Zojozan Daiganji Temple is a Jodo sect temple located in Shinsaka-cho, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. This temple has a history deeply connected to the funeral rites of Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai domain...
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Namahage is a visiting deity that is said to exist around the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture. Shinzan Shrine, the current center of this legend, holds the annual Namahage Purple Lantern Festival, which is held in celebration of the...
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Oga City, Akita Prefecture, is the sacred ground of Namahage, arguably the most famous visiting deity in Japan. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT: Why do Namahage carry knives and punish people?.
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Date Harumune, the 15th head of the Date clan, was the grandfather of Date Masamune, the first lord of the Sendai domain, and established the Date clan's headquarters in Masamune's hometown of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture.
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In Zao Town, Katta District, Miyagi Prefecture, sandwiched between National Route 4 and the Tohoku Expressway near the border with Shiroishi City, there is a shrine called Kattamine Shrine (Shiratori Daimyojin). There are three Kattamine shrines in Zao Town...
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Ouchi-juku, located in Shimogo Town, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, is a famous tourist spot in Fukushima, thanks to the rows of traditional thatched-roof houses that line the streets. The main street of Ouchi-juku...
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Located about 1 km southwest of JR Aizu-Wakamatsu Station is the town of Kogai-Kuni Shrine, the headquarters of the sericulture community, home to the sacred Minebari Sakura tree, which is over 1,000 years old.
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Nanokamachi is located west of the city center of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. During the feudal era, the Echigo Kaido and Yonezawa Kaido roads passed through the area, and inns and restaurants lined the roads. In modern times, from the mid-Showa period, Nanokamachi became Aizu's busiest shopping district.
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In Matsuyama, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, stands the mausoleum of the Oniwa (Moniwa) family, famous as senior retainers of the Date clan. They have ruled this area for generations, dating back to the time of Yoshimoto, the second son of Tsunamoto Moniwa, who later became known as one of the Three Great Men of the Date clan.
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Located in the northwest of Miyagi Prefecture, Osaki City has the third largest population in the prefecture after Sendai and Ishinomaki. Together with surrounding cities and towns, it forms the Osaki Metropolitan Area, and is a city designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System...
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