Namegare flounder is a traditional New Year's Eve tradition in Sendai. While salmon is popular in the Kanto region and yellowtail in the Kansai region, namegare flounder is the beloved New Year's fish in Miyagi Prefecture...
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When you think of New Year's in Sendai, you think of the first sale! Nowadays, first sales are held all over Japan, but their origins lie in a commercial event held in the Sendai domain during the Edo period! Sendai's first sale...
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"Seri nabe" (water parsley hotpot) is a winter specialty of Miyagi Prefecture, especially Natori and Sendai. Compared to beef tongue, sasakama, and zunda mochi, it is not as well known nationwide, but it is a very popular dish in Miyagi Prefecture.
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"Hatahata" is a fish also known as the "Kaminarifish." It is a fish that is mainly caught on the Sea of Japan side, and has appeared in the poem as a specialty of Akita Prefecture, and is famous nationwide. In Akita Prefecture, it has been a long time since...
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Following "Autumn Colors in Tohoku," this is the second promotional video for Tohoku. This video, created by filmmaker Yuki Nagakawa, was produced in collaboration with the Tohoku Tourism Organization and six Tohoku prefectures (Aomori, Iwate, and...
Akita Prefecture is known as a snowy country on the north side of Japan. Many of the festivals in Akita Prefecture are eccentric and fantastic. For example, in the summer, lanterns are arranged in rice ear shapes...
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A tour of the Oga Peninsula where you can enjoy the Sea of Japan to your heart's content. Akita Prefecture is rectangular in shape that extends north and south. The Oga Peninsula, the birthplace of Namabald, is a peninsula that protrudes out to the west side. Along the coast...
The divine fish "Hatahata" is written in the kanji character "God" on the "fish" and "Hatahata" is written in the "Hatahata" symbol of Akita's winter and soul food, Hatahata, is the name of a fish caught off the coast of the Sea of Japan...
Akita is cold, but hot. Winter in Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan. The cold, raging north winds, and endless snow piled up. Winter in Akita, a snowy country, is unprecedentedly harsh. However, the harshness of winter...
Akita residents love festivals. The Kanto Festival is one of the three great festivals in Tohoku, and there are no ones who don't know about it. People in Akita Prefecture say that when the Kanto Festival approaches and the music practices begin to sound, blood roars...
