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Information on the Akita Food Workshop (February 13)
Information on the Akita Food Workshop (February 13)
Akita Food Workshop
Akita Food Workshop
Date: February 13, 2026
We will hold an Akita Food Workshop on February 13th. Check the poster below for the time and location.
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Featured Article: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard
Tohoku Digital Archives Featured on Blog
Information on the Akita Dialect Workshop
The Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop held at Akita International University
Information on the Akita Food Workshop
Information on the Akita Food Workshop
Date: February 13, 2026
Please find the information on the Akita Food Workshop. Please join us!
Akita Dialect Workshop
Akita Dialect Workshop
Date: November 28, 2025
Please find the information on the Akita dialect workshop. Please join us!
The Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop held at Akita International University
The Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop held at Akita International University
Date: October 4, 2025
We would like to highlight the success of the Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop, held at Akita International University on October 4, 2025.
【First Workshop by Tohoku Digital Archive!】
We hosted our very first workshop, "Explore Akita’s Folk Culture!" at Akita International University.
It was an inspiring day filled with insightful lectures and vibrant performances of traditional folk music and dance. A big thank you to everyone who helped us bring this event to life!
Our workshop was featured in the Akita Sakigake Shimpo newspaper! Check it out too!
Akita Karuta Project
Akita Karuta Project
Date: April 15, 2025
We created original Akita Karuta to promote local identity! This project was shared at the AIU Kid's center in April and also featured on NHK Akita!
Related Publications
Related Publications
Featured Article: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard
Featured Article: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard
Date: January 3, 2026
Tohoku digital archives article was published by Asian Anthropology.
Please check out the following article by Kaeko Chiba:
Participatory digital archives with senses: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard. Asian Anthropology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1683478X.2026.2613615
Tohoku Digital Archives Featured on Blog
Tohoku Digital Archives Featured on Blog
Date: January 1, 2026
The Tohoku Digital Archives was recently featured on the blog, "Urban-rural migration and rural revitalization in Japan" in the post “Guest Contribution: Unveiling the Unheard: Introducing the Tohoku Digital Archives”. Discover more on the following website: https://userblogs.fu-berlin.de/urban-rural-migration-japan/2026/01/01/guest-contribution-unveiling-the-unheard-introducing-the-tohoku-digital-archives/
Presentation related to this archive on European Association for Japanese Studies
Presentation related to this archive on European Association for Japanese Studies
Date: September, 2025
Kaeko Chiba made a presentation on Tohoku Digital Archive titled, "Unchanging Rural Japan Due to the lost in Translation -- Archiving the lost in translation?" at an academic conference of European Association for Japanese Studies.
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