This is an exhibition at the Kawagoe Prince Hotel in honor of the Kawagoe Festival. The Kawagoe Festival will be held on 10/19 (Sat) and 20 (Sun).

I have found that bushido means to die He was willing to die for a certain purpose. If you always act with the intention of dying every morning and evening, and if you are willing to die, you will be able to fulfill your family duties without fail for the rest of your life.

[Shrine Festival] September 11 is a shrine festival in the Nishiokoppe area. Elementary and junior high schools end early At half past ten, we gathered at the starting point of the portable shrine. Adult and children wear happi coats We will go around each In the town association. Nursery school children dressed in juvenile costumes Adult and elementary and junior high school students followed me and walked hard. It took about two and a half hours to finish the whole tour. I usually travel by Car even in the Village. It's been a long time since I've walked this yellowtail. The Lion Dance Team Lives at Home It seems that they went around one by one, and it took more than twice as long. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Even though I walked around so much Elementary school students are in good spirits at the sumo wrestling tournament! I will do my best to earn pocket money to enjoy the evening performance. It's a serious game, but It was a sumo wrestling tournament full of smiles. It was a day when the whole village was dyed in festivals. More about the evening performance in another post! #Nishiokoppe Village #Shrine Festival #Portable shrine #Procession #Parade #Tengu #Sumo Tournament

Photographed 9/19/24. Hachimangu Shrine in the Precincts of Izumo Ihabi Shrine had been changed to Tenjinjigisha. The Instagram of Izumo Ihabi Shrine was also opened.

Mt. Ontake (Ondake) Mt. Ontake stands in Kiyokawamura, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. Mt. Ontake rises to 568 meters. From the summit you get a superb view that takes in the whole Bungoono area. From the top you can see Mt. Kabeyama, Mt. Aso, the Kuju mountain range, and the Ono mountain area. The summit’s rocks are chart—a sedimentary rock formed from compacted plankton on the Pacific seafloor—that were swept onto the Japanese archipelago by plate movements. Passing through the torii and climbing a gentle stone stairway for about 10 minutes brings you to Mitake Shrine, said to have been founded in 1449, and the birthplace of Mitake Kagura. The rocky hill behind the shrine is called Sennodake and is regarded as a sacred place. When climbing Sennodake, enter with a feeling of gratitude and take great care with your footing, as the route remains rocky. ■■■ Access to central Bungoono City About 3 hours by car from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture About 2 hours by car from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture About 1 hour 20 minutes by car from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture About 1 hour 20 minutes by car from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture ---------- On Instagram we share recommended sightseeing, gourmet spots, and accommodations in Bungoono City ⬇✨ Bungoono City Tourism Association @satonotabiii We’d be happy if you follow us 😊 A link to the Bungoono City Tourism Association website is available from our profile. ----------

Hello, this is Shosenkyo Crystal Sound. Although it’s past mid-September, the hot days continue. How are you doing? At Shosenkyo, you can still feel the heat, but a refreshing autumn breeze is beginning to arrive, and it lifts the spirits. The iconic Kakuen Peak of Shosenkyo stands out brilliantly against the blue sky. You might know lapis lazuli and sapphire as September birthstones… But actually, kunzite is also a September birthstone! Its gentle, pale pink hue soothes you just by looking at it. The gemstone’s meanings are “love, peace, motherhood,” a compassionate stone that shelters and protects with inner strength. Many other natural stones stand in neat rows as well. Please take your time strolling and enjoy touching the stones. All our staff sincerely look forward to welcoming you.

Summer Ueno Farm 🏵️ Surrounded by 🌳 greenery and flowers I was healed 🥹✨

I ran errands and Town Town hall Mt. Moro, and Prayer the Izumo Ihahi Shrine yellowtail a long time. This year, I'm going to try to Prayer Yabusame Festival as well. 🐎

Torch Festival The torch Festival of the Annual event Misya Shrine will be Held in on Saturday, October 12th. As an evening festival, it is a traditional dedication festival in which the gods who have seen the safety of the residents' lives and the harvesting of crops have completed their great duties for one year and return to the inner shrine of Mt. Sansai on the smoke of torches due to the gratitude and enthusiasm of the residents. Departing at 7 p.m. from the front of the port of Asama Hot Spring, about 20 bundles of lit torches will parade toward Misya Shrine. It will be launched Dedication fireworks at 8 p.m. As a result, please note that the inside of Asama Hot Spring will be partially closed.

Photographed 9/15/24. This is Yatagarasu-sama of Kawagoe Kumano Shrine.

Photographed 9/15/24. Prayer at Kawagoe Kumano Shrine. It is a circle of nagi using the nagi of the sacred tree of Kumano. It is the same as the circle of Kaya no Rinokuguri and cleanses impurities. Benefit is said to be good luck, protection from disaster, and peace and safety.

On this day, Shokushinbo Kasai visited "Tokoro Terrace" in Shiga Akanuma, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture. This is a very stylish shop ☕ where you can have a café and Meals in a shop that sells Famous Kanten (agar-agar) in Suwa 　Tokoro Terrace said, "Make Kanten (agar-agar) more accessible! We are sending out the ease with which customers can incorporate Kanten (agar-agar) into their daily lives. 　On this day, the person who introduced the store was Mr. Kurane, the manager. This is a factory specializing in tokoroten, and there is a shop and café next to it, so the tokoroten will be Fresh made from the factory next door!!　I don't like vinegar and soy sauce, and I've been ♪ scared since I learned about black honey because it's real zero calories (except for black honey www)!! The Kanten (agar-agar) is diverse, such as square Kanten (agar-agar) (stick Kanten (agar-agar)), thread Kanten (agar-agar), and powdered Kanten (agar-agar), There is a it is a multiplayer Kanten (agar-agar) that can be added to rice, miso soup, and salads!　When I was a child, on the day of the school lunch of mandarin orange milk Kanten (agar-agar), I was a student who couldn't wait and wandered around the serving room of the school lunch room.　It also provides dietary fiber and does not interfere with other ingredients, so it is the "Shohei Otani of the food world" who is active in main dishes, appetizers, and desserts!!　On this day, the gluttonous Kasai found a Kanten (agar-agar) of 100 bottles, and it seems that there are people who buy it several times a year!!　It was a surprising amount and a masterpiece www 　At the café, available Tokoroten, cream Anmitsu (sweet bean jam) (popular No. 1), soft serve ice cream, and even the Popular pudding, which uses the Kanten (agar-agar) as an ingredients. lunch (11:00 – 14:00) is also available, and the salad with Kanten (agar-agar) added to the appetizer enhances the deliciousness of the main dish! It is easy for men to enter, and there are counter seats, so you can 🍴 easily enjoy a café or lunch. Along with sweets, you can also enjoy coffee using beans from Matsumoto's Yuigahama Coffee, so please ☕ join us　 The shop itself is all barrier-free, so you can enter the store with peace of mind even in a car, and it seems that there are many customers who come to the café with three generations, grandmothers, mothers, and grandchildren, and enjoy it at the café. 　How about as a souvenir in Suwa? ◎ Tokoro Terrace 📍 1545-1 Shiga, Suwa City (5 minutes by car from Suwa IC towards Lake Suwa Lake, 40 🅿 cars) ☎0266-52-1056 ◎ Business hours: 10:00 ~ 18:00 ・ Shop business hours... 10:00 ～ 18:00 ・ Cafe business hours... 10:00 ~ 17:00 (Lunch time 11:00 ~ 14:30) ◎Regular holiday : Closed on Thursdays, year-end and New Year holidays (12/31~1/2) ◎ available is also available.

The sunflowers at Nakai Farm and Kuroda Farm near Tokachigawa Onsen in Otofukecho are in full bloom! 🌻 The vast fields of sunflowers are a spectacular sight, and just looking at them seems to lift your spirits. Please do visit! To all visitors, we ask that you observe proper manners while viewing the fields. These are not tourist farms, so you may not enter the fields without permission. Also, do not pick or take any flowers without permission. There are no parking lots, so if you stop on the roadside, please follow traffic rules when viewing. Location: Nakai Farm, Tokachigawa Onsen Kita 2 Chome 2, Kawato-gun, Otofukecho Kuroda Farm, 48-17, Shimo‑Shihoro, Otofukecho, Kawato-gun - At Nakai Farm and Kuroda Farm in Otofukecho, Hokkaido, sunflowers are now blooming after the wheat harvest! 🌻 【⚠ Important notes ↓】 *The sunflower fields are not open as public tourist farms!* Visitors coming to see the sunflowers, please do not enter the sunflower fields and please do not pick the sunflowers! Because these are not tourist farms, there are no designated parking spaces. When stopping to view the sunflower fields, be sure to park in accordance with Japanese traffic laws—safety first!

【Isehara Flower Information】9.18 Hinata's red spider lililies... Best time to visit yet. It is a situation where it is beginning to bloom in some places. Temporary Information Center to "Hinata Yakushi Bus Stop Car Parking Lot" It will be open on 9/21 (Sat.), 22 (Sun.), and 23 (Mon., holiday). Odakyu Line Isehara Station North Exit Kananaka Bus Stop No. 3 "Hinata Yakushi Line" Get off at the last stop for about 20 minutes * The number of buses is small, so please check in advance. If the temporary Information Center is not open, we will provide an unmanned Red Spider Lilily guide map at the Hinata Yakushi Bus Stop (Car Toilet Entrance) and the Skill Development Center (Back Gate Car Parking Area 8:30~16:00). It is in a can, so please feel free to take as many as you need.

The Way of the Brush 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.

Visited on 9/12/24. CAFE ANDON's lemonade and coffee jelly sundae. It is very tasty. 😊

Akagi Kakumanbuchi Marsh in early September Period is ♪ a precious time to enjoy the change of colors from summer to autumn From now on, the autumn colors will become darker day by day. It's still hot in the middle of summer, but it's a different world here! On this day, it was about 24 degrees Celsius during the day! There were a lot of people coming to escape the summer. I also spent the whole day relaxing and enjoying the holiday.

Ojibaru Park Higanbana flowering ❕ Events announcement will also be available! (*'▽') In Ojibaru Park in Takaharu Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, red spider lililies are currently in bloom and are in best time to visit (*'▽') It is said that the first Emperor Jimmu was born and raised, and it is a place related to the legends and myths of Izanami and Izanagi. It Located in about 13 minutes by Car from the Highlands IC and about 10 minutes by Car from Takaharu Station. There are cottages in the park! You can also enjoy BBQ! It is ❕ a facilities that children can enjoy, such as Rainbow Trout fishing and facilities of Go-carts tree education In addition to Higanbana, you can also enjoy the Autumn leaves of the four seasons at Ojibaru Park! The photo is a photo of the past!! ★event★ Held in the 18th Pumpkin Contest! 2024 (Reiwa 6) September 22 (Sun) ~ 23 (Mon) 9:00~16:00 Venue: Ojibaru Park (Jimmu-no-kan) Pumpkin can be ♪♪ purchased on the spot About 500~800 pumpkins are exhibited at Ojibaru Park every year! From edible pumpkins to pumpkins with slightly unusual shapes, you may be able to see pumpkins weighing more than 100 kg this year! We also sell pumpkins with cute brushstrokes by the calligrapher "Non-chan" in Takaharu Town. You can display it at your doorstep or as a gift... Please come and visit us (*'▽') Available is also available by searching the calligrapher's Home page, so please take a look ❕

Nouvelle Plum Grove Suwa (Sweets House Nouvel) 　 On this day, Shokushinbo Kasai visited the Nouvelle Plum Grove Suwa store (Sweets House Nouvel). It's such a famous store that "there is no one who doesn't know it in the Suwa City area"! The exterior is stylish and reminiscent of a candy house as the name suggests. Among the Nouvelles, the mainstay "Kurumi Yamabiko" is a Gastronomical delicacies that Kasai also loves. A special walnut caramel that is slowly simmered using Fresh milk from Shinshu Yatsugatake mountain foothills is wrapped in a crispy cookie. The cookies around it are not sweet, and the walnut caramel inside is moderately sweet, and the balance with the wrapped cookies is excellent!!　This is really unstoppable deliciousness. Except for my eldest son and second daughter, who are allergic to nuts, the entire family, including my parents, is a big fan www This hit product of Plum Grove is said to be a Traditional Japanese straw raincoat parent by the current president!　Available for the most delicious walnuts and mabiko!　It was released in 1985 and is now in its 39th year!! The person who responded on this day was Mr. Yudazaka, the chief of the Administration Department. According to the story, Plum Grove seems to have a strong desire to "use Local ingredients and materials". And did you know that there are store-only sweets that can only be found in each store? That's it here ↓ ・ Suwa store → cream puff ・Okaya Main Store → Waffles ・ Shimo Suwa store → Oyster ice / pie (common to all stores custard pie + lower Suwa limited original flavor) ・ Chino store → soft serve ice cream Also available at the Okaya store (Yamabiko Soft is limited to Chino) ・ Cheesecake seems to be a store-only sweet that can only be found in each store, so please come and visit us! Following in the footsteps of "Kurumi Yamabiko" is "Suwa no Tsuki". Here, the walnut caramel inside is the same as walnuts and mabiko, but even if you mix white bean paste here and eat walnuts and mabiko, it is Popular with elderly people who have difficulty swallowing! It seems that the fact that by mixing white bean paste, it is easier to cut and clear the throat than walnuts and mabiko, which is a proof of its popularity!　It's a great ingenuity, isn't it? It was a story that showed a glimpse of evidence of its popularity among all. In the top three is Suwakurumi Caramel!! Suwa→Karin, Shimo Suwa→Manji Stone Buddha, Okaya → Silkworm, Chino → Jomon Venus, started with four, but Haramura, Fujimi was eager to manufacture them, and Haramura→ celery and Fujimi →Tomatoes were born, and the characters of Town/Village six neighboring cities were all available. The red ruby of the Fujimi Highlands actually has a secret story of its birth. In fact, at the Tokyo Olympics, a Tomatoes made by students of the horticulture department of Fuji Midaka School was decided to pass the judging, but as you know, the Held in was delayed by one year, right?! Then, when the president learned of the Tomatoes of a student who had nowhere to go, he said, "Let's use it as a material for Highlands rubies!! One word. It's numbing, isn't it? It is still being traded today. This kind of thinking about the president's "things of the earth" has created a blockbuster product!! That's what I think. 　Lastly, Mr. Yudazaka's recommendation, which we talked to on this day, is "Kokko Sable First Thing in the Morning"!　The egg is a simple sable using fresh eggs raised by the people of Yatsugatake Central Agricultural Practical College in Haramura, and although it is soft, it is a sable that retains the firm Butter feeling of the sable. For the gluttonous Kasai, the best walnuts and mabiko are recommended!!　I learned about it for the first time, but it sells the original form after manufacturing and before cutting. It comes in a wooden box, comes with a special knife, etc. A dream-like product 🌟 I think that if no one saw it, it would be stuck as it is www Here, it seems that several films come out a year!! I wonder if I'll buy it as a birthday present ~ 🎶 It's an unbearable Gastronomical delicacies for walnuts and mabiko lovers! 　 Nouvelle Plum Grove's products are very appreciated as "Souvenirs". Some sweets are made with motifs from the Suwa region and some use things from the Suwa region. If my family were to take Souvenirs, Nouvelle Plum Grove Hall would be the only choice w Speaking of Souvenirs of sweets that are appreciated in the Suwa region, it is "Nouvelle Plum Grove Hall".　If you come to the Suwa area or find it at a dealership, please purchase it and Gari it!! ◎ Nouvel Plum Grove Suwa store (Sweets House Nouvel) 📍 1-2556-7 Jominami, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture ☎0266-54-7971 Business hours & Regular holiday : 10:00~19:00 Closed only on New Year's Day

National Alps Azumino Park is a national park located in the middle of Nagano Prefecture, at the foothills of the Northern Alps. There are available two areas, > < O-Town and Matsukawa districts to the north, <Horigane-Hotaka districts> to the south, and <Horikane-Hotaka districts> Located in about 20 minutes from Azumino IC in Nagano Automobile Province. In the <Horikin-Hotaka area> yellow cosmos is in Best time to visit. 800,000 yellow cosmos trees in 2.5 hectares of terraced rice fields are stunning. National Alps Azumino Park, there are two main Zone There are, and the yellow cosmos is found in the "Satoyama culture Zone", so please be careful not to make a mistake at the entrance. It looks like you can enjoy it until the end of September. After that, in the "Rural Culture Zone", you can see 180,000 cosmos of 12 varieties. This one is likely to be in Best time to visit from late September to mid-October. Photo Spot is also available, and if the weather is good, you can also see Mt. Jonnen. * The two images of the pink Cosmos are from last year.

【Takamuro Shrine Annual Grand Festival】 On Sunday, September 15, 2024, the Annual Grand Festival was held at Takamuro Shrine (2202 Shimosuya, Isehara City). Starting with the "beach sand sprinkling" in which the sand collected at the Shio-汲mi Shinto ritual held on the Terugasaki Coast of Oiso is used as a substitute for cleansing salt, it was lively and Gari in the heat!

This time, I visited Butadon Hanatokachi in Obihiro✨ The pork bowl at Butadon Hanatokachi is a superb dish built on four commitments—Hokkaido pork, the sauce, the grilling method, and Hokkaido rice—and it’s topped with Tokachi-grown wild horseradish and edamame🍚 The sauce has just the right sweetness, and when you put a bit of wild horseradish on the juicy pork and eat them together, it tastes refreshingly delicious🤤 - Speaking of local favorite foods in Otofuke, Tokachi, Hokkaido, pork bowls are a must-try✨ Here I introduce one of Obihiro’s well-known shops, Butadon Hanatokachi, which insists on four secrets to deliciousness—Hokkaido pork, its sauce, the grilling style, and rice—and adds Tokachi-grown wild horseradish and edamame to create a tasty pork bowl🍚 With its perfectly sweet sauce and juicy pork paired with wild horseradish, you won’t get tired of it until the last bite; it’s very tasty🤤 If you visit Obihiro or Otofuke, be sure to try the pork bowl!

Most of the roses have died, but the few remaining roses were carefully managed and showed me the beautiful roses at the end of summer.

The Garden of the Expo Commemorative Park is even now beautifully maintained, It seems to take the viewer to another world.

< the world's best fireworks> of small Town It was truly a different dimension of fireworks. One of the three major fireworks in Echigo, the fireworks in Katagai Towns continue in the form of "dedication" to Asahara Shrine, and it has become a famous traditional event known as "mountain fireworks". There is a shrine and stalls where you can enjoy an old-fashioned nostalgic day. 90% of all Dedication smoke fires are Jade, and the 4-shaku Jade, which will be launched at 10 p.m., is the largest fireworks in the world, with a launch altitude of about 800 meters and a flowering diameter of about 800 meters, and the diameter of this 4-shaku Jade is about 120 cm. It is so powerful that you feel as if it is raining down on your head. We hope you will join us.

Visited on 9/12/24. This is a hot sandwich set of avocado and shrimp from CAFE ANDON. It's my favorite combination. I'm allowed to relax before work. 😊

Kato Towns, Hyogo Prefecture. Ears of rice grow green in the summer sun, blue sky, and white clouds. My Car is red. Colorful summer scenery

Kato Towns, Hyogo Prefecture. Ears of rice grow green in the summer sun, blue sky, and white clouds. My Car is red. Colorful summer scenery.

This is the Scene of the "Dance Nishihachi Summer Festival" held in front of the school (Nishi Hachioji Station) the other day. Although it was small in scale, it was a very lively festival and the students said they enjoyed it very much. Nishi Hachioji also plans other festivals in November. Hachioji is a good city for international students to experience Japan culture directly!

[Puppet Theater Company Pook Performance] I'm coming from Tokyo again this year! You can 👀 see the performance of the puppet theater company Pook in Nishiokoppe Village This year's program is: A double feature of "Swimmy" and "Yang Suke, Yang Suke, Yang Suke". Not to mention the children. Adult after work, why don't you immerse yourself in the world of puppet theater? "Swimmy" reads Picture books and knows the contents, I'm very curious about how you express yourself in a puppet show. September 24 (Tue) Doors open at 6:00 p.m., Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. Nishiokoppe Village Community Center In the Great Hall The entrance ticket is Advance tickets are 500 yen and same-day tickets are 600 yen For inquiries, please contact 090-2768-8710 (Miki Dan) We look forward to seeing you there! #Nishiokoppe Village #Puppet Theater #Puppet Theater Company Pook #Performance #Art #Swimmy #With Yang Suke and Yang Suke and Yang Suke #We have scarecrows to take home.