Oshu Taro, the official mascot character of Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, has been transformed into a Nambu ironware piece. The piece was manufactured by Oizumi, a Nambu ironware manufacturer founded in 1848 in Mizusawa Haneda-cho, Oshu City.
"Hyakkoi," "Ndabeshita," "Agatonai." These beloved Fukushima dialects, along with Fukushima City's tourism PR character "Momorin," are now featured on T-shirts. At S-PAL Fukushima, 2...
Dovetail Games, a UK-based company, has released additional content for their railway simulation game "Train Sim World 7," titled "Tadami Line: Aizu-Wakamatsu to Tadami"...
Koginbank, a company that handles information dissemination and product development related to Kogin embroidery, has planned and produced the 2027 edition of "Kogin Embroidery Pattern Collection," which features patterns of Kogin embroidery, a traditional craft of Tsugaru...
Locations with the same latitude (indicating north-south orientation) on Earth lie on the same line extending east-west on a map. So, if we extend a line horizontally from the prefectural capitals of the six Tohoku prefectures... what would we find at the end of that line...?.
The regional names such as "Aomori," "Sendai," and "Aizu" are printed on car license plates. If you color-code a map of the six Tohoku prefectures, there are a total of 16 different names. However, not all 16 of these names...
Marukan Building Cafeteria in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, is a large cafeteria that retains a Showa-era retro atmosphere and offers everything you could want. Hanamaki City is also the birthplace of the poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, and is now adjacent to...
We casually look at weather forecasts every day... but have you ever wondered, "Where exactly are the distinctions made between coastal areas, inland areas, eastern areas, and western areas?" Now...
Bear sightings are increasing nationwide year after year. In particular, sightings are increasing even in urban areas in the Tohoku region, making the situation one cannot afford to be complacent about. It's unclear what will happen in the future, but...
When most people think of New Year's, they probably think of sumptuous meals. However, in the Tohoku region, which is particularly prone to heavy snowfall, New Year's meals are more than just "luxurious.".
