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AIZAWA HOKUMEI, AIZAWA NANJYOU and HIROKAWA SEIKEN

What kind of role a village school, CHOUYOUKAN, had been played for? CHOUYOUKAN became famous at the age of th […]

TAKUSANN JINJYA NO OOSUGI

A small shrine is located in the vicinity of the mountaintop of YAMAMOTO YAMA in Ojiya. The small shrine is ca […]

USHI NO TSUNO TSUKI (Holy Bullfights)

“NIJYUU MURA GOU” is an area including “HIGASIYAMA” district of Ojiya, ex-“YAMAKOSHI” village and ex-“HIROKAMI […]

AKASHI DOU

“AKASHI DOU” is a hall worshiping “HORIJIROU MASATOSHI”, who invented “OJIYA CHIJIMI”. “HORIJIROU MASATOSHI” w […]

TOUCHYUU, GEIGI and JIGOKU DANI

In late EDO period, “SUZUKI BOKUSHI”, who is a writer of “HOKUETSU SEPPU”, a famous book introducing culture o […]

MATTO NO MUJINA

The word, Mujina, might remind you of a famous book, “Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things” written […]

MIKOJII (MEKKONNJISSA) and NIKOU JINJYA SAIREI (NIKOU SAMA)

Don’t gate! You must go out and enjoy this summer. I will tell you the best place to visit in July. That is NI […]

GOHEN DAIMYOU GYOURETSU

You should make a memo on your schedule for this great performance held in Ojiya on 24th of August. “GOHEN DAI […]

DAI NO SAKA ODORI

“DAI NO SAKA ODORI” is one of “NENBUTSU ODORI” dances handed down by local people at “MATTO” in Ojiya. The ori […]

BABA SHIMIZU and TOKOROTEN

How do you spend your hot summer days? I will suggest you the coolest way to keep your body cooler. At the beg […]