1 year old, first Pounding rice cakes! Japan's New Year's Tradition!

Happy New Year Happy New Year🎍 Thank you for your continued support this year. First sunrise of the year from Sumiyoshi Shrine in Kuwana City Period, the sun rises from inside the Torii (shrine gate). It's still okay for a while. Impression by all means. 2025/1/2 Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture "Sumiyoshi Shrine"

Happy New Year Koshu 😄 Local cuisine Waraji. This year's zodiac sign is said to bring good luck if you wear a snake 🐍 skin wallet or carry a snake shell in your wallet, and the white snake is said to be auspicious for good luck. In the Year of the Snake, which has such a connection with money, if you go to First Pilgrimage to the Shrine Kanazakura Shrine, your fortune will increase! Our stores' recommendation is unashige! The eels made by mature craftsmen are very delicious. Gari Fresh eel from New Year's Day will give you more stamina this year! There is no doubt that you will be full of energy! Use Our store when you come to Shosenkyo Gorge.

Photographed 12/24/24. One character of hope in Kawagoe City in 2025 (Reiwa 7) is "叶". May your wishes come true.

Photographed 1/1/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine. It's like New Year's and it's gorgeous. 🎍✨

Photographed 1/1/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Photographed 12/30/24. It is the New Year's Torii (shrine gate) gate of Kawagoe Hachimangu. Prayer today was very crowded.

Nagashima Spa Land New Year's Eve fireworks 🎆 Happy New Year 🙇 ♀️ This year, we started with fireworks. Best regards again for one 🙇 year

\New Year, First Sunset 🌅/ In 2025, Echizen Town will have a cloudy sky and occasional sunny days! Compared to being buried in snow or having a blizzard, it was a day that was easier to Prayer First Pilgrimage to the Shrine, wasn't it? In the Sea of Sea of Japan, where the sun sets over the sea, there is a wonderful glow through the clouds. Are you lucky to see the sun set on the Horizon early in the new year? Good luck to you. Visit everyone a wonderful year.

New Year's Day 2025 at 6:30 a.m. Two cats warm each other in the cold of midwinter on the riverbank in the early morning, which is not popular. It is as if the body is dressed in pure white snow, and a quiet and peaceful time stream endlessly. Wonderful to welcome the new year Photographed two happy times a day.

The Seijoshin-in Temple on Mt. Koya, a World Cultural Heritage Site, and the snowy scenery in winter are also good, but I would like you to visit it during the Spring cherry blossom (umbrella cherry blossom) blooming season.

Happy New Year This year, too, I photographed the First sunrise from the Shinsui Park on the Coast of Atami. This year, it wasn't so cold, there was no wind, and the conditions were perfect! We waited at the third construction zone before 6:00, and the Horizon began to turn orange around 6:15, and the light began to shine after 6:50. There was a tree a little underneath, so I hurriedly moved to the second construction zone and took a picture here as well. It was a very beautiful First sunrise. As in every year, many citizens and tourists gathered at Shinsui Park early on to photograph the First sunrise of 2025 (Reiwa 7). May 2025 (Reiwa 7) be a better year for everyone Thank you for your continued support of Atami Hot Spring this year

I did First Pilgrimage to the Shrine. It is Kawagoe Kumano Shrine at 7 o'clock in the morning.

Happy New Year! 🎍 Best regards again this year. It is a giant ema of the Year of the Snake of Kawagoe Hachimangu.

Jizo, who is enshrinement on the Kumano Kodo, a World Cultural Heritage Site, and people who live nearby hang handmade lotus on it in winter.

It is the ice bubble and the morning glow that formed in Lake Onneto. It was a very beautiful sight.

A café in an old warehouse in Otaru. The snowy landscape looks very good.

Ice bubbles that can be seen in a frozen Lake Onneto. Oyster and find the snow on your own.

This is the snow-capped Mt. Fuji and the constellation Orion taken at Lake Yamanaka. Mt. Fuji and the constellation Orion were also visible on the surface of the lake, which was a wonderful sight.

Samurai-specific Osaka Castle Guides Private tours in armor Photo [Osaka Castle] -Famous castles that mark the history of prosperity and turmoil of the people of Samurai- Pilgrimage tour guide to the sacred places of Osaka no Jin wearing armor and helmetsThis is a plan to commemorate and make a pilgrimage to the sad sacred place where SAMURAI and his friends were defeated in the Osaka Siege in the last war and fell to the castle, wearing armor and helmets reminiscent of the battle. #OsakaCastle #Samuraiarmor

The practice of swordsmanship was intended above all to nurture the mind. The samurai, through diligent practice and extreme concentration, desired to attain a state of unthoughtfulness, free of attachment or preoccupation, and thus able to respond instantly. A warrior is prepared to die each morning. In the quiet moments of the morning, he imagines himself being struck by lightning, doused by fire, or cut to pieces with a sword or spear. It is hard to remember that one step outside the doorway is the world of death. #Honor #Bushido #samuraisword #katana

Here are the 9 best of 2024. (1) (2) Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu (3) New Year's Torii (shrine gate) gate of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine (4) (7) Cherry blossoms on the Shingashi River (5) Giant Ema of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine (8) Hydrangea of Kawagoe Hachimangu (9) Red thread wind chime at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Restrooms available for staying with us again this year. Best regards for next year. Happy New Year. 😊

Kirigamine Highlands in Nagano Prefecture I was able to meet a beautiful frost in -5°C.

A view of the morning mist dyed in orange. A group of buildings covered in haze due to the beautiful sunrise and radiative cooling on a cold morning. Shot on DJI MAVIC 3 Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture 2024/12 * Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Comprehensive Flight Permit has been obtained. * Notification of flight plan and preparation of flight log book

12/30The 59th Shimoda Hot Spring Narcissus Festival blooming status has been updated! https://www.shimoda-city.info/post/20241230...

Learn Zen in a class of making Japanese sweets and Enjoying Wabicha with wield the brush. Zen / Wagashi Yokan, which came to Japan along with Zen, was refined over many years to become a complete Japanese confectionary in the Edo period. Zen / Tea Ceremony The tea ceremony was a type of tea ceremony in which Zen ideas were added to the tea ceremony, resulting in the creation of wabicha (a type of tea ceremony). Zen / Calligraphy Calligraphy is a way of practicing Zen with a brush, or in other words, a way of writing calligraphy in a state of unmindfulness. ZEN is basically searching for the truth of who you are. #Zen #kanji #traditional

Along with the martial arts, many other arts flourished, including calligraphy, tea ceremony, tea bowls, poetry, incense, and Noh drama, and a samurai needed to have knowledge of both the sword and the brush in order to be seen as a cultured gentleman. For those of us living in today's busy world, learning about the samurai spirit can give us insight into our attitude, attention, and focus, and foster the determination needed to achieve our goals to the fullest. #kangi #calligraphy #kimono #osakacastle

🏖️2024 Hokule'a Shonan Tour✨ Complete ✨ The last sea of the year is Manazuru [Iwa] in Kanagawa Prefecture. 🪨🪨 Thank you to all the guests we met in 2024, to everyone who supported us, and to the ocean for welcoming us safely and giving us many healing and inspiration. We look forward to 🎍🌸 your continued support in 2025 ⭐1/4 (Sat) Hatsushima Tour⭐ Due to popular demand, there are 😮 only a few vacancies left Apply as soon as possible!

Photographed 10/20/24. It is the second day of the Kawagoe Festival. The festival float of Senba Jiro Yasuya in Senba Towns visits Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

【❄️ Winter Gokase 2025❄️】Until February 28 (Fri) in the 7th year of Reiwa 7)! After all, winter too! Instagram Campaigns 🥳✨ Please follow Gokase Tourist Association Instagram Account (@gokase_kanko) and post 🤳❤️ 🔥 a winter-like photo of Gokase In the town on Instagram with two hashtags: #Winter Gokase 2025, #Date and place (e.g. #Unoko Falls) One person will receive Gokase Towns Specialty products every day during the 🎁✨ period. In addition! For excellent works, we will send you an assortment of Specialty products of Gokase Towns 🤩👏 The works posted will be introduced 💡 on the social media of the Gokase Tourist Association at any time Period: Monday, December 30, 2024 to Friday, February 28, 2025 ⚠️ Other terms and conditions are Publication on the Gokase Tourist Association website. Please be sure to read it when applying. https://www.town.gokase.miyazaki.jp/kanko/ivent/1962.html... ⚠️ Please be careful of accidents when shooting. ------------------------------------------ … Actually, it's also the voting period for "Gokase Autumn Leaves 2024", so I thought it would be mixed, and I was actually going to let you know at the beginning of the year ... I would like you 🥺🙏 to post New Year's photos as well!! I couldn't stand it and posted it 😂 We are looking forward to seeing many beautiful winter photos of Gokase, and ☃️💕 thank you for 📸🙏 your application