Bringing Japan’s Most Famous Samurai Back to Life: Yoshitsune’s Flight North
TheLegendAttheendoftheHeianera,thetwoclansofGenjiandTairawagedawaragainsteachotherforcontrolofJapan.ThepreviouslyrulingT…
Read OnKushihiki Hachiman Shrine
TheKushihikiHachimanShrinewasconstructedwhencontrolovertheprovinceofNukanobu(present-daySEAomori&NIwate)wasgiventoth…
Read OnNejo Castle Site
ChosenasoneofJapan’sTop100Castles,NejoCastlewasdesignatedaNationalHistoricSitein1941.Thecastlewasbuiltin1334byMoroyukiNa…
Read OnThe YouTree Building（Home to Visit Hachinohe）
DirectlyconnectedtoHachinoheStationbyapassageway,theYouTreebuildingisaconvenientplacetostartyourvisittoHachinoheordosome…
Read OnThe Koda Hachiman Shrine
TheKodaHachimanShrinewassaidtobebuiltduringtheHeianErabyMinamotonoYoriyoshi,theappointedCommander-in-chiefoftheDefenseof…
Read OnThe Hachinohe Portal Museum ‘Hacchi’
TheHachinohePortalMuseumhacchi,whichopenedin2011,isanewtouristsiteinHachinohe.Itactsasatourismportal,focusingonandshowca…
Read OnKojokaku
TheKojokakumansionisawonderfulexampleofmodernandclassicJapanesearchitecture.Thebuildingisanationallydesignatedculturalpr…
Read OnOgami-jinja (The Ogami Shrine)
TheOgamiShrineissaidtobetheoldestshrineinHachinohe.ItshistoryhasbeentracedasfarbackasthelateHeianera,buttheshrinemaywell…
Read OnChojasan Shinra-jinja (Chojasan Shinra Shrine)
In1678,NaomasaNanbu,thesecondfeudallordoftheHachinoheDomain,builttheChojasanShinra-jinjatoprayfortheprotectionofhisterri…
Read OnShinmei-Gu (Shinemei Shrine)
TheShinmei-guShrineisknownasoneofthethreeshrinesoftheHachinoheSanshaTaisai(ThreeShrineFestival).EveryyearonJuly1,theshri…
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