From the Mountains to the Sea
OneofthebestthingsabouttheHachinoheAreaisthatonecanexperiencethebreathtakingsceneryandatmosphereofboththecoastandthemoun…
Read OnHorses & Flour: the Building Blocks of Hachinohe
Sincelongago,theHachinoheAreawaswellknownthroughoutJapanforthewarhorsesitbred.Thisequineculturecontinuestohaveasignifica…
Read OnThe ‘Eleven Hungry Cats’ of Sannohe
ElevenHungryCatsisafamouschildren’sbookseriesfromJapan.Theseriesfollowsthecomicalstoryofelevencatswhoareleadbytheirleade…
Read OnThe Shiroyama Park & Sannohe Museum of Local History and Culture
Duringthewarringstatesperiod(aroundthemid-1600s)theNanbuclancastlelocatedinNanbutownwaslostinafire.Afterthefire,thecland…
Read OnWalking Tour of Sannohe
ThetownodSannoheonceflourishedasacastletownoftheNanbuclanduringthewarringstatesperiodandlaterasaposttownduringtheEdoera.…
Read OnTrace Back Time: the Clan of the North
TheNanbuClanwasoriginallyformedintheprovinceofKai(present-dayYamanashi).TheclanwasactiveasimmediatevassalstotheKamakuraB…
Read OnKonamon: A Culinary Culture Born from Struggle
KonamonisaJapanesewordthatmeans‘foodmadefromflour’,anddescribesawiderangeofdishesrangingfromokonomiyaki(Japanesesavorypa…
Read OnThe Sannohe Daijingu (Sannohe Shrine)
TheSannohe DaijinguisashrinethatisdedicatedtotheJapanesedeityAmaterasu.ItisverypopularwiththepeopleofSannoheandalsoattra…
Read OnThe Sannohe Roadside Station (Mich-no-Eki Sannohe)
TheSannnoheRoadsideStationLocatedonRoute4,thebuildingfortheSannoheRoadsideStationwasmodeledaftertheSannohecastleruins.Th…
Read OnKinkamochi
Kinka–mochiisalocalspecialtytreatmadebyshapingaflourdoughintoagyoza-likeshape,fillingitwithasweetmiso-and-walnutpa…
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