Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, is a city located in the southwestern part of the prefecture. During the Edo period, it was a typical rural area located on the border of the southern domain of the Morioka domain and the Date domain of the Sendai domain. However, the Showa era...
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Iwate Prefecture has many volcanoes in the Ou Mountains, including Mt. Iwate, Mt. Hachimantai, Mt. Yaishishidake, and Mt. Kurikoma, and there are many hot springs in the surrounding area. Snowing in a remote mountain...
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In Japan's current railways, there are almost no such things as "trains that run on strange routes." Taking the trains that run in the Tohoku region as an example, the Yamada train in Iwate prefecture...
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In the center of Iwate Prefecture, if you go north from the Jujutsu-mae intersection where Ishiwarizakura (Ishiwarizakura) is located on Chuo-dori Street, you will see Token-ji Temple along the road. Behind this temple, there are three...
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In Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, there is a museum that focuses on demons, which is rare even in Japan. That is "Kitakami City Oni no Yakata". Speaking of demons, Japanese fairy tales...
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Currently, the Tohoku Shinkansen is a prominent railway line that traverses the Tohoku region from north to south. The Tohoku Main Line, a conventional line parallel to the Tohoku Shinkansen, is...
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This year marks the end of the Kuroishiji Temple Somin Festival, which has a history of more than 1,000 years. It has been a hot topic in various places since early on, but I have never seen it before...
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Minamoto no Yoshiie's younger brother Yoshimitsu Minamoto joined Minamoto no Yoshiie's army from Kyoto to help his brother out of his predicament. The Allied forces were in trouble at the time...
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Also known as the ``Twelve Years' Battle of Oshu,'' this battle was fought in Mutsu and Dewa, present-day Iwate and Akita prefectures, at the end of the Heian period.
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On December 12, 2023, the Iwate Prefectural Office will hold a new food show featuring local ingredients. The venue is a metaverse space! "...
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