Miyagi Prefecture

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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 20th?

Ishikawa Takuboku's Birthday (Iwate Prefecture) February 20th is the birthday of the Meiji-era poet, Ishikawa Takuboku. Ishikawa Takuboku was born on February 20th, 1886...

NEFT Editorial Department2025.02.20

Miyagi Prefecture

Matsushima, one of Japan's Three Views, was painted by ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige. Does the island in the painting still exist? [Miya...

Utagawa Hiroshige, an Edo period ukiyo-e artist famous for producing masterpieces such as "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido," is a...

Aoiwa2025.02.17

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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 16th?

The day Morioka Prefecture was renamed Iwate Prefecture. On February 16, 1872 (January 8, 1872 in the lunar calendar), Morioka Prefecture was renamed to Iwate Prefecture. However, at that time, Ninohe County was still part of Aomori Prefecture, and the southern part...

NEFT Editorial Department2025.02.16

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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 13th?

Date Anpo Kaki Day (Fukushima Prefecture) Date Anpo Kaki Day is a commemorative day established by the Fukushima Mirai Agricultural Cooperative (commonly known as JA Fukushima Mirai), which oversees 12 municipalities in the northern and Soma regions of Fukushima Prefecture.

NEFT Editorial Department2025.02.13

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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 10th?

Butterbur Shoot Day (Miyagi Prefecture) The "Furusato Plaza" in Furukawa City (now Osaki City), Miyagi Prefecture, is promoting the appeal of butterbur, a wild vegetable that grows in early spring, and helping people feel the arrival of spring at the dinner table.

NEFT Editorial Department2025.02.10

B-grade gourmet food

This is a bit of a sudden question. Hong Kong fried noodles are delicious, right? They're the same all over the country...

I've loved instant noodles, "Hong Kong Yakisoba," since I was a child. As an adult, I could easily purchase them at supermarkets in Miyagi Prefecture, so when I was living alone...

Editorial staff2025.02.07

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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 1st?

Sendai City Astronomical Observatory Day (Miyagi Prefecture) On February 1, 1955, the privately run Sendai Astronomical Observatory was built and opened at Nishi Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, with donations from the public. To commemorate this, Sendai Astronomical Observatory Co., Ltd.

NEFT Editorial Department2025.02.01

Alcohol

A sake with a natto label, which is forbidden by sake breweries? A special junmai sake, a collaboration between two companies from the same hometown...

Wataya is one of Miyagi Prefecture's most famous sake brands. Kanenoi Sake Brewery, the brewer of Wataya, sells a limited edition product only once a year. It's called Special Junmai Kawaguchi Natto. ...Hmm? Natto...

Aoiwa2025.01.30

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What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition What day is it on January 29th?

Sakuzo Yoshino's Birthday (Miyagi Prefecture) Sakuzo Yoshino, a political scientist and thinker from Miyagi Prefecture who was active mainly during the Taisho era, was born on January 29, 1878, in Ogaki Village, Shida District, Miyagi Prefecture (...

NEFT Editorial Department2025.01.29

Traditions and customs

Kattamine Shrine in Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture: the center of the "swan faith" in the southern part of the prefecture

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...

Aoiwa2025.01.28