Morioka

The total was 47 for Sapporo, 71 for Tokyo, 96 for Kyoto, and 113 for Kagoshima.

For five major cities in the Tohoku region other than Sendai, the figure was 39 for Aomori, 48 for Morioka, 46 for Akita, 57 for Yamagata and 56 for Fukushima.

No cruel heat or heavy snow.

On its official website, the Sendai city government promotes itself as a comfortable city to reside in, emphasizing the mildness of midsummer and midwinter days.

The total was 47 for Sapporo, 71 for Tokyo, 96 for Kyoto, and 113 for Kagoshima.

For 5 major cities in the Tohoku region other than Sendai, the figure was 39 for Aomori, 48 for Morioka, 46 for Akita, 57 for Yamagata and 56 for Fukushima.

No cruel heat or heavy snow.

On its official website, the Sendai city government promotes itself as a comfortable city to reside in, emphasizing the mildness of midsummer and midwinter days.

But a lot of that comes from non-governmental things.

Like, I remember, I think this was a couple years ago now, but there was, um, an article in The New York Times about a guy saying how much he loves Morioka-

Mm-hmm

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No man has been chosen for the role.

The Morioka-Sanza Odori Festival's organizing committee remains defiant of the gender equal law.

It still requires promotion applicants to be unmarried women aged 18 to 28.

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Officials have made changes to encourage gender equality in hiring promotional ambassadors for local cities, festivals, and specialties, but doubts remain on whether men are genuinely being considered for these roles.

All two dozen or so goodwill ambassadors from across the Tohoku region who gathered for a joint festival in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, in May, were women.

Under a long-standing tradition, women have exclusively been assigned to such promotional work.

They frequently appear in traditional kimono or regional attire at events.

Municipal officials added that the role will continue to feature women's attire, and there are no plans to introduce outfits for male ambassadors.

No man has been chosen for the role.

The Morioka Sanja Odori Festival's organizing committee remains defiant of the gender-equal law.

It still requires promotion applicants to be unmarried women aged eighteen to twenty-eight.

Officials have made changes to encourage gender equality in hiring promotional ambassadors for local cities, festivals, and specialties, but doubts remain on whether men are genuinely being considered for these roles.

All two dozen or so goodwill ambassadors from across the Tohoku region who gathered for a joint festival in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, in May were women.

Under a long-standing tradition, women have exclusively been assigned to such promotional work.

They frequently appear in traditional kimono or regional attire at events.

Municipal officials added that the role will continue to feature women's attire, and there are no plans to introduce outfits for male ambassadors.

No man has been chosen for the role.

The Morioka Sanja Odori Festival's organizing committee remains defiant of the gender equal law.

It still requires promotion applicants to be unmarried women aged 18 to 28.

Episode 42 is called Unbreachable Wall.

We open on Kisuke and Tetsuya arriving in Morioka and they immediately book it to grab a taxi and take it to Police HQ because they're going to go check some records.

Back in the book, Miyaka has just walked in on Tamahome and Shifang looking like they're about to kiss.

Shifang excuses herself and Miyaka tells Tamahome to meet her on top of that mountain if you still have any feelings for me.