Suggestions? Let me know!

I think this is a good time to make a 'suggestions' post. What would you like to see here? What topics might be interesting to explore? Some things I plan to post on in coming weeks include:

• Toys/handcrafts (such as the okiagari-koboshi from Aizu, at left)
• Famous natural phenomena (e.g., the Ishibe cherry tree outside of Aizu, or the 400 year old Korean plums in Matsushima)
• More posts on women in Tohoku history (e.g. Shibue Io, Oyama Sutematsu, and Uryu Iwa)
• More folktales.

I eagerly await your comments!

Regional Culture- Nanazumai dance from Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture

Just to give you an idea of a local folk tradition: this is the Nakano Nanazumai dance, from Iwaizumi, in Iwate Prefecture.