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  Iwate: Event showcasing Sanriku’s traditional folk performance art held in Iwate

  OFUNATO, Iwate — Aiming to pass down and promote traditional folk performance art from the Sanriku c...

  November 13, 2022

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  Museum destroyed by 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake to reopen nearly 12 years later

  RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate — The municipal museum in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is set to reopen to ...

  November 4, 2022

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  Iwate : Gathering of 20-year-olds held

  SUMITA, Iwate — The town of Sumita in Iwate Prefecture has renamed its annual coming-of-age ceremony...

  September 11, 2022

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  Tribunal on fire

  A dragon-like boat is set on fire and released on the Kitakami River during the Funekko-nagashi fest...

  August 21, 2022

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  Iwate: Art students colorfully depict major Tohoku festivals on beer can labels

  MORIOKA — The Tohoku branch of Suntory Liquors Ltd. in Sendai has begun selling limited-edition cans...

  July 24, 2022

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  Iwate: Snowboarders disturb ‘Dragon Eye’

  HACHIMANTAI, Iwate — Snowboarders have reportedly disrupted a natural phenomenon at Kagaminuma pond ...

  July 6, 2022

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  Trio of monuments record horror wreaked by tsunami on Iwate Pref. coast

  KAMAISHI, Iwate — Eleven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, ...

  May 10, 2022

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  Iwate: ‘Miraculous lone pine’ stump and root network to go on tour

  RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate — The stump and root network of the “miraculous lone pine,” a tree that surviv...

  March 1, 2022

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  Iwate: Students use evidence to amend high school rules

  OTSUCHI, Iwate — Students at an Iwate Prefecture high school long known for its strict code of condu...

  February 22, 2022

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  Iwate: Tiger dance festival to celebrate Year of Tiger Share

  KAMAISHI, Iwate — When the SL Ginga train arrived from Hanamaki at a platform at JR Kamaishi Station...

  January 18, 2022

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  Iwate: Junior high school students conduct marine survey with researchers

  MORIOKA — The Iwate prefectural government’s coastal zone promotion bureau launched a program called...

  September 21, 2021

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  Watermelon farmers enjoy ‘good harvest’

  MORIOKA — This year’s first auction of Takizawa watermelons was held on July 31 at the Morioka City ...

  August 24, 2021

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  Iwate: Course to nurture disaster prevention specialists opens

  RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate — An annual training course created to nurture disaster prevention specialists...

  June 1, 2021

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  Iwate: Underwater drone school opens to train future pilots

  OSHU, Iwate — An underwater drone school has opened in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, to train future pilot...

  May 11, 2021

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  Helped by Entire Community, 570 Fled to Safety after Great East Japan Earthquake

  In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the behavior of junior high school student...

  January 19, 2021

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