Shiogama
Shiogama Market
Sashimi bought here can be made into a rice bowl on the spot. Tuna landings are among the largest in Japan.
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MiyagiArchitectureMatsushima
Entsuin Garden
A garden that reads Matsushima Bay as the islands of the seven gods of fortune.
Akita
Akita Castle Ruins
The site of the administrative base of Dewa Province, overlapping with the cult of Koshio Jinja.
Kazuno
Goshogake Onsen
A hot-spring healing retreat remaining in Hachimantai. Its name comes from a legend of a person who prayed for peace in the next life.
AkitaFestivalsOga
Sedo Matsuri
The rite held to be the source of the namahage tradition. Fires are lit on a winter night.
AkitaCastles & HistoryAkita
Hachiman Akita Jinja
It stands on the site of Kubota Castle and enshrines the Satake clan.
AkitaFestivalsYokote
Yokote Kamakura
A water deity is enshrined inside a snow hut. Belief embedded in daily life became a festival as it was.
AkitaHistoric Districts
AkitaArt & CraftsAkita
Akita Kanto Festival
Akita City's summer festival, about 270 years old. Bamboo poles hung with lanterns are balanced on forehead and hip as bearers move through the streets.
AkitaNature & Scenery
AkitaHot SpringsSemboku
Nyuto Onsen
Seven hot springs scattered through the valley. Tsuru-no-yu keeps its thatched Edo-period lodging.
AkitaFestivals
AkitaMuseums
AkitaFestivalsYokote
Yokote Kamakura
A water deity is enshrined in a snow hut, and sweet amazake is served inside.
AkitaHistoric DistrictsOdate
Hinai Jidori
One of the three great native chicken breeds of Japan. It makes the broth for kiritanpo hotpot.
AkitaMuseums
YamagataNature & ScenerySakata
Sakata Hiyoriyama
The hill where kitamaebune waited for a wind. A place for reading direction became a place of worship as well.
Tsuruoka
Shonai Han
The heart of the Tsurugaoka Castle site. The frame of the castle town is still visible.
YamagataNature & SceneryYamagata
Yamadera Okunoin
The hall at the top of 1,015 steps. The valley of the Tachiya River opens out below.
YamagataHot SpringsObanazawa
Ginzan Onsen
Wooden inns from the Taisho era line both banks of the river. Gas lamps are lit at night.