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Event Announcement📣

On Friday, February 6, join us in Shihorocho for a one-night candlelit evening called “Shihoro on ICE,” featuring ice candles made by the community😊

The evening will include candle art by the Shihoro Town Central Junior High School Art Club, and—weather permitting—snow sculptures created by local volunteers may make an appearance!?⛄️
Warm snacks and beverages will be available at the venue☕️

📍Date and Time: Friday, February 6, 2026, 4:30 PM–7:30 PM
📍Location: In front of Town Plaza
📞Contact: Shihoro on ICE Organizing Committee (Hattori: 080-1897-4728)

🔶Ice Candle Drop-off Period
Tuesday, February 3–Thursday, February 5, 2026, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM: Committee members will collect ice candles at Town Plaza, so please make them at home and bring them by✨We look forward to seeing your creations🤗

🔶Volunteers Wanted
Volunteers are needed on Friday, February 6 from 1:00 PM to help with venue setup and lighting—join us in making the event shine🎵

Today I attended the monthly festival at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.
This is the shrine grounds around 7:30 a.m.

Minato de Hinamatsuri
From Thursday, February 5, 2026 to Tuesday, March 17, 2026, about 250 hina dolls will gather inside Tomakomai West Port Ferry Terminal!
Hina dolls no longer needed at home will be displayed in fun, creative ways 🎎
Also, on Sunday, March 1 at 2:30 PM, a "Hinamatsuri Concert" will be held!

Photographed on January 21, 2026.
This week's lunch at le bilboquet in Akasaka is chicken thigh and Chinese cabbage simmered in a ginger cream sauce. With ginger 🫚 in the dish, it warms the body.

The 63rd Obihiro Ice Festival
The 20th National Ice Sculpture Exhibition Winter Obihiro Competition

This was my personal favorite ice sculpture of the year.

Today is the last day of January.

Kyonan Town is now in a wonderful season when you can see narcissus and white plum blossoms at the same time.
The Yoritomo cherry (Kawazu cherry) is beginning to bloom little by little.

In particular, the flowering of Yoritomo cherry is progressing in the Lake Sakuma Lakeside and Okuzure Narcissus Village areas.

Today, many visitors came to enjoy the flowers.


#Chiba Prefecture #Kyonan Town #Boso Peninsula #Village of Narcissus #Yoritomo cherry #White plum

The 28th Minami no Sakura and Nanohana Festival
Held from February 1 to March 10.

🌸 About "The 28th Minami no Sakura and Nanohana Festival"
https://www.minami-izu.jp/?p=we-page-entry&spot=73493...

🌸 Bloom status (updated as needed)
https://www.minami-izu.jp/?p=we-page-entry&spot=162849...

〈If you come by public transport〉
Get off at Izukyu Shimoda Station and take the Tokai Bus bound for Shimogamo (Platform 3).
Get off at Kujo Bridge and walk about 2 minutes to the roadside station shimogamo onsen yunohana, where the general information center is located. (The cherry tree-lined path is behind it.)
The nanohana fields are immediately accessible from Hino stop on foot.
Tokai Bus phone: 0558-22-2514
Note: Minamiizu Town is not served by train.
Note: Parking is limited, so please use public transportation.
Tokai Bus link
https://www.tokaibus.jp/rosen/minamiizu_2025feb.html
〈If you come by car〉
Head for roadside station shimogamo onsen yunohana.
There are dedicated parking lots nearby, so please use them.
⚠ When viewing or photographing nanohana along the fields and cherry tree-lined path, do not step on the flowers!
⚠ Some people step on the nanohana growing on the riverbank slopes near the roadside station shimogamo onsen yunohana, but there are lighting cables and other hazards, so please cooperate by not entering those areas.
Note: Use the festival parking lots. Do not park at shops or on private property.
Minami-no-Sakura to Nanohana Matsuri🌸 Minami-no-Sakura and Nanohana Festival
"The 28th Southern Cherry Blossom and Field Mustard Festival"
1st February - 10th March 2025
In Shimogamo, Minamiizu, Shizuoka, Japan
You can see lovely pink sakura and bright yellow nanohana in Shimogamo.
We expect the best time to see sakura to be in late February.
Come and enjoy the early Japanese spring.

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Photographed on January 21, 2014.
These are the hana-chōzu (flower water basins) at Akasaka Hikawa Shrine.

Photographed on January 21, 2014.
This is the dog-year omikuji from Akasaka Hikawa Shrine.
It has a lovely retro vibe. 😊

The anime "I Want to Eat You, You Monster" aired until December last year.
This anime is set in Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture, and its surrounding area.

It weaves a beautiful yet heartrending story of humans and ayakashi.

Scenes of seaside beauty, such as Goshikihama Beach, Futami Seaside Park, and the area around Iyo-Kaminada Station in Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture, appear throughout the anime.
Remarkably, the "Iyo Sai Festival" that appears in the series is a real summer festival held annually in Iyo City. The Iyo Sai Festival Fireworks Display, where about 10,000 fireworks can be seen up close, draws large crowds every year, and last year it was a big hit with collaboration posters and character guide voices from the anime.

If you are planning a pilgrimage to these sacred sites, first visit the Iyo City Tourist Information Center Soleiyo, located inside Tezukuri Koryu Ichiba Machiya adjacent to JR Iyoshi Station!
Right now, a life-size panel of Miko Shiro welcomes visitors.
The center also sells official Watatabe goods and provides introductions to spots that appear in the series.

If you want to learn about Iyo City's mascot "Mikanmaru," who appears in the ending of episode 4, "Shall I Become the Sun for You?," be sure to stop by www