🌳 Today's "Tokachi Ranch Birch Tree" 🌳

A row of birch trees designated as "Birin" in Otofuke.
At this time of year, the leaves are colored dark green, and the combination of the blue sky and the white trunk is 🍃 very beautiful

Please experience the unique scenery of Tokachi locally!

Aina: "I'm full... Next time, I'll play with a wooden stick."

Photographed on August 15, 25.
CAFE ANDON's peach and lime Parfait. 🍑🍋‍🟩

The base is layered with sweet and sour framboise and peach sauce, vanilla crumble, lime panna cotta, heavy cream, and peach and lime confiture.
I put forest/ranch soft serve ice cream on top and decorated with peaches, vanilla crumble, raspberries and mint.

It is a very, very luxurious parfait. 😊

Fireworks festivals are nice

Photographed on August 15, 25.
CAFE ANDON's hot sandwich set, tuna & onion.

Shirakawa Township on a family trip
When you enter the wooden gassho building, the summer heat is as cool as a lie
When I looked at the wall, I saw a gaping hole in the knot of the wood
Immediately, the photo taken by my nephew in the sixth grade was so Traditional Charm that it reminded me of the late Township of Japan somewhere

"Stamp rally around World Heritage sites in Kumamoto Prefecture!
Go around Triangle West Port, Manda Pit, Sakitsu Village, etc., collect Stamps to be completed, and get a clear file!

Implementation of the 10th anniversary of the registration of the World Cultural Heritage Site "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" will be held, and a Stamp Rally will be held around World Heritage sites and constituent assets in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Manda Pit and Sankaku West Port, which are constituent assets of the World Cultural Heritage Site "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" in Kumamoto Prefecture, and Sakitsu Village, which is a constituent asset of "Hidden Christian heritage in the Nagasaki and Amakusa regions",

And let's go around Kumamoto city and get to know the charm of Kumamoto!

Collect stamps and you will receive World Heritage limited goods. Please refer to the following for details.

Events Duration
2025 (Reiwa 7) from Saturday, July 19 to Sunday, December 28

Business hours and closed days of each facility

Manda Pit Station 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed: Mondays (or the following weekdays if it is a holiday)
Triangle West Port Urashimaya 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed: None
Sakitsu Village Guidance Center From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. No Closed Day during the Events

Stamp installation locations (5 locations in total)
Manda Pit Station (Arao City)
Triangle West Port Urashimaya (Uki City)
Sakitsu Village Guidance Center (Amakusa City)
Kumamoto Station Shinkansen Waiting Room (Kumamoto City)
Sakuramachi Kumamoto 2nd Floor Con Course (Kumamoto City)

!!Those who complete it will receive World Heritage limited goods!
If you have collected all the stamps, please show the completed picture to the staff of the following facilities.
We will present World Heritage limited goods.

[Limited goods delivery location]

⚪︎Manda Pit Station

⚪︎JR Sankaku Station Tourist Information Center (*Different from the stamp installation location)

⚪︎Sakitsu Village Guidance Center

Participation Fee
free

Inquiries
Regional Development Department, Tourism and Cultural Exchange Division, World Heritage and Cultural Exchange Office
Phone: 0968-63-1274

Here are some recommended winter experiences.

This is a private tour that offers special access to Japan's largest public ranch, which is closed during the winter. The ranch is completely covered in snow during this fully booked private tour, and you will travel to the summit in a 4WD vehicle equipped with crawler tyres.

At the summit, you can enjoy activities such as snowshoeing, snowmobiling, or simply playing in the snow, or you can choose to do nothing at all.
The serene private space supports relaxation of the mind and body, as well as improved concentration and cognitive abilities.
Enjoy this extraordinary environment at your leisure.

For lunch, you will savour ‘Tokachi Naita Wagyu’ while enjoying views of the Tokachi Plain.
This marbled Wagyu beef is characterised by its light, melt-in-your-mouth texture and refined flavour.

Those interested may apply via the URL below.

Here are some recommended experiences for winter.

No.1 in Japan is the largest public ranch that is closed during the winter and is specially open to the public. On a private tour of the By reservation only, where the ranch is a vast snowfield, you'll Traveling by car a crawler 4WD to the summit.

At the top of the mountain, you can play with snowshoes, snowmobiles, play in the snow, or do nothing. The quiet private space supports the relaxation of the mind and body, as well as the improvement of concentration and thinking. Please enjoy the extraordinary space to your heart's content.

For lunch Tokachi you can enjoy "Tokachi Naitai Wagyu beef" while looking Gari plain.
It is marbled Wagyu beef and is characterized by its refreshing melt-in-your-mouth and elegant taste.

Interested parties, please apply from the URL below.

https://slow-life-hokkaido.com/tour/naitai-highland-farm-snow-safari-wagyu-lunch/

Photographed on August 15, 25.
After Prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store.
Chillax soda peach and peach & milk cake. 🍑

The pride of Echizen City's fireworks festival "Old Takefu". Fireworks come in a variety of shapes, and if you take a picture with a camera, you can see them clearly. The culmination of fireworks masters. Depending on the state of the human mind and the mind that sees it, the image and favorite change. My favorite now is thin streaming lines.

Ichijo Falls in Fukui Prefecture. This is a place deep in the mountains, where you can find flowers, flowers, and cobwebs everywhere. Ichijo Falls in the middle of summer is very thin, but even so, the hydrangeas, which have become unbearable in this year's heat, have become dry and have been webbed by spiders everywhere. Nature is not only beautiful, but I don't want to lose it.

When I went to Ichijo Falls in Fukui Prefecture, I saw summer hydrangeas. In Japan, where summer began early, the hydrangeas, which had been beautiful, were turned into carakaras and ephemeral appearances.

Asakura Ruins in Fukui Prefecture. This is the place just past the Kara Gate. There was a road like this. I wonder if I can peek, walk, and peek into that era.

"Takefu Fireworks" in the former Takefu in Fukui PrefectureThe Fireworks Festival Held in on the same day of Obon every year is something that "Takefu people" are proud of. Now, it has been reborn as "Echizen City" due to the merger of cities, but this fireworks festival is still something that "Takefu" is proud of.
The fireworks reflected by Hinogawa were not only beautiful, but also somewhat ephemeral.

Date ◆ Cancelled due to stormy weather August 23, 2025 (Reiwa 7) * Cancelled due to stormy weather
◆Opening Ceremony: 19:15~
◆Fireworks launch time: 19:30~20:30

Location◆Futian Fishing Port Special venue

For details, please check the Iwata City Chamber of Commerce and Industry website.

◆About the Shuttle Bus◆
Mikuriya Station North Exit ~ Shuttle Bus near the venue will be operated.
For details, please check [Shuttle bus operation].

Contact◇Iwata City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (0538-36-9600)
https://sci-iwata.or.jp/2024/06/20/%e3%81%84%e3%82%8f%e3%81%9f%e5%a4%8f%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a%e8%8a%b1%e7%81%ab%e5%a4%a7%e4%bc%9a/

【Wood and Play Experience Market】
Workshop Festival to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Village
"Trees and Play Experience Market"
It was opened at the Komu Museum of Art!

Stalls gather from all over Hokkaido
It was a manufacturing events using wood and nature as ingredients.

When the museum opens at 10 o'clock, you don't have time to catch your breath
Many people came to the Events venue.

There were 6 experiences available.

Making a kaleidoscope of wood
Wooden clockmaking
Tree Nut BUG BUG Making
Making wooden brooches & keychains
Making a Wood Shaker
Making mushroom magnets.

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Put the beads of your choice
There is a figure ands looking into the finished kaleidoscope,
Walking with nuts and insects made in the mall
There is a figure shaking a wood shaker with beans.

On the clock face
In addition to numbers, decorate with many decorations.

In one corner
There was a huge outbreak of poisonous mushrooms and mushrooms packed with cuteness.

Each person has a different facial expression.
Squid animal keychains and brooches are also cute.

More than just one experience
There were many people who walked around the various booths, which made me happy 😆

Including the reception staff
A day where 🏋️🏋️🏋️ people who are skilled in tree cultivation and wood manufacturing gather

Thanks to the staff who watched over the participants and supported them.
It was ✨ a wonderful time

Thank you very much!!!

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We would like to introduce our recommended agricultural experience.

This tour allows you to discover the appeal of our representative products, beans and fresh vegetables.

You will visit a farm that grows a variety of beans, including rare varieties. While strolling through fields that are not normally accessible to the public, you will learn about the careful cultivation of beans and experience the daily work of farming.
You will also make original spices that go well with beans and prepare onigiri, an essential part of Japanese food culture, for lunch.

In the afternoon, you will visit a farm that grows vegetables and gain insight into crops from the farmer's perspective.
In the evening, you will create hamburgers using a variety of vegetables and compare the flavours of fried potatoes made from different potato varieties, which are a representative product of the region. Enjoy the distinct tastes of the potatoes.

For more details, please visit the URL below.

Here are some recommended farming experiences.

This is a tour where you can learn about the charm of Representative products "beans" and "Fresh vegetables".

We Visit farmers who Cultivation a variety of beans, including rare beans, on their own. While strolling through fields that are not usually accessible, we will talk about the beans that are carefully grown and experience the field work that we usually do.
Original spices that go well with beans and for lunch, we make onigiri, which is an indispensable part of Japan's food culture.

In the afternoon, you will visit a farmer who grows vegetables and touch the crops from a farmer's perspective.
In the evening, we make Hamburger by combining various vegetables, and we also compare potatoes, which are a Representative product, by variety of french fries. Let's enjoy the difference in taste of potatoes.

For details, please see the following URL.

https://slow-life-hokkaido.com/tour/tokachi-beans-and-vegetable-farms-gastronomy-tour/

At the summer festival in Obihiro City
Fireworks festival and Bon Dancing every year
Various events are held.
Street performances are one of them.

Performer SYO!'s
Performance.

When Obon is over, Hokkaido
It becomes autumn-like all at once.

Photographed on August 15, 25.
It is a wind chime at the edge of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.
The wind chimes on the veranda had changed to the color of love.

This summer's fireworks festival was insanely good to feel the summer!

At the Furukawa Fireworks Festival in Furukawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture
I went (∗❛ัᴗ❛ั∗) 🎆
Wide Star Mine was the most beautiful
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Today, the blue sky spreads out in Otofuke 🔆 from the morning
The balloon was going up, and I couldn't help but look at it ...!
On a day like this, you can surely see the Hidaka Mountains clearly and the view should be 👀🗻 spectacular

This is a photo of when I went to the wind chime temple in Uji. The Scene with beautiful wind chime such as blue and red are lined up in an orderly manner is also beautiful, but when the wind blows and the wind chime illuminated by the sun, it is beautiful and I felt cool. In addition, there are teru teru bozu and sunflower wind chimes that you won't notice unless you look closely, so you can enjoy it both visually and audibly!

This is a photo of when I went to the wind chime temple in Uji. The Scene with beautiful wind chime such as blue and red are lined up in an orderly manner is also beautiful, but when the wind blows and the wind chime illuminated by the sun, it is beautiful and I felt cool. In addition, there are teru teru bozu and sunflower wind chimes that you won't notice unless you look closely, so you can enjoy it both visually and audibly!

Here are some recommended eco-friendly tours.

This is a two-day, one-night trip where you can experience organic farming that is gentle on the environment and your body.

You will visit wine producers and farmers who practise organic farming, and see their farms where they grow their produce with care and attention, relying on the power of nature without using any chemical fertilisers or pesticides.

You will enjoy tasting different organic wines and lunch and dinner made with plenty of vegetables, and experience the difference in flavour.
Accommodation is in ‘glamping,’ a unique outdoor experience in Tokachi.

The next day, you will create eco-friendly upcycled products using discarded vegetable peels and participate in traditional Japanese paper-making.

This organic experience offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on the environment and health. We aim for participants to connect with producers they wouldn't normally meet, learn about the care and thought behind the ingredients, and savour the distinctive flavours of these foods.
Through this experience, we hope participants will gain new insights and values, leading to a healthier and more fulfilling lifestyle.

Those interested may apply via the URL below.

Here are some of the best eco-friendly tours.

It is a 2-day, 1-night trip to experience organic Cultivation that is friendly to the environment and body.
We visit wine and farmers who Cultivation organic and Production Visiting the site the farms that are grown with Commitment and time and effort, leaving it to the power of Nature without using any chemical Fertilizer or Pesticides. You can compare organic wines and enjoy lunch and dinner using vegetables to the fullest, and enjoy the difference in taste.
Accommodation is "glamping" unique to Tokachi, where the outdoors is thriving. The next day, we made eco-friendly upcycled products. Using discarded vegetable peels, we will experience Japan's traditional Papermaking.

It is a good opportunity to reflect on the environment and health through organic experiences. Production people you can't usually meet, learn about the thoughts put into the ingredients, and eat the taste of Commitment food. Through these experiences, we hope that new discoveries and values will be gained and that people will lead healthier and richer lives.

Interested parties, please apply from the URL below.

https://slow-life-hokkaido.com/tour/tokachi-organic-farms-and-glamping-premium-tour/

【👒 Summer Gokase 2025 Application Photo Introduction (1)👒】

Here are the application photos posted on the "#Summer Gokase 2025" currently being held in on the Instagram Account of the Gokase Tourism Association!

Dear @goto0619,
Dear @niidome2110,
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Thank you for 😆✨ posting
We are still looking for works!

<How to apply> (Application period ~ 9/15)
Follow the Gokase Tourism Association's Instagram (@gokase_kanko) and post 📸 it with the hashtags "#Summer Gokase 2025" and "#Gokase"
We look 🙇 ♀️✨ forward to receiving your application

Here are some recommended agricultural experiences.

Okamoto Farm in Nakasatsunai Village is committed to environmentally friendly, sustainable agriculture and producing safe, reliable crops.

On this tour, you will harvest vegetables with your own hands and use them to make Hokkaido's local dish, ‘Jingisukan.’

You will also learn how to prepare delicious vegetables, as taught by the farmers themselves. For dessert, you can enjoy cream puffs made with sweet, high-sugar tomato berries.

Through agricultural experiences, we hope that participants will interact with producers they would not normally meet, learn about the thoughts behind the ingredients, enjoy the flavours of the region, and deepen their connections with producers.
We also hope that through these experiences, participants will gain new discoveries and values, and lead healthier and richer lives.

If you are interested, please apply at the following URL.

Here are some recommended farming experiences.

Okamoto Farm, located in Naka Satsunai Village, produces environmentally friendly and highly sustainable agriculture and safe and secure agricultural products.
During the tour, you will harvest vegetables with your own hands and use the harvested vegetables to make Hokkaido's Local cuisine "Genghis Khan". They will also teach you how to eat delicious vegetables directly from farmers.
Served at cream puffs made with sweet tomatoes and berries with high sugar content for dessert.

In the farming experience, I would like you to come into contact with Production people you would not normally meet, learn about the thoughts put into the ingredients, enjoy the taste of local food, and deepen your connection with Gari Production. Through these experiences, we hope that new discoveries and values will be gained and that people will lead healthier and richer lives.

Interested parties, please apply from the URL below.

https://slow-life-hokkaido.com/tour/okamoto-farm-harvesting-and-jingisukan-lunch/

Photographed on August 15, 25.
It is a kazaguruma in front of the Otorii Gate of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.
I took it around 7 o'clock in the morning.

In August 2014, I visiting the site Yomitan Village Eisa Festival (Yomitan Village Sports Square).
In the heat, the young people were lively!

I found a wind chime with a red thread.