📣 Experience Sakai’s knife-making! Join the “Sakai Koyo Knife Factory & Gallery Tour” and a short knife-sharpening workshop! 🗡️✨ 👩🏼‍✈️On the tour, you’ll see parts of the knife-making process that are usually hidden from view! 🔧 Afterwards, try a mini knife-sharpening lesson in the gallery. Knife fans will be thrilled by a gallery displaying some 500 blades—definitely worth seeing. Please enjoy! 📅 Date: Thursday, February 27th, 2025 👥 Capacity: 6 people (single participants welcome) 💰 Fee: ¥4,000 (about 2 hours) 📫 Apply by three days before the event date! 🔍 For details, check the Sakai tourism guide Experience Plans & Tours 📞 Contact: Sakai Tourism and Convention Bureau Public Interest Incorporated Association (072-233-6601) Come experience Sakai’s traditional craftsmanship with us! 🔪🌟 We look forward to your participation!

🔍Let's uncover some of Sakai’s little-known past! 👀 ✨Special exhibition "Encyclopedia of Life in Sakai" now on display📣 The tools we use every day and the scenes around us have changed in many ways over time📚This exhibition focuses on four themes—Sakai Prefecture as it existed in the early Meiji period, Sakai’s connections with international exhibitions, the tools once used in Sakai, and Sakai’s landscapes—using old photographs, sketches, and actual tools that were used here♪ Please come with your family and friends! 🔍For more details, search for "Encyclopedia of Life in Sakai"!

Maido! This is the Sakai Tourism and Convention Bureau Public Interest Incorporated Association! On Cool Japan Video, we will be sharing information about Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture, so we hope you will enjoy it! Sakai City sits in the south-central part of Osaka Prefecture, facing Osaka Bay, and is a compelling city where history, culture, and modern life coexist. With a population of about 810,000, it is the second largest city in Osaka Prefecture after Osaka City. Step away from the bustle of the streets, and you will find historic burial mounds and venerable shrines—an altogether different, rich charm lives here. Sakai’s history is ancient: people settled here more than 10,000 years ago in the Paleolithic era, and many stone tools and pottery pieces have been unearthed from Sakai’s archaeological sites. From the late 4th century onward, burial mounds were built one after another, eventually forming a group of over 100 tumuli. These mounds still remain throughout the city, allowing you to feel history up close. During the Sengoku period, Sakai prospered as an international trading port. Now, let us introduce some of Sakai City’s most attractive sightseeing spots. First is the Mozu Tombs and Furuichi Burial Mounds. Consisting of the Mozu area in Sakai City and the Furuichi area in Habikino City and Fujiidera City, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019. At the center of the Mozu area stands the Tomb of Emperor Nintoku, Japan’s largest keyhole-shaped kofun at 840 meters long. It is said to be one of the world’s three great tombs alongside the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in China. Currently, 44 kofun remain within Sakai City. Come and feel the breath of antiquity. At Mozu Hachimangu Shrine, an ancient and atmospheric shrine, you are greeted by a camphor tree more than 800 years old that is designated a Natural Monument of Osaka Prefecture. The shrine grounds are filled with seasonal trees that paint different scenes throughout the year. Other popular temples and shrines in Sakai City include Tajihayahime Shrine, Ohtori Grand Shrine, Hochigai Shrine, and Kaikou Shrine. For families with children, Sakai Municipal Children's Museum, known as Big Bang, offers an indoor play space that is perfect even on rainy days. Inside the UFO-shaped facility, kids can run and climb on a giant jungle gym reaching 53 meters high. Children can learn about science and physics while playing on the equipment. At Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum (formerly Sakai Traditional Industry Hall), which brings together Sakai’s traditional industries, you can learn about the city’s proud history of blades and their manufacturing processes. Exhibition rooms showcase incense, tatami mats, wagashi sweets, and Sakai May carp streamers, and demonstrations of blade sharpening and hands-on workshops are also held, making it a popular tourist spot. Sakai hosts many popular festivals and events such as the Sakai Festival, Sakai Futon Daiko, and Sakai Danjiri. The Sakai Festival, held annually on the third Saturday and Sunday of October, is the city’s largest celebration. The main street, Oshoji-suji, becomes a pedestrian zone for a grand event featuring folk dances, Nanban costumes, and gun squads, with some 7,000 participants—an unmissable spectacle. Sakai Futon Daiko is famous as Sakai’s autumn festival, with mikoshi portable shrines adorned with five layers of decorated futons parading through the city. Alongside the futon drums, Sakai Danjiri is another autumn tradition. More than 80 danjiri floats remain in Sakai City today, offering a sense of history and tradition. Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture holds a wealth of attractions where tradition, culture, and history blend together. We will continue to share more information so that everyone can learn more about Sakai City, and we appreciate your support!

　In Moseushi Town, from mid-December to the end of March every year, about 13,000 LED illuminations are installed on a birch tree with a height of about 20 meters that grows on the site of the volleyball club training camp of the former Moseushi Commercial High School, and you can enjoy the fantastic scenery. Enjoy the white and blue illuminations reflected on the snow surface!

The 4th Isehara Amateur Rakugo Competition — Free Admission 🆓 Finally tomorrow, Tuesday, February 11, 2025 (national holiday) ✨ The Isehara Amateur Rakugo Competition ✨ takes place Amateur rakugo performers selected by public application will compete, bringing a heated contest that showcases their hard-earned skills This is your chance to experience classic (Edo) rakugo live You’re sure to enjoy laughs and even moments of genuine emotion Plus, a distinguished panel of judges with ties to Isehara ✨ Yukichi Sanyutei (from Shimokasuya) Komba Kinbaratei (from Higashi-Otake) Issa Shunputei (from Hadano) Kitaro MukashiMukashitei (from Itado) Don’t miss the professional rakugo judges’ evaluations Please come with friends and family and join us Date and Time Tuesday, February 11, 2025 (national holiday) Preliminaries 10:00–14:00 Finals from 15:00 Venue Isehara Civic Cultural Center, Small Hall (348 Tanaka, Isehara) #Isehara Amateur Rakugo Competition #rakugo #amateur rakugo #classic rakugo #Edo rakugo #Isehara #Isehara City #Isehara tourism #Kanagawa #amateur rakugo performers #Yukichi Sanyutei #Komba Kinbaratei #Issa Shunputei #Kitaro MukashiMukashitei #free admission #free event #February 11 #national holiday #Isehara Civic Cultural Center https://www.isehara-rakugo.jp//

Notice Regarding the End of Distribution for the “Tokutoku Coupon 2025” Usable at Kawayu Onsen To all guests staying at Kawayu Onsen, the “Tokutoku Coupon 2025” that we had been distributing has reached its planned quantity and distribution has ended. Thank you very much to everyone who used the coupons.

Why don't you stop by when you come to Squid Sawara?

TV Tokyo broadcast on February 6 "Local Route Bus Transit Showdown Trip Camp Battle Battle" Mr. "Sha Noir" of Ikeda Town was (^^) introduced Ikeda Town's herbal tea and elegantly sweet cream puffs go very well ♪ together In addition to cream puffs, we also sell cakes and cookies, but all of them are very ingenious and particular about the ingredients, so please ✨ stop by Also, in the neighboring Matsukawa Village, "Umaitorodon" using Shinshu Ginjo pork was introduced! This Shinshu Ginjo pork is raised in Hirotsu in Ikeda Town, so please try ✨ "Shinshu Ginjo pork" as well

Today, we interviewed Mr. 168. It is a collaboration menu with Kichijoten. It is a set of 鹹湯圓 (鹹湯圓), Roux Lo rice and side dishes. 鹹湯圓 is a white jade soup with minced meat. Popular peach buns 🍑 (walnut bean paste) were very popular. The peach buns, unfortunately, are not photographed, but they are so delicious that I ate them in no time. The Roux Lo rice is also very delicious. 😊

Kyushu, Oita Prefecture, Bungo Ono City On February 8, 2025, the “Bungo Ono Dondo-yaki” was held in Ono Town, Bungo Ono City. A roughly 20-meter-high dondo was decorated with New Year pine ornaments and shimenawa brought by attendees. After the Shinto rites, stage events such as kagura and drum performances entertained a large crowd. After fireworks, the organizing committee and local junior high students prayed for good health and safety before igniting the dondo. The crackling sound and the towering blaze of the dondo were truly spectacular. ■■■ Access to central Bungo Ono City ■■■ About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture ■■■■■■■■■■■■ On Instagram we share recommended sightseeing, gourmet spots, and accommodations in Bungo Ono City ⬇ Bungo Ono City Tourism Association @satonotabiii We would be happy if you follow us. The Bungo Ono City Tourism Association website can be accessed from the profile link. ■■■■■■■■■■■■

【Yuru Camp △ Model Location Introduction 🥰】 100 best cherry blossom viewing spots Oboshi Park From late March to early April, 2000 Someiyoshino blooms profusely. During the Festival period it is Light up and fantastic You can see the cherry blossoms at night!

The 15th Atami Sakura Itogawa Cherry Blossom Festival ended on February 9, but because the Atami cherry blossoms continue to be at their best, the light-up has been extended until Monday, February 24 (observed). (4:30 PM–11:00 PM) *Photo: Taken on February 8* https://www.ataminews.gr.jp/features/47...

Photographed on February 5, 25. This is Brasserie CATHERI's lunch plate near Kawagoe City Station. It's so delicious that I look forward to it every time. 😊

Introducing the stay-and-sightseeing facility Mount Io MOKMOK Base, which opened in September 2023. The complex features MOKMOK Terrace, a refined space that blends rock walls reminiscent of Mount Io’s geology with warm, natural wood; MOKMOK Theater, where you can enjoy the mountain’s dramatic steam through large glass panes like a theater screen; Mount Io Museum, which explores the mountain’s past and present; and MOKMOK Marche & Café, offering local foods and souvenirs — among many other attractions. Please come and visit us!!

Photographed on February 5, 25. MAESTRO's chocolate latte, Buckwheat noodles flour, and matcha financier.

Autumn Festival in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. The world of Shuji Terayama.

This is a photo of when I went skiing in Hakuba this winter. On this day, a cold wave arrived on the Sea of Japan side, and there was a severe snowstorm. There were many foreigners visiting Japan at the ski resort, and I realized firsthand that the wave of inbound tourism is also surging to the ski resort. I enjoyed skiing while enjoying the superb view of Hakuba.

This is a photo I took at the beach with a friend I met there when I went to inn Kagawa Prefecture Kannonji Temple. There is a scenic spot called There are Chichibugahama Beach near Kannonji Temple, but here there was a quiet and beautiful sea that drew you in. It is the best memory of my college life!

This is a photo of when I went to "Showa Town" in Oita. The buildings, street lights, and signboards all give off a retro atmosphere, and even I, who don't know the Showa era, are nostalgic ... I felt that. When I come here, I realize how good Japan is.

Photographed 2/3/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Sairinka, which had been canceled due to heavy snow, resumed on February 8th! Because the snowfall set a record, we thought it might be impossible to hold the event again, but with the cooperation of many people we carried out snow removal and successfully restarted the event. It's regrettable that attractions like Alley of Light and Tunnel of Light were canceled by the heavy snow, but we are happy to be able to resume them. Although some roads still remain in poor condition, thank you to everyone who came to visit us.

In the fifth episode of HTB "Street on-chan" Tsubetsu Town Edition, on-chan tasted Kumayaki at Roadside Station Aioi, and in the sixth time, on-chan visited Yamagami Woodworking and experienced the high level of technical ability. We will Summary and Open to the public off-shots along the way! If you look closely, it was almost a sitting shot lol. If you missed it or want to watch it again, please watch the program Youtube! Next week will finally be the final installment of the Tsubetsu Town edition! I'm looking forward to it! (o▽n) #okhotsk #okhotsk #tsubetsu #tsubetsu #tsubetsu #Tsubetsu Town #hokkaido #Hokkaido #Hokkaido TV #HTB #Hokkaido TV Broadcasting #on-chan #street-on-chan #media appearances #off-shot https://www.htb.co.jp/chimata/...

Missed delivery of HTB "Street on-chan" broadcast on January 30th and February 6th! Sorry 💦 for the late introduction You can watch the past episodes from the program site, so please take a look! Both of them are the pride of Tsubetsu! ✨✨ Finally, next week is the final installment of the Tsubetsu Town edition! I've been to a lot of places... Eh, so where is the end? … I'm looking forward to it~! （o▽ｎ）♪ https://www.htb.co.jp/chimata/...

The 27th Minami Sakura and Nanohana Festival is now running through March 10th! February 9 (Sun) — Minami Sakura blooming status The buds are currently in a “bud” stage. However, today is warm, and the buds are swelling so that the petals look ready to open at any moment. Rain is forecast around February 12, with temperatures rising to 16–18°C, so there is a possibility the flowers will begin to bloom all at once. ※From February 1 onward every day from 18:00 to 21:00 We are holding evening cherry blossom illumination, bamboo lanterns, illuminations, and nanohana (rapeseed flower) lighting. ◇Please refer to the following for the “blooming status” https://www.minami-izu.jp/?p=we-page-entry&spot=162849&cat=18711&pageno=3&type=spot... ◇For information about the 27th Minami Sakura and Nanohana Festival, see here https://www.minami-izu.jp/?p=we-page-event-entry&event=73493&cat=18736&type=event...

Magic Hour of Sakitama Kofun Tumulus and Maruburiyama Kofun Tumulus The color of this sky is the color of the Kanto sky in winter

Photographed 2/3/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Here is information about daffodils and other flowers around Lake Sakuma near Kyonan Town on February 8. The Taira no Kiyomori cherry (Kawazu-zakura) has not opened much yet, but you can fully enjoy the daffodils now, so please come at this time. It will be cold, so make sure to dress warmly.

Gokase Specialty Center Snow Play The special cold snap that began this Tuesday has left the Gokase Specialty Center covered in snow☃️ Is everyone safe and free from injury or accidents?💦 To lift the spirits of customers who braved these harsh roads to visit the shop, the staff at the Gokase Specialty Center made a Totoro snowman to bring a little brightness and warmth 🥰👏 It’s big and adorable😳✨ While it was being made, children who had come in for lunch kept asking, “Is Totoro finished yet!?” as they eagerly waited🤣💕 Please stop by and take a commemorative photo when you visit📸！ There are also impressive icicles hanging from the shop eaves😮💡They glittered beautifully as they caught the light✨ The tips are sharp, so be careful—they could be dangerous if they fall on your head⚠️ With persistent bad weather making movement difficult, it might be nice to take a moment to enjoy the snow like a child again🤭 Our association’s Instagram photo campaign “Winter in Gokase 2025” is still accepting entries📸✨ Please consider applying during this opportunity🤗 ※See the pinned post on our Instagram profile page for details🙏 https://www.instagram.com/gokase_kanko/... Everyone, please stay safe and stay alert for the rest of the day🙇‍♀️

It is a scenic spot of KushiHonmachi Oshima, Wakayama Prefecture. What you can see at the end of the cliff is the Kashinozaki Lighthouse. This is It is also one of Famous for rock fishing.

【☃️Extra Powder Snow Falling❄️】 This is Omachi City on a snowy morning☃️Temperatures are below freezing, so the powder snow is piling up☃️Major roads have been cleared, but packed snow has turned everything pure white❄️Tonight, the 23rd Omachi Onsenkyo Dream Fireworks and Sound Festival will take place🎆When heading to the ski resorts or events, please watch your step😌 ⭐️Dream Fireworks and Sound Festival 2025⭐️ https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/event/90417/... ⭐️Kashimayari Ski Resort⭐️ https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/spot/kashimayari-sv/... ⭐️Jii-ga-take Ski Resort⭐️ https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/spot/jiigatake_ski/...