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Rokugo Kamakura: Two groups of soldiers holding long bamboo clash to pray for a bountiful harvest

Table of Contents1 Rokugo Kamakura: Preserving the Original Form of the Kamakura Festival2 Rokugo Kamakura: A Ko-Shogatsu Event | In 2026, it will be held from February 10th to 14th3 Rokugo Kamakura...

NORIJUN2026.01.23

souvenir

How about trying Bandai Mame for Setsubun? Introducing the nostalgic bean snack that can be enjoyed by both children and adults...

Table of Contents1. Review of two varieties of Koriyama City's popular "Bandai Mame" sweets.2. "Brown Sugar": A perfect combination of fragrant sweetness and fragrant beans.2.1. "Soy Sauce Sweet and Spicy": A subtle soy sauce flavor accent...

Haruka Hashimoto2026.01.22

Tohoku gourmet

[Part 2] Aizu samurai cultivated apples! A new industry brought to fruition by the indomitable Aizu spirit

Table of Contents1. American Apple Seedlings Brought to Hokkaido1.1 Scarlet Robe = King of Tompkins County1.2 Kunimitsu = Ralls Janet2. Yoichi...

Korok with a sword2026.01.21

Tohoku gourmet

[Part 2] Aizu samurai cultivated apples! How were Western varieties introduced?

Table of Contents1. Circumstances of Domestic Apple Cultivation up to the Meiji Period1.1 "Riukou" as an Ornamental Plant in the Heian Period1.2 Apples as Gifts in the Sengoku Period1.3 Apples Distributed During Famines in the Mid-Edo Period.

Korok with a sword2026.01.20

Tohoku gourmet

[Part 1] Aizu samurai cultivated apples! Japan's first privately cultivated apples, "Hi no Koromo" and "Kuni...

Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Relocation of Aizu Samurai Following Defeat in the Boshin War3 "Hi no Koromo" Apples in Yoichi, Hokkaido, Grown by Aizu Samurai3.1 Apples Growing in the Gardens of Former Aizu Samurai3.2 "Hi...

Korok with a sword2026.01.19

traffic

A former child who loved the picture book "I Took the Blue Train"...

Table of Contents1 The Story of "I Took the Blue Train"2 What is the Destination and Name of the Sleeper Express "Mangetsu" to Kumamori?3 The Image of the Mangetsu Express's Description is Based on the Night Train from Ueno to Aomori...

Yuto Ono2026.01.16

Traditions and customs

The legend of the goddesses of the three mountains of Tono and the "Kamitsaya Shrine" where the three goddesses are said to have separated [Iwate Prefecture]...

Table of Contents1. A legend that also appears in Kunio Yanagita's "The Tales of Tono"2. "Kamitsuya Shrine," the place where the three goddesses are said to have parted ways to head to their respective mountains2.1. A legend on the local information board that differs slightly from "The Tales of Tono"3....

Aoiwa2026.01.15

traffic

Is it too minor? The special train "Harbor" that connected Akita Prefecture and Hokkaido...

Table of Contents1 What is Harbor Rainbow?2 It's rare to see JR Hokkaido trains in Akita Prefecture3 It's rare to see a self-propelled diesel railcar pulled by a locomotive4 The all-space train...

Yuto Ono2026.01.14

winter

Morioka Illumination Bright, which colors the winter nights of Morioka, is back again this season...

Table of Contents1 "Morioka Illumination Bright 2025-2026"1.1 Morioka Ekimae-dori Shopping Street (Lighting time: 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM)2 Sakanamachi Shopping Street (Lighting time: 8:00 AM -...

DaiwaConsilio2026.01.13

Traditions and customs

It's fun to learn about accents and local words! A dialect dictionary you can use starting today...

Table of Contents1 Fukushima Dialect Dictionary: Aizu Edition1.1 Q. "Gose yakeru"1.2 Q. "Najoshita"1.3 Q. "~kunansho"1.4 Q. "Agasuke"2 Fukushima Dialect Dictionary: Naka...

Haruka Hashimoto2026.01.09