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Amber Day (Iwate Prefecture) May 8th and 9th are celebrated as Amber Days, a pun on the Japanese kanji for "ko (5) ha (8) ku (9)" (ko (5) ha (8) ku (9)). Kuji Amber Co., Ltd., Kamiyama Amber Crafts Co., Ltd., and t...
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Amber Day (Iwate Prefecture) May 8th and 9th are celebrated as Amber Days, a pun on the Japanese kanji for "ko (5) ha (8) ku (9)" (ko (5) ha (8) ku (9)). Kuji Amber Co., Ltd., Kamiyama Amber Crafts Co., Ltd., and t...
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0505]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/0505-600x420.png.webp)
Takano Chōei's Birthday (Iwate Prefecture) Takano Chōei, a physician and scholar of Western learning during the late Edo period, was the personal physician of Gotō Saneyoshi, a retainer of the Mizusawa Date family, lords of the Mizusawa domain and a branch of the Sendai Domain in Mutsu Province...
What is the Hyakushika Daigunbu? The Hyakushika Daigunbu is a major performance of the Shishiodori (deer dance), a folk performing art passed down mainly in the areas of the Date and Nanbu domains during the feudal era. It was first performed in 1985...
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![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0502]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0502-600x420.png.webp)
Founding Date of Iwate Bank (Iwate Prefecture) The Bank of Iwate is the first regional bank in Iwate Prefecture, with its head office in Morioka City. Its predecessor, the Iwate Shokusan Bank, was founded on May 2, 1932 (Showa 7).
Kindaichi Onsen is located in the mountains of Ninohe City in northern Iwate Prefecture. This hot spring area has long been popular as a therapeutic hot spring resort, and the legend of the "Zashiki Warashi" (house spirit) is...
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New roadside stations are opening one after another all over Japan, and in Iwate Prefecture, three new stations have opened in the last five years. They provide a place for drivers to rest while also contributing to the local community.
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![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0430]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0430-600x420.png.webp)
Yoshitsune Memorial (Iwate Prefecture) On April 30th, leap year of the 5th year of Bunji (around mid-June in the Gregorian calendar), Minamoto no Yoshitsune was cornered by Fujiwara no Yasuhira (the fourth head of the Oshu Fujiwara clan), who had accepted a request from his half-brother, Minamoto no Yoritomo, to pursue Yoshitsune.
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0423]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0423-600x420.png.webp)
The "Sōma Daisaku Incident" is said to have occurred on April 23, 1821 (May 24, 1821). A group of people, led by Shimotomai Hidenoshin, a samurai of the Morioka domain, committed acts of sankin-kotai (alternate attendance)...
![What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0421]](https://jp.neft.asia/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0421-600x420.png.webp)
"Koiwai 100% Raw Milk Yogurt Day" April 21, 1984, marks the launch of "Koiwai 100% Raw Milk Yogurt," the first yogurt in Japan to use 100% raw milk. This day commemorates this event...
