The place I chose for the third special feature of 地気食(CHIKISHOKU, which stands for the meaning of regions, seasons, and foods), is Towada City, Aomori prefecture. Towada City is famous for the Towada Art Center and scenic nature spots such as Oirase-keiryu (a scenic mountain stream) and is a place where has many tourists from Taiwan. Since we were attracted

  Our life has evolved to this point. When you enter your house, you have a heating system, and when snow accumulates, it’s possible to remove it with snow blowers. In reality, however, living in snowy areas is more difficult than we might imagine. It’s the wisdom of life in the heavy snowfall areas to survive from sever winters using

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  The place I chose for the second special feature of 地気食(CHIKISHOKU), which stands for the meaning of regions, seasons, and foods, is Tozawa Village, Yamagata Prefecture.  I’ve always thought that I must be fated to have been connected to the place since before. Tozawa Village is one of the heaviest snowfall areas in Japan, with more than two to

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  Yoshida no Udon, “Firm” food culture created from the natural environment, climate and history   So far we have talked about many of Yoshida no Udon cultures. Why did this special food culture come about? Why did this culture start in Fujiyoshida City? According to the story we heard from a person who is running the weaving business; Since