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Memorial Day for Hideyo Noguchi (Fukushima Prefecture) Physician and bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi is known for his research into yellow fever and syphilis as a researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in the United States.
Table of Contents1 "Shishi Odori" and "Sasara Odori" Derived from "Shishimai" Dances Performed in Front of the Gods2 Did the Lion's Head Derived from an Animal Face Brought to India?3 "Shishi Odori" and "Sasara Odori" from Akita Prefecture, Featuring Three Majestic Lions...
Table of Contents1 Koriyama City: Home to Too Many Hot Springs to Remember2 What are the Characteristics of Koriyama City's "Machinaka Onsen"?3 3 Recommended "Machinaka Onsen" in Koriyama City3.1 Namiki Onsen Yunosato3.2 Tsuki...
Table of Contents1 What is "That's Journey"?2 First, the Tohoku Shinkansen3 How to board the Tohoku Shinkansen?4 The Ban'etsu West Line connecting Koriyama, Aizu, and Niigata5 Other...
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Travel Day (The Day Matsuo Basho Set Out on His Journey) May 16, 1689 (March 27, 2nd year of the Genroku era in the lunar calendar) is celebrated as "Travel Day" in commemoration of the day Matsuo Basho set out on his journey to the Narrow Road to the Deep North with his disciple Kawai Sora...
Table of Contents1 Why is natto culture so rich in Tohoku?1.1 Because it is a fermented food that can be preserved1.2 There are many types of natto and recipes2 Is "hikiwari natto" the mainstream in Tohoku? What's the difference?3 Tohoku...
Table of Contents 1. Japanese Cedar (Sugi) is a tree endemic to Japan 2. Japanese Cedar has been used in various ways since ancient times as a useful tree 2.1 Akita cedar fences and pillars discovered at building ruins in Akita Prefecture 2.2 Toyotomi Hideyoshi used it when constructing Fushimi Castle...
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Saito Mokichi Memorial Day (Yamagata Prefecture) Today marks the birthday of Saito Mokichi, who wrote numerous tanka poems and essays as a poet from the Meiji to Showa periods and also worked as a psychiatrist. His birthday was May 14, 1882.
Table of Contents1. The Mocco = Mongol Theory1.1 Oral legends of refugees from Tsushima and Iki during the Mongol Invasions1.2 Oral legends of refugees from the Yuan (Mongol Empire) invasion of Sakhalin1.3 This theory is convincing, but...
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Anniversary of the death of Matsudaira Sadanobu, the third lord of the Shirakawa Domain (Fukushima Prefecture) Matsudaira Sadanobu, the third lord of the Shirakawa Domain in Mutsu Province and grandson of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth shogun of the Edo shogunate, died in May of Bunsei 12 (1829)...
