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Isabella Lucy Bird's death anniversary: Isabella Lucy Bird, a 19th-century British traveler, explorer, and travel writer, died in 183...
Forging hot iron and weaving together torn cloth—the crafts born from the everyday life of Iwate are imbued with the wisdom and prayers of the people. Now, these crafts intertwine with the sensibilities of contemporary art, creating new...
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Iwateya Day (Iwate Prefecture): Iwateya, a manufacturer and seller of Nanbu senbei (a type of rice cracker) that is a specialty of Iwate and Aomori prefectures, has designated October 8th as "Iwateya Day." ...
A "Toji" (master brewer) is a sake brewing technician. Among them, the Nanbu Toji are a renowned group of master brewers active in the Tohoku region, primarily in Iwate Prefecture. A tradition that has been passed down since the Edo period...
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Kenji Memorial (Iwate Prefecture) This is the anniversary of the death of Miyazawa Kenji, a poet and children's story writer from the Taisho to early Showa eras. He is known for his fairy tales "Night on the Galactic Railroad" and "Wind-Up Matasaburo," as well as the collection of fairy tales "The Restaurant of Many Orders.".
About Tono, the Village of Mysterious Things Tono City in Iwate Prefecture has long been known as a "treasure trove of mysterious things." The widespread popularity of the folklorist Kunio Yanagita's famous book, "The Tales of Tono" (1909), led to the...
Miyazawa Kenji was born in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture in 1896. His works vividly reflect the mountains, rivers, and seasonal beauty of his hometown. The scenery he saw in his daily life and the details of daily life...
Morioka Castle, once the political center of the Morioka Domain and now beloved by its citizens as a symbol of Morioka and a place of relaxation, is a rare stone-walled castle in the Tohoku region, where most castles are primarily earthen ramparts.
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The day Iwate (asteroid) was discovered (Iwate Prefecture) The asteroid Iwate was discovered on September 5, 1999, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA...
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The Day of the Second Kamaishi Naval Bombardment (Iwate Prefecture) At the end of the Pacific War, the Allied fleets of the United States and the British Navy bombarded the Nippon Steel Kamaishi Steel Works in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, with two naval bombardments...
