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A Slightly Snowy Gujo Hachiman Castle

Date: December 2025
Location: Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture

* Flight application for Gujo Hachiman approved
* Comprehensive unmanned aircraft flight permit obtained from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
* Flight plan submitted and flight log prepared

At Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano Prefecture, photographed
Title: Reverie

Photographed on January 11, 2014.
This is LEC COFFEE’s black latte and a sweet potato Basque cheesecake.
I often visit after worshipping at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. It’s a treat I look forward to after visiting. 😊☕️

Event Announcement 📣

“Hombetsucho Bean-Scattering Night” will be held on Saturday, January 24th 😊

This event, timed for the Setsubun season, celebrates beans, a local specialty of Hombetsucho. Setsubun takes place the day before Risshun (the beginning of spring) and traditionally involves scattering beans to drive away evil spirits. It is said this practice began to ward off the misfortune and demons that can enter at seasonal boundaries 👹

At this event we will stage a dramatic bean-scatting spectacle using more than 2.5 tons of consecrated beans to vanquish many demons, and a “bean shower” where participants are drenched in over 100 kg of beans like a waterfall, among other bean-themed attractions. A lineup of food trucks will also gather so you can enjoy plenty of gourmet treats 🎵

https://www.town.honbetsu.hokkaido.jp/sightseeing/fes/details/mamemakanight.html

Minami-izu Town, located at the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula, is dotted with a wealth of geosites that give a sense of the workings of the Earth, including a complex coastline and dynamic cliffs created by undersea volcanic activity.

Additionally, Mikomoto Island in Minamiizu Town is a world-famous diving spot where you can see schools of hammerhead sharks.
Due to the influence of the Kuroshio Current, the area is extremely dense with fish, and there is a high probability of encountering large schools of fish (hammer rivers) from summer to autumn, attracting many experienced divers from both Japan and abroad.
Located in the open ocean, you can enjoy drift diving (diving while being carried away by the current) and it boasts one of the world's highest concentrations of fish.

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For more information about tourism in Minamiizu Town,
Minamiizu Town Tourism Association【official】

WEB：https://www.minami-izu.jp/?p=we-page-entry&spot=596705&cat=18711&pageno=3&type=spot

Photographed on January 11, 2014.
This is LEC COFFEE’s sweet potato Basque cheesecake.
I will visit again once work settles down. 😊

Photographed on January 11, 2014.
This is a black latte from LEC COFFEE.
It features beautiful latte art.

Hello, this is Jonathan from Minoh Cycles!

Our e-bike tours go through beautiful mountain roads, taking you to both Katsuoji Temple, and the Minoh Falls. We started last September, running tours once a week, and will be expanding to offer tours more regularly from April this year.

For anyone wanting to experience nature and the outdoors while in the Osaka area, or just a more adventurous and active way to visit Katsuoji, a tour with Minoh Cycles is perfect!

Here are some photos taken on tours so far:

I photographed this at a campsite in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture in December.
The air was clear and beautiful.

“Can you believe all of this is handmade?”
A massive pyre has appeared that can withstand the sea breeze of Tomioka.
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 18th at 9:00 AM, the Dondoyama ceremony will take place at Tomioka Elementary School.

This pyre rises more than five meters high.
Looking up from below, you’ll be overwhelmed by its sheer presence.
Please come and feel the passion that everyone poured into preparing for this day on site.
A winter tradition wishing for good health and safety.
Let’s watch together the moment a great pillar of flame soars into the Tomioka sky!

Tomakomai in the north. You can't see flowers or fruit outdoors in winter.
In central Tomakomai City, the greenhouse Sun Garden at Idemitsu Culture Park keeps greenery through the winter by focusing on evergreen plants and planting species that bloom in winter, plants with scented leaves or flowers, and species not usually seen in the Tomakomai area.
You can find rare plants that don’t appear in Tomakomai’s winter, such as camellia japonica and citrus, so come and be soothed by the blooms without worrying about the weather ✨