Kitamaebune

[Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture] Even wealthy merchants with more financial power than feudal lords have appeared? The port of Sakata was filled with Kitamaebune ships.

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, merchant ships from Osaka, Shikoku, Chugoku, western Kyushu, and other islands...

NORIJUN2023.04.19

Scenic spots

[Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture] Historical heritage remains in Tsuruoka, a port of call for the Kitamaebune ship

From the mid-Edo period to the 1900s, Kitamaebune (kitamaebune) carried many goods through the Sea of Japan between Osaka and Tohoku/Hokkaido.

NORIJUN2023.04.14

folk beliefs

[Noheji Town, Aomori Prefecture] Gorgeous “Noheji Gion Festival” - Certified as a Japanese Heritage...

Noheji Town, Aomori Prefecture, is a port town located at the end of Mutsu Bay, at the base of the Shimokita Peninsula, between the Tsugaru Peninsula and the Shimokita Peninsula. “Noheji” is an Ainu word...

NORIJUN2023.03.06