The Hachinohe Sansha Taisai (Three Shrine Festival)
TheHistoryofHachinoheSanshaTaisai HachinoheSanshaTaisaiwasstartedin1721whenaportableshrineprocessionwasheldfromHoryodaim…
Read OnThe Folk Crafts of Hachinohe
InthemasterpiecescreatedwiththewisdomhandeddownthroughthegenerationstheearthycharacterofHachinohe’speopleshinesthrough.»…
Read OnNanbu Senbei 101
WhatisaNanbuSenbeiTheNanbuSenbeiisatypeofcrackerlikestaplefoodthathaswidelybeenenjoyedforalongtimeintheHachinoheAreaandi…
Read OnHachinohe: A History Full of Adventure
FromtheJomoneratotheEdoeraandrightuptothepresentday,HachinohehasflourishedastheheartoftheNanbuRegionofAomori.Itshistoryh…
Read OnBringing Japan’s Most Famous Samurai Back to Life: Yoshitsune’s Flight North
TheLegendAttheendoftheHeianera,thetwoclansofGenjiandTairawagedawaragainsteachotherforcontrolofJapan.ThepreviouslyrulingT…
Read OnPort Town /Hachinohe Morning Market Stroll
ThemorningmarketsopeninvariouspartsthroughoutthecityepitomizetheenergyofHachinohe.Inparticular,theTatehanaGanpekiAsaichi…
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…
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