside stations with accommodation facilities in Akita Prefecture!

As roadside stations are undergoing a quiet boom in the quieter days, there are more roadside stations in the Tohoku region where you can stay comfortably and safely, with accommodation facilities attached. September 2024...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.10.07

Kattamine Shrine (plaque of Zao Daigongen)

Are there any sacred objects that are constantly moving in the hot spring towns at the top and at the foot of the mountain? Karita Minegami of Miyagi Zao...

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...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.08.23

The southern drainage pump station almost blocks off the regulation pond (on the right) and the western waterway (on the left). The long waterway in the center is the central main drainage channel ©Oga Peninsula/Ogata Geopark

[History of Hachirogata reclamation ③] Earth lower than sea level... The lifeline is water management [Ogata Village, Akita Prefecture]

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [History of Hachirogata Reclamation 2] How was the reclaimed land created? [Hachirogata Town, Akita Prefecture] https://jp.neft.asia/archive...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.08.19

[Recommended Autumn Festivals: Akita Edition] 3 History and Traditional Akita Autumn Festivals

When it comes to Akita festivals, it seems that there are many summer festivals from July to August, such as the Akita Kanto Festival, but charming autumn festivals are also held everywhere. In this article...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.08.16

[History of Hachirogata Reclamation 2] How was the reclamation ground created? [Hachirogata Town, Akita Prefecture]

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [The History of Hachirogata Reclamation ①] Japan's second largest lake becomes a vast rice field [Ogata Village, Akita Prefecture] https://jp.neft.asia/arc...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.08.08

Railways at Itaya Pass, which took on steep slopes and harsh climates [Fukushima Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture]

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...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.08.07

[Fukushima Prefecture] Introducing recommended "experience spots" in summer! Creating special memories...

The glowing sun and the clear blue sky. When the scenery glitters, I feel as if I'm being stolen. The special feeling of summer is no different for both children and adults. Enjoy the summer to the fullest...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.08.06

[The History of Hachirogata Reclamation ①] Japan's second largest lake became a vast rice field [Akita Prefecture...

The former Hachirogata Lagoon and Oga Peninsula today. The area surrounded by the waterway is reclaimed land (Ogata Village). ©Geospatial Information Authority of Japan

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.08.05

"Place names with doors" from 1 to 9 [Hachinohe and Kunohe edition] Patterns only for the positions of eight and nine...

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...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.08.01

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