The sea is great, but the mountains are also worth visiting! Minami-Echizen Town has the sea, of course, and also rivers and waterfalls☆ Even at this time of year the river water is very cold and feels wonderful♪ Refresh yourself while soaking in the negative ions.

Photographed on August 15, 25. This is CAFE ANDON's homemade lemonade. 🍋

This is a meyer cat taken at Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo City, Hokkaido in July. It was impressive to see him leaning against the glass in the severe heat of Japan. Animals are hot, too!

Arao City mascot character “Majakki” LINE stickers released!! Arao City mascot character “Majakki” LINE stickers are ready‼ https://line.me/S/sticker/31230300... Majakki Stickers - LINE Stickers | LINE STORE Produced by: Arao City Tourism Association In July 2005, the majaku was selected as Arao City’s official fish. The majaku (anajako), Arao City’s fish, is a shrimp species that lives in tidal flats and has long been loved as a relative of hermit crabs. Born on July 3 (Arao Tidal Flat Day), Majakki is the prince of the majaku world! He appears around Arao to meet many people and promote the wonders of the tidal flats. Majakki works hard to bring smiles to Arao residents and visitors alike! Please enjoy these Majakki LINE stickers, featuring phrases in the Kumamoto Arao dialect‼ https://line.me/S/sticker/31230300...

Event and Call for Participants📣 On Saturday, September 20th, we will hold the “Mt. Memuro Climb” to celebrate the first anniversary of the designation of the Hidaka Mountain Range, Erimo, and Tokachi as a national park 😊 This climb takes place on Mt. Memuro, which spans Shimizu and Hidaka towns🎵🎵 Why not take this opportunity to challenge one of Hokkaido’s 100 Famous Mountains, Mt. Memuro⛰ Enjoy nature, relieve daily fatigue, and refresh both body and mind!! We look forward to your participation 🤗 📌Schedule 6:00 Gather at Shimizu Town Hall Mikage Branch (transfer to the trailhead by microbus) 7:30 Planned start of climb 📍Who can join: Physically fit hikers (if we judge that a participant cannot reach checkpoints in time, they may be asked to stop partway) 📍Capacity: 30 people (lottery if applications exceed capacity) 📍Attire: Standard hiking gear (including rainwear) 📌How to apply: By Tuesday, August 26, 2025, please call the contact below and submit the application form. 📍Contact Mt. Memuro Climb Executive Committee Office (Shimizu Town Hall Commerce and Tourism Division) Phone: 0156-62-1156 https://www.town.shimizu.hokkaido.jp/section/08/details/post_72.html...

Bear sighting on Oyama Koma Approach At around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 17, 2025, a bear was sighted on the Oyama Koma Approach. When hiking, please take precautions such as carrying a bear bell. For details, check the city website. https://www.city.isehara.kanagawa.jp/kankou_guide/docs/2025081800026/...

BB Farm & BB SHEEP COFFEE A blueberry agritourism farm with a permanent kitchen car Opened in August 2024, this hands-on tourist farm lets visitors enjoy interactive experiences. Blueberries are available for about one month starting in August, but many other harvestable crops such as tomatoes and pumpkins are offered. You can also try baking pizza using vegetables you picked yourself, an activity suitable for both children and adults. The on-site kitchen car serves light meals and drinks, and in season it sells products made with fruit harvested on the farm. The kitchen car offers tasty drinks, pizzas, light meals, and sweets. There’s still time to join the blueberry and vegetable picking experiences, so give it a try✨ BB Farm & BB SHEEP COFFEE 3-64-19, Kawayu Ekimae, Teshikaga, Kawakami District, Hokkaido 088-3462 Phone: 090-8667-5805 Fees — Blueberry Picking ¥2,000 / Adult (junior high school students and older) ¥1,500 / Elementary school student ¥1,000 / Young child (age 4 and older) Parking: Available Closed: Thursdays Access: 10-minute walk from JR Kawayu Onsen Station Open season: June to November Hours: 10:00–16:00 Takeout: Available For more details, please contact BB Farm or BB SHEEP COFFEE directly. https://www.masyuko.or.jp/enjoy/bbfarm/...

Nishi-Izu's Tourist Information is [@nishiizu.kankou] __________________________________ Sunset No.1 in Japan Events a total of four days of fireworks over two weeks, Held in in Nishi-Izu Town and Dogashima Hot Spring Village. Against the backdrop of a beautiful sunset called the magic hour after sunset, a condensed Powerful Presence fireworks is launched in about 10 minutes. Enjoy the autumn fireworks in Dogashima with your family and friends. 〜Held in Information〜 [Held in days] Held in for 4 days! Saturday, September 27, 2025 and Sunday, September 28, 2025 Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 【Held in time】17:45~ about 10 minutes 【Held in】Dogashima Park 【Car parking lot】Approx. 200 cars Dogashima Park, Sunset Plaza Dogashima (2nd and 3rd Car Parking Lots), Former Rannosato Car Parking Lot [Remarks] Postponement in case of light rain or stormy weather to the day after the last day In case of Postponement, we will inform you on the Tourism Association social media __________________________________ 【Nishiizu Tourism Association】 2910-2 Nishina, Nishi-Izu Town, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka 📞0558-52-1268

🎆 Shintoku Fireworks Festival 🎆 🎇 "Brilliant Night" 🎇 Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025 Time: 17:00 - Venue 　　　 19:00 - Launch start Venue: Shintoku Town Baseball Stadium * In case of rain, it will be postponed to Sunday 24th. 　In that case, it will be announced on the Shintoku Town website at 10:00. Stalls of 6 stores in the In 💁 ♀️ the town 　@ramen_miurashouten 　@rocky_kitchencar 　@yuka_cyoko 　@hokkohmilk 　@tasogare_na_showashokudo 　#Koyanagi Foods Delicious ramen, yaki Soba noodles, frankfurters and sweet desserts are all available in Shintoku Town 😋! In addition, there is a bingo tournament limited to junior high school students and younger. There is also a 🎷 brass band performance There will also be a countdown from 19:00 to launch. We look 🎆 forward to seeing the venue lively from everyone #Hokkaido #Tokachi #Shintoku Town #Shintoku #Fireworks Festival #Brilliant Night #2025 #Shintoku Tourism Association #Shintoku Station #Station front Complex facility #tuktuk ##hokkaido #firework #hokkaidotrip #hokkaidotourism #tourism #tokachi #shintoku #welcomeshintoku #discovershintoku

🌳 Today at the “Tokachi Ranch Birch Avenue” 🌳 This birch avenue in Otofukecho has been designated a “beautiful forest.” Right now the leaves have turned a deep green, and the contrast of the blue sky with the white trunks is strikingly beautiful.🍃 Come experience this Tokachi-only landscape in person!

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 touring World Heritage sites in Kumamoto Prefecture! Collect stamps completed by visiting Misumi West Port, Manda Mine, the Sakitsu Village and other sites, and receive a clear file as a gift! To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the inscription of the World Cultural Heritage site “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution,” we are holding a stamp rally that takes participants around the World Heritage sites and component properties in Kumamoto Prefecture. In Kumamoto Prefecture, visit the component sites of the World Cultural Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” — Manda Mine and Misumi West Port — and the Sakitsu Village, a component of the “Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region and the Amakusa Islands.” Also tour around Kumamoto City to fully discover the charms of Kumamoto! Collect all the stamps and receive limited World Heritage goods. For details, please see below. Event period From Saturday, July 19, 2025 to Sunday, December 28, 2025 Opening hours and closed days of each facility Manda Mine Station: 9:30 to 17:00. Closed: Mondays (if a public holiday, closed the following weekday) Misumi West Port Urashimaya: 9:00 to 17:00. Closed: none Sakitsu Village Guidance Center: 9:00 to 17:30. No closed days during the event period Stamp locations (5 places in total) Manda Mine Station (Arao City) Misumi West Port Urashimaya (Uki City) Sakitsu Village Guidance Center (Amakusa City) Waiting room on the Shinkansen platform side at Kumamoto Station (Kumamoto City) Sakuramachi Kumamoto 2nd floor concourse (Kumamoto City) Participants who complete the rally will receive limited World Heritage goods! If you collect all the stamps, please show your completed stamp sheet to staff at one of the facilities below. You will receive limited World Heritage goods. Locations to receive the limited goods • Manda Mine Station • JR Misumi Station Tourist Information Center (this is different from the stamp location) • Sakitsu Village Guidance Center Participation fee Free Contact Regional Promotion Department, Tourism and Cultural Exchange Division, World Heritage and Cultural Exchange Office Phone: 0968-63-1274

Here are some recommended winter experiences. This private tour grants special access to Japan’s largest public ranch, which closes for the winter. On this fully booked private tour, the ranch becomes a vast snowy plain and you will travel to the summit in a 4WD vehicle fitted with crawler tyres. At the summit, you can go snowshoeing, ride snowmobiles, play in the snow, or simply do nothing at all. The tranquil private setting helps relax the body and mind and supports improved concentration and cognitive function. Enjoy this extraordinary environment at your own pace. For lunch, you will savor Tokachi Naita Wagyu while gazing over the Tokachi Plain. This well-marbled Wagyu is known for its light, melt-in-your-mouth texture and refined flavor. If you are interested, please apply via the URL below. Here are some recommended winter experiences. This private tour grants special access to Japan’s largest public ranch, which closes for the winter. On this fully booked private tour, the ranch becomes a vast snowy plain and you will travel to the summit in a 4WD vehicle fitted with crawler tyres. At the summit, you can go snowshoeing, ride snowmobiles, play in the snow, or simply do nothing at all. The tranquil private setting helps relax the body and mind and supports improved concentration and cognitive function. Enjoy this extraordinary environment at your own pace. For lunch, you will savor Tokachi Naita Wagyu while gazing over the Tokachi Plain. This well-marbled Wagyu is known for its light, melt-in-your-mouth texture and refined flavor. If you are interested, please apply via 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 fireworks festival in Echizen City, called “Old Takefu,” is a source of local pride. The fireworks take many shapes, and you can truly appreciate them in photos. They represent the fireworks master’s crowning achievement. Perhaps it’s the viewer’s state of mind, but impressions and preferences change with how you watch. Right now, I prefer thin, flowing trails.

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.

In Fukui Prefecture, the Takefu Fireworks that used to be held in the old Takefu draw local pride every year on the same day of Obon. Although the city merged and became Echizen City, this fireworks festival remains something the people of Takefu boast about. The fireworks reflected in the Hino River were not only beautiful but somehow wistful.

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/...

Komu Museum of Art’s Wood Play Experience Market A workshop festival celebrating the village’s 100th anniversary The “Wood Play Experience Market” was held at Komu Museum of Art! Vendors from across Hokkaido gathered for a hands-on making event using wood and natural materials. When the museum opened at 10:00, visitors came to the event space without pause. We offered six experiences. Make a wooden kaleidoscope Make a wooden clock Make BUG BUG from nuts and seeds Make wooden brooches and keychains Make a wood shaker Make mushroom magnets. @do.mono @tek_toys Visitors chose beads and peered into the finished kaleidoscopes, walked around with insects made from acorns and pipe cleaners, and shook bean-filled wood shakers. On the clock faces, participants decorated not only numbers but many other embellishments. In one corner, poisonous-looking mushrooms and irresistibly cute mushrooms sprouted in abundance. Animal keychains and brooches, each with its own expression, were adorable. Many people didn’t stop at just one experience but walked around to multiple booths, which made us very happy 😆 Including the reception staff, the day brought together people skilled in wood education and woodcraft 🏋️🏋️🏋️ Thanks to the staff who watched over and supported the participants, it became a truly lovely time ✨ Thank you very much!!! #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Komu Museum of Art #Summer #Wood Play Experience Market #Hands-on experience #Workshop #Woodworking #Making things #Woody Summer School #August 2

We would like to introduce our recommended agricultural experience. This tour lets you discover the appeal of our signature products: beans and fresh vegetables. You will visit a farm that independently cultivates a variety of beans, including rare types. While walking through fields normally closed to the public, you will hear about the careful methods used to grow beans and take part in everyday farm work. You will also create an original spice blend that pairs well with beans, and prepare onigiri, an essential part of Japanese food culture, for lunch. In the afternoon, you will visit a vegetable farm and experience crops from a farmer’s perspective. In the evening, you will assemble hamburgers using a range of vegetables and compare the flavors of fried potatoes made from different potato varieties, a signature local product. Enjoy the distinctive tastes of each potato. For more details, please visit the URL below. We would like to introduce our recommended agricultural experience. This tour allows you to learn about the appeal of our representative products, “beans” and “fresh vegetables.” You will visit a farm that grows various beans, including rare varieties, on its own. While strolling through fields you normally cannot enter, you will hear stories about the careful cultivation of beans and try the day-to-day fieldwork the farmers do. You will make an original spice mix that pairs with beans and, for lunch, make onigiri, a staple of Japanese food culture. In the afternoon, you will visit a vegetable farm and engage with crops from the farmer’s viewpoint. In the evening, you will make hamburgers combining various vegetables and taste-test fried potatoes made from different potato varieties, a representative product of the region. Enjoy the differences in potato flavor. For details, please see the URL below. 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!

Today the sky over Otofukecho opened up bright and clear🔆 A hot air balloon rose, and I found myself staring in fascination…!! On a day like this, the Hidaka Mountains must be sharply visible, offering a spectacular view👀🗻