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青森県 · Tourism

Aomori Nebuta

青森市東青

Figure lanterns five metres high move through the streets to shouts of "rassera".

青森県 · Tourism

Sannai Maruyama

青森市東青

A settlement that lasted 1,700 years. The large six-pillared building has been reconstructed.

青森県 · Tourism

Shirakami

西目屋村津軽

Untouched primeval beech forest. One of the first two sites in Japan inscribed as World Natural Heritage.

青森県 · Tourism

Fujita Garden

弘前市津軽

A garden on two levels: a height that borrows Mount Iwaki as scenery, and low ground fed by springs.

青森県 · Tourism

Tachineputa

五所川原市津軽

Twenty-three metres tall. It was revived by burying the town's power lines.

青森県 · Tourism

Hakkoda

青森市東青

Snow clings to Maries' fir until the slope becomes a field of white towers.

青森県 · Tourism

Lake Towada

十和田市南部

A double caldera lake. Takamura Kotaro's Maiden Statue stands on the shore.

青森県 · Tourism

Tsugaru Shamisen

弘前市ほか津軽

It grew out of door-to-door street performance. The striking, percussive stroke of the plectrum is its mark.

岩手県 · Tourism

Esashi Fujiwara

奥州市県南

A site with reconstructed Heian architecture, where the world of the Northern Fujiwara can be walked through.

岩手県 · Tourism

Genbikei

一関市県南

A place of worship along the gorge, known for the "flying dango".

岩手県 · Tourism

Ryusendo

岩泉町県央

One of the three great limestone caves of Japan. Its underground lake was long an object of dread.

岩手県 · Tourism

Genbikei

一関市県南

Dango are sent across from the far bank in a basket: the "flying dango".

岩手県 · Tourism

Geibikei

一関市県南

Limestone walls a hundred metres high. Boatmen pole their way upstream.

岩手県 · Tourism

Sansa Odori

盛岡市県央

It holds the world record for the number of Japanese drums played at once.

岩手県 · Tourism

Chagu Chagu Umakko

滝沢市県央

Horses in full harness walk to the sound of bells. A festival of Nanbu horse country.

岩手県 · Tourism

Koiwai Farm

雫石町県央

A private farm at the foot of Mount Iwate. Twenty-one buildings, the cowsheds among them, are Important Cultural Properties.

岩手県 · Tourism

Hachimantai

八幡平市県央

Walls of snow appear when the road is cleared in spring. It runs at 1,600 metres.

岩手県 · Tourism

Tono Densho-en

遠野市県南

Magariya farmhouses were moved here to keep the folk tales alive. The Okaiko-do hall enshrines a thousand Oshirasama figures.

岩手県 · Tourism

Nambu Ironware

奥州市県南

Iron is poured into sand moulds. The water is said to taste sweeter for it, and the ware now sells well abroad.

岩手県 · Tourism

Tenshochi

北上市県南

Ten thousand cherry trees along the Kitakami river, one of the finest avenues in northern Japan.

岩手県 · Tourism

Ryusen Shindo

岩泉町県央

A limestone cave turned into a museum in its own right.

宮城県 · Tourism

Donto Sai

仙台市仙台

The Matsutaki festival is a nationally designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property, with a long procession of worshippers in loincloths.

宮城県 · Tourism

Zaimokuiwa

白石市県南

A cliff of columnar jointing. A form of faith that stands in awe of natural objects.

宮城県 · Tourism

Tagajo

多賀城市三陸沿岸

The seat of the provincial government of Mutsu. The Tagajo stele, one of the three great ancient monuments of Japan, still stands here.