Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT
This site is a web media that delivers all kinds of trivia, from sightseeing and gourmet spots in the six Tohoku prefectures to local, customs, and history.
Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT
  • Home
  • Tohoku gourmet
    • local cuisine
    • recipe
    • meal
    • ingredients
    • sake
    • drink
  • Tohoku tourist destinations
    • Scenic spots
    • Power spot
    • facility
    • hot spring
    • historic site
    • experience
    • traffic
  • Tohoku things
    • Traditional crafts
    • food
    • tohoku brand
  • Tohoku events
    • sea ​​bathing
    • festival
    • Limited time event
    • firework
    • Cherry-blossom viewing
    • autumn leaves
  • Tohoku mystery
    • history
    • Tradition/Customs
    • traditional events
    • folk performing arts
    • folk beliefs
    • urban legend
    • great man
  • Local stories from Tohoku
  • Japanese

winter

  • HOME
  • Home
  • winter
62nd Namahage Shiba Hill Festival

I was excited by my first Namahage! Local report of the 62nd Namahage Shibato Festival [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Oga City, Akita Prefecture is the sacred place for the visitor god "Namahage," which is no exaggeration to say that it is the most famous in Japan. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT Why do Namabalds take on knives and sniff people...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.02.26

"Yonegawa Water Cows" is a visit event that is passed down on the Miyagi-Iwate Prefecture border | Local report [Miyagi Prefecture...

The water-cooling event in Yonekawa, Higashiwa-cho, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture is a "national designated Important Intangible Cultural Property" and is a visit god event that was decided to be registered as a "UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage" on November 29th, 2018. In Japan...

editorial staffeditorial staff2025.02.20

Winter's Seminar

[Aomori Prefecture] Introducing legends related to heavy snow that you learn while facing nature!

From last year to this year, Aomori Prefecture has been hit by heavy snowfall, which has surpassed previous years. In fact, since around autumn last year, it was said that "it might snow because there are a lot of stink bugs," but the predictions were accurate...

Hana OdagiriHana Odagiri2025.01.31

Blizzard experience

The blizzard in Aomori is amazing! Experience the horror of Tsugaru snow on your trial tour! ?

The winter in Aomori is one of the most severe in Japan. Not only does it snow fall and accumulate, but strong winds often cause "ground blizzards" to erupt into the snow. Especially in the Tsugaru region, this area...

Hana OdagiriHana Odagiri2025.01.29

Usokae Festival Wooden Carved Uso Bird

Do you turn the various disasters of the year into lies? Takahata Tenmangu Shrine's Liar Festival Visit Report [Fuku...

Takahata Tenmangu Shrine is located in Iizakacho, Fukushima City. The "Listen Festival" held twice a year in January and April at this shrine is given a lucky charm that has a super powerful benefit, replacing various disasters of the year with "Listens"...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.01.15

Enjoy the winter in Aomori Prefecture! Three recommended winter festivals!

Aomori Prefecture is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and although the amount of snowfall and climate vary from region to region, each region holds festivals to enjoy the long winter. In this article, we will introduce...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2025.01.09

Introducing popular temples and shrines recommended for the first visit to the New Year of the Year of the Snake (Fukushima Prefecture)!

Fukushima Prefecture has long been the gateway to Michinoku, and while there are many shrines and temples that have been around since the Kofun period, there are also shrines and temples that worship special deities, even though they have a short history...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.27

Introducing popular temples and shrines recommended for the first visit to the New Year of the Year of the Snake (Akita Prefecture)!

The most popular destination for first-time visits in Akita Prefecture is Ohirayama Sankichi Shrine, located on the outskirts of Akita City, known as the god of success in victory, and over 100,000 people visit the shrine every day on the 3rd New Year. There are also other popular shrines at the New Year's Shrine...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.26

Enjoy the winter in Akita Prefecture! Three recommended winter festivals!

Akita's "Namahage" and "Kamakura" are famous, but the "Namahage Shiba Onsen Festival" and "Yokomete Snow Festival" were created by combining these with rituals passed down in the local area. Also, "Upper hinoki wood..."

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.26

Introducing popular temples and shrines recommended for the first visit to the New Year of the Year of the Snake (Yamagata Prefecture)!

Speaking of the first visit to Yamagata Prefecture, there are temples and shrines that are visited by many worshippers in Yamagata City, including Yamagata Gokoku Shrine, Tateishiji Temple, Yonezawa City, Uesugi Shrine, Kameoka Monju-do Hall in Takahata, and Kumano Taisha Shrine in Nanyo...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.12.25

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 5
  • 
24h ranking
Recommended articles
  • demon of the world
    The "Devil's House" is a demon museum where demons from all over the world gather! [Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture]
  • Sumo wrestler statue on the right side (southeast) of the main hall of the temple
    Is there a statue of a sumo wrestler crying at night? The family temple of Mogami Yoshimitsu's daughter: legend passed down in Sensouji Temple [...
  • Is there a lot of land in Hokkaido that has a connection to Miyagi? The migration of the Sendai samurai and the history of Hokkaido development [...
  • Usokae Festival Wooden Carved Uso Bird
    Do you turn the various disasters of the year into lies? Takahata Tenmangu Shrine's Liar Festival Visit Report [Fuku...
  • Aomori Fish Came Center is the original Aomori specialty bowl of rice bowls! Let's head to the ocean of food!
  • Shiogama Shrine and Shibahiko Shrine
    Was it treated specially by the government in the past? Shiogama Shrine and Shinahiko Shrine in Ichinomiya, Mutsu Province [Palace...
Search by keyword
pick up
  • "I ate 28!" Do you know Akita's famous sweet "Kinman"? [Akita Prefecture]
  • What about Hecchokodango? Detailed explanation of the meaning of the name and how to make it [Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture]
  • Taiyou bread sticky chocolate
    It's nostalgic and new! ? What kind of bread is Taiyou Bread's "beta chocolate"? ...
  • Variations of Hoyasuime
    Speaking of Miyagi, you think of you! 5 recommended squirt souvenirs that you can buy at Sendai Station!
  • Okahijiki
    Okahijiki, a traditional vegetable originating from Nanyo City, is a nutritious land hijiki! [Yamagata Prefecture]
  • [Yamagata Prefecture] If you want to buy cherries, go here! 3 recommended direct sales shops selected by locals and their beauty...
  • [Fukushima Prefecture] How about as a souvenir? Peach-flavored sweets and juices typical of Fukushima...
  • [Yamagata Prefecture] The craftsmen's commitment is amazing! Three major soba roads in Yamagata!
  • Statue of Hoshina Masayuki
    The birth was triggered by the general's "cheating"! ? Hoshina Masayuki, who is praised as a great prince [Fukushima Prefecture]
  • The development of Akita City that began in Tsuchizaki - the soil at the mouth of the Omono River, which developed as the center of distribution...
  • Altitude of 1,600 meters. The closest to the star in Japan, the Jodohira Observatory [Fukushima Prefecture]
  • Michitsune Mishima
    Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, has completely changed its landscape due to Mishima Michiyo after the Meiji Restoration.
  • Yamagata city from Kasumi Castle Central Observation Room
    [Yamagata Prefecture] Walking through Tokamachi and Nanokamachi in Yamagata City, where the scent of the Edo period remains
  • The battle for bone flesh unfolded in Yokote Basin: "Three Years of Second Year Battle" [Akita Prefecture]
  • [Fukushima Prefecture] 3 recommended hot springs in the Aizu region selected for their secret hot springs, famous hot springs, and unique spring quality!
  • Oda Nobunaga
    What is the relationship between Oda Nobunaga and Yamagata? We also introduce precious portraits and shrines dedicated to Nobunaga (Yamagata Prefecture)
Yamagata warriors
Three Sengoku warlords from Yamagata Prefecture! Mogami Yoshimitsu, Naoe Kanetsu, Shimura Mitsuyasu
Osorezan
[Aomori Prefecture] One corner of Japan's 3rd generation Sacred Ground in Mutsu City, "Osoreyama"
Hachirotaro legend
What is the legend of Hachirotaro? Introducing three episodes that even residents of the prefecture don't know much about [...
Does it last from late at night until morning? One of Japan's three great strange festivals, "Kuroishiji Somin Festival" [Rock...
16 Rakan Rocks
Sixteen Arahant Rocks are the cliff Buddha with the sea in the background! It is also famous as a sunset spot [...
[Recommended Autumn Festivals: Akita Edition] 3 History and Traditional Akita Autumn Festivals
[Part 2] A stone monument related to Mizuko Masahide in Akayu! | Akayu Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture
[Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture] Is Iwakiyama Shrine the strongest power spot in Aomori? actually...
Matsukawa Daruma
Why is the Matsukawa Daruma, a lucky charm from Sendai, blue? Exploring the origin of it [Miyagi Prefecture]
Oyu ring stones are stone circles from the Jomon period of Japan! ? [Akita Prefecture]
[Fukushima Prefecture] If you want to meet aliens, go to Fukushima! ? Iino Town's specialty is UFO.  
Kanzeji Temple (Iwaya where Onibaba lived)
The legend of Adachigahara's demon woman. It's a Hitokowa ghost story with a sad human drama...
Tsuruga Castle at night
[Fukushima Prefecture] What is the history of Tsuruga Castle, which was the setting for the tragedy of the end of the Edo period?
Image of Kujukushima (Zogata)
Matsuo Basho was impressed by the illusion of the now unseen phantom landscape of Kujukushima, the Elephant Gata.
[Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture] Oshu Soma has cultivated a unique culture for 800 years...
Search by keyword
Search articles by prefecture
  • Aomori Prefecture
  • Iwate Prefecture
  • Akita Prefecture
  • Miyagi Prefecture
  • Yamagata Prefecture
  • Fukushima Prefecture
Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT
Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT
  • About Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT
  • Operating company
  • privacy policy
  • inquiry
  • Japanese

Copyright © 2025 Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT. All Rights Reserved.