Learning the kanji and a little bit about each of Japan’s 47 prefectures!
Kanji・漢字
秋 あき、シュウ autumn
田 た、デン rice field
県 ケン prefecture
東北 とうほく north-east, Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)
Prefectural Capital (県庁所在地) : Akita (秋田市)
Akita prefecture is known for the natural beauty of the sea and mountains, hot springs, and the preserved samurai district in the town of Kakunodate. The capital of Akita prefecture is Akita City, and the economy of the prefecture is structured around traditional industries such as fishing and agriculture, particularly rice cultivation, as well as high-quality sake. Akita's numerous seasonal festivals offer insight into traditional culture, especially the New Year's Eve Namahage Festival of Oga, which is unique to the Oga Peninsula area of Akita prefecture. The Namahage are demon-like beings which are portrayed by men dressed as masked ogres (oni) with traditional straw capes (mino), who go door-to-door in pairs or threes and admonish children who are lazy or who have been behaving badly. They are commonly shown on TV news making children cry as they visit homes in the neighbourhood during the New Year celebrations. Other, less traumatizing, festivals include the Yokote Kamakura Festival in February, where igloo-like snow houses (kamakura) are built across the city of Yokote, inside of each of which is a snow altar to the water deity to pray for ample water; or the Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine Float Festival, where floats with warrior dolls parade around the port area of Akita City. The women of the region are also famous as 秋田美人 (Akita bijin) or "beauties of Akita" and are known for their white skin, rounded faces and high voices.
Recommended Tourist Spot・おすすめ観光スポット
Nyūtō Onsen - 乳頭温泉郷
By Bjckashiwa
Nyūtō Onsen is a traditional hot spring town in the eastern mountains of Akita. The town has six ryokan, or traditional inns, some of which date from the Edo period, and a hotel. The most famous hot springs is Tsurunoyu, which is over 300 years old, and considered to be one of the best establishments in all of Japan for a traditional and authentic onsen ryokan experience in the countryside. The onsen in the town can also be visited with general admission for those not staying in the inns. Most of the ryokan have mixed-gender onsen in addition to the male-only and female-only baths. The Yumeguri Pass can be purchased at the ryokan, allowing access to all seven of the hot springs, and a reservation at the ryokan on a shuttle bus allows for easy access to all of the onsen. Nyūtō Onsen means "nipple hot spring" referring to the shape of Mount Nyūtō nearby. The mountains and the deepest lake in Japan, Tazawako, are only a 30-minute bus ride from Nyūtō Onsen.
Regional Cuisine - 郷土料理
Kiritampo Hot Pot - きりたんぽ鍋
Photo from HIS
Kiritampo are tubes of rice mashed up into a paste, wrapped around a skewer, and grilled on an open flame. These traditional tubes of sticky rice are then placed in a nabe (hot pot) with local meats and vegetables and cooked together, creating a dish perfect for the frigid winter.
Akita Dialect・Akita-ben・秋田弁
泣く子はいねがぁ (naku ko wa ine gaa)
Standard Japanese: 泣く子はいないか (naku ko wa inai ka)
English: Is there a crybaby here?
Note: A standard line used by Namahage during the Namahage Festival
あい、しかだね (ai, shika dane)
Standard Japanese: ありゃ~、仕方ないなあ (arya, shikata nai naa)
English: Oh no, it can't be helped
Note: Said when the other person does something by accident (casual)
これをけ (kore o ke)
Standard Japanese: これを食べてください (kore o tabete kudasai)
English: Please eat this
どでした (do deshita)
Standard Japanese: びっくりした (bikkuri shita)
English: I was surprised
I had Kaiseki cuisine at Hyotei Kyoto main store (^o^)
Conger pike, Akashi sea bream, sand borer, Hyotei egg, sweetfish, conger eel, etc. were all delicious and I was impressed by the high quality of them (^o^)
Especially, the grilled sweetfish impressed me very much, because it was wild-caught and young sweetfish, so I could eat it whole from the head. I didn't care about sweetfish spine at all (^o^)v
For river fish, the grilled char I ate at Tsurunoyu in Nyuto Onsen was my best so far, but this was comparable experience with it (^o^)
The garden surrounding the room was beautiful, and the overall atmosphere was also excellent (^o^)v
AI retouch play again. The blonde AI is still going. But I suddenly want to do this first.
This pink meat actually is from a stupid game.
nijiyome.jp
巨乳温泉~湯屋の桃源郷~
If you read my public discord. You know I play this stupid AI game. Very fun... not for the gameplay.
It's a guessing game. If you guess right. You get all pictures.
So I want to make a ver. to finish her.
P3 I make the head and body into 2 layers already. So after build 2 more pictures and post process. This set can be done.
Talk a little recent thing. Why this week no update.
First few days I'm working on the Kiana one which not smooth.
Wednesday... I play NGS overnight. The EP.1 ending... I feel ate a big shit. Ruin whole day.
Report at here (Need translator... You don't want me spent one more day to translate this shit, right?)
https://home.gamer.com.tw/artwork.php?sn=5700470
I simply said this...
NGS 2 years story telling
Hey man, we just training only.
Now we can fight the real enemy.
...
Who the fuck write this shit. Although I never focus on story that much. But it's too over.
Then... I try to build KK scene. But not done yet. After PC overheat. I havn't resume this work.
This one ... maybe you can said no theme. But yea, as April not ended yet. I want to make something related to April.
The scene would be Nanoha and Fate scene.
And about overheat. I clean my PC yesterday. That spent half day... there is accident. My sub monitor frame a little broken now (Luckily it still can work)
then today. Yea... Everything are not finished. Even this post AI retouch isn't completed.
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In unmittelbarer Nähe von Nyūtō-Onsen liegt ein Caldera-See, Tazawa-See. Er ist mit 423 Meter der tiefste See Japans. Am See sind auch ein paar Sehenswürdigkeiten wie Kansagū (Ukiki-Schrein) oder Statue von Tatsuko. Der örtlichen Überlieferung nach wurde die Tatsuko in einem Drachen verwandelt und schmiss sich hier in den See.
These smaller (though also way larger) streams of hot mineral water can be found in various places throughout Japan. This quite a small one was in Akita, around the Tazawa Lake and Nyuto Onsen. So far only had the pleasure to visit area during autumn.. though get the feeling this is one of the best times to see the area in general. More photos soon 😊