National Route 103 is a general national highway with a total length of 141.6 km, starting in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, passing through mountains (Hakkoda Mountain Range), rivers (Oirase Gorge), and lakes (Lake Towada), all famous for their autumn foliage, before ending in Odate City, Akita Prefecture...
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Continuing from the previous article, we will discuss the third volume of the "Railway Songs," "Oshu/Iwaki Edition," released in 1900. Last time, we covered the departure of train number 1 from Ueno Station in Tokyo Prefecture (at the time)...
National Route 398 is a long national highway, approximately 282 km in length, that traverses central Tohoku, connecting Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture to Yurihonjo City in Akita Prefecture, passing through Onagawa Town and Minamisanriku Town. Of that, the section from Yuzawa City in Akita Prefecture...
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National Route 342, connecting Yokote City in Akita Prefecture and Tome City in Miyagi Prefecture, is a critical route during disasters, with a total length of 148.2 km, running along the slopes of Mount Kurikoma, located at the border of Akita, Iwate, and Miyagi prefectures. This time, we will focus on Iwate Prefecture...
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JR Sendai Station's "station concourse" boasts numerous restaurants, including Sendai's famous beef tongue restaurants and sushi bars. But did you know that there are also establishments where you can stand and drink? This time...
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During the era when the Japanese National Railways (JNR), the predecessor of JR, still existed, there were two express trains nicknamed "Aoba." The name "Aoba" comes from Aoba Castle, another name for Sendai Castle, and the train had ties to Sendai...
Miyagi Prefecture has the fewest roadside rest areas (Michi-no-Eki) among the six Tohoku prefectures, but five of them are concentrated in Tome City in the northern part of the prefecture. This article will describe the characteristics of these five roadside rest areas in Tome City and the products sold there...
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You might think that the "Railway Song," which begins with "A single whistle blows at Shinbashi," is a song about the Tokaido Main Line heading west from Tokyo, right? Actually, there are five volumes of the Railway Song (although some say there are six or even seven...).
There are two routes from Akita City to Nyudozaki, the tip of the Oga Peninsula: the "Namahage Line" and the "Oga Shiokaze Kaido." This article will discuss the Oga Peninsula...
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National Route 341, which runs north-south along the Akita Prefecture side of the Ou Mountains, is a route where you can encounter beautiful scenery created by two dam lakes with blue waters and the surrounding mountains. This article is about Route 341 in Kazuno City...
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