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What is Seikan Ferry? Eight decades of supporting the human flow and logistics between Honshu and Hokkaido [Aomori Prefecture]

Currently, aircraft and Hokkaido Shinkansen trains that pass through the Seikan Tunnel are available to travel between Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido. However, in an era when there were no Seikan Tunnel or aircraft, the only way to use a ship was to...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.06.06

The lyrics were written in the song in the past... Night trains departing from Ueno and heading to Aomori [Aomori Prefecture]

Many people may know the beginning of the song for Ishikawa Sayuri's single "Tsugaru Strait/Winter Scenery," which was released in 1977. It is a masterpiece with short lyrics incorporating the scenes of a journey...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.07.05

Rocky landscape of the west coast of Oga Peninsula ©Oganavi

[Akita Prefecture, Oga Peninsula] Strange rocks on the west coast where ancient legends are passed down

The most popular tourist attractions on the Oga Peninsula are a number of strange rocks such as Godzilla Rock and Daisankyo, and their shapes are also popular for their interesting shapes, but these are valuable things that allow you to see the history of the Earth...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.05.15

The tracks of Hatsukari, the first express train in the Tohoku region

When people living in the metropolitan area visit the Tohoku region using public transport, they often use Shinkansen such as the Tohoku Shinkansen. However, the Tohoku Shinkansen has been open for about 40 years now...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.02.26

[Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture] Yamagata Prefecture's only inhabited remote island "Tobishima" where you can enjoy migratory birds and sunsets...

Tobishima, a small island floating in the Sea of ​​Japan, is the only inhabited island in Yamagata Prefecture, located 39km northwest of Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture. On nice weather from the island, Mt. Chokai...

ikokeikoke2023.09.20

New Morioka specialty! Get on the Kitakami River Boat Transport Experience Attraction "Moriokamaru"...

Morioka, a river town where three rivers, Kitakami River, Shizukuishi River and Nakatsu River, joined the group, transported annual rice to Edo via Ishinomaki through the Kitakami River boat transport, but when the railway was born, it eventually...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2023.07.13

The history of Oishida Town, which was booming in the Edo period due to boat transport on the Mogami River [Yamagata Prefecture]

Oishida Town is located almost in the center of Yamagata Prefecture, and is a town with a prosperous agricultural industry, represented by rice and watermelon, which flows through the central part of the Mogami River. A row of soba noodles made with the famous soba noodles.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.07.12

[Chokaisan and Tokishima Geopark: Tokishima Edition] Tokishima flourished in Kitamae Ship during the Edo period

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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.07.11

Kitamae boat at Hiyoriyama Park

Has even a wealthy merchant with more wealth than the feudal lord appeared? Sakata's port that was moistened by Kitamae Ship [Yamagata Prefecture]

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...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.04.19

Mogami river boat ride (1)

[Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture] Enjoy the ``Mogami River Boat Boat Ride'' on a kotatsu until March, with the boatman singing...

A kotatsu boat is operating until the end of March on the Mogami River boat rides at the Mogami River, the famous poem written by Matsuo Basho, "Collecting May Rain and Early Mogami River." The river breeze is cold, but the snowy scenery remains in front of you in the spring...

ikokeikoke2023.03.16

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