Shiraiwa Mountain Opening 🌸 Today (May 11), the Shiraiwa Mountain Opening was held at the Gokasecho Highland Ski Area Parking Center😊 A Shinto ceremony took place on the mountain, with organizers and other attendees praying for safety while enjoying the crisp mountain air👏 After the ceremony, those who wished began climbing toward the rhododendron colony💪 Azaleas, Okamenoki, yama-shakuyaku (mountain peony), and rhododendrons appeared to be in full bloom💡 ⚠ Notice ⚠ From May 12, Reiwa 7, the town road Hon-yashiki/Hagi Line and the Hagi Forest Road, which provide access to the Goboubatake trailhead (Shiraiwa Mountain, Mukaisakayama, and Kiridachigoe), will be closed to all traffic until further notice due to road disaster recovery work. To reach Shiraiwa Mountain, Mukaisakayama, and Kiridachigoe, please use the Ogawadake: Tenyabo trailhead (road subsidence, many falling rocks, rough road).

"Hooray! ｣

Photographed on April 15, 25. It is the Shingashi River behind the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. The cherry blossoms had fallen and turned into leaf cherry blossoms. The petals of the cherry blossoms floated on the surface of the water and were very beautiful.

From Saturday, May 10 to Sunday, July 13, the Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle Historical Museum presents an exhibition titled "Wandering Wakasa in the Early Meiji Period: The Surprisingly Little-Known Formation of Fukui Prefecture." After the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures, Wakasa took a winding historical path before becoming part of present-day Fukui Prefecture. This exhibition looks back on the circumstances that led to Wakasa's integration into Fukui. Mihama Town Museum of History and Culture Exchange Exhibition 1 for Reiwa Year 7 Wandering Wakasa in the Early Meiji Period: The Surprisingly Little-Known Formation of Fukui Prefecture Exhibition period: Saturday, May 10 to Sunday, July 13, Reiwa 7 Opening hours: 9:00–17:00 (last admission 30 minutes before closing) Venue: Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle Historical Museum, 25-2 Sata, Mihama Town Closed: Every Monday Admission: 100 yen for adults, 50 yen for children (junior high school age and younger); group discount for 20 or more people Inquiries: Tel. 0770-32-0050

🌸 Mother's Day, a special time to 🌸 express gratitude In the busyness of daily life, "Thank you" and "I love you" Thereare things that are difficult to convey honestly. But today is a special day. Mother’s Day. To the mother who gave me many love, With gratitude for each and every memory, I want to deliver a warm "thank you" as deep as the sea. Even on the days when you made delicious rice, Even on the days when he scolded me gently, There were days when he hugged me gently. Everything is a precious memory. Like the Unfolds of the Sea, A mother's love is endless. Stop for a moment today. Why don't you feel the happiness wrapped in that love? 🌊 Mother's Day, a special time to 🌸 express gratitude #Hokule'a Shonan #HokuleaShonan

【🌸 Gokase Flower Viewing 2025 — Featured Submissions, Part 12 — 🌸】 The submission period finally ends today, Sunday, May 11. We’re showcasing entries to “#Gokase Flower Viewing 2025,” currently running on the Gokase Tourism Association Instagram account.💪❤️‍🔥 @hanpenpen2022 @goto0619 (in no particular order) This time’s photos show the Akebono azaleas on Mt. Futagami and the white flowers in Kuraoka…what kind of flowers are those, I wonder?🤔 Everyone clearly knows well when and where different flowers bloom, and many have personal memories and attachments to these blooms. Those feelings seem to shine through in the photos — they’re truly lovely.✨ -------------------------------------------------------------------- “#Gokase Flower Viewing 2025” also ends today, Sunday, May 11!👏 If you meant to enter but haven’t yet, don’t miss the chance — submit before you forget!💡❗ ≪#How to Enter #Gokase Flower Viewing 2025≫ Follow the Gokase Tourism Association Instagram account, then post a photo of flowers taken within Gokasecho on Instagram with the two hashtags #Gokase Flower Viewing 2025 and #date of photography (example: #March 20).🤳❤️‍🔥 Gokase Tourism Association Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/gokase_kanko/... 【Period】From Thursday, March 20, 2025 to Sunday, May 11, 2025 ⚠️Other terms and conditions appear on the Gokase Tourism Association website. Please be sure to read them before entering. https://www.town.gokase.miyazaki.jp/kanko/ivent/1962.html... ⚠️Please take great care to avoid accidents while photographing.

I didn't expect the way home after drinking to be so bright.

This is the scenery of Kumamoto, where my grandmother's house is located. I took this photo when I visited in the summer, and I felt that the scenery has remained unchanged since I was a child. I love the contrast between the continuous road and the lush greenery.

Flower Dream Marche a Big Hit! May 3 (Sat) – May 5 (Mon) The spring Nishiokoppe Village Marche ran for three days. As expected this time too, the Roadside Station parking lot filled with cars 🚙 When I arrived, I started by savoring venison with Ezo deer balls and red wine stew. A bowl of soba or udon topped with spring mountain vegetable tempura slid down smoothly. The mountain vegetables were yomogi (mugwort) and gyoja garlic (wild garlic). I felt the spring and replenished my energy. For souvenirs, I took home Setoushi-kun yaki and a chiffon cake. I had been looking forward to the fluffy chiffon cake, so I was glad to get one before it sold out! The children’s festival booth buzzed with candy fishing and a lottery to win toys. Booths selling plums, garlic, and tea added to the scene, and the vendors looked friendly and cheerful. There were moments when strong winds threatened to disrupt things, but the three days concluded safely. Thank you very much to everyone who visited! #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Roadside Station #Flower Dream #Nishiokoppe Village Marche #Ezo deer balls #Yumemura Mori no Garden #Baishin #Puppet Theater Circle Doremi

This is a night view of Rainbow Yellowtail taken from Toyosu Gururi Park. I took a picture with the image of the lights of the bridge reflecting beautifully on the sea

Photographed on April 9, 25. It is the Bonshō bell and cherry blossoms of Lotus Temple.

The Hokkaido University Tomakomai Forest, where research on forests is conducted, covers a vast 2,715 hectares of woodland. Part of the forest is open to the public and serves as a peaceful retreat for local residents. The Horonai River that runs through the woods is a clear stream rated at the highest level in public water quality surveys by the Ministry of the Environment. There is also a stand of cherry trees known as the "Sakura Danchi".

【Flower Arboretum Open】 From today, Saturday, May 10, the flower arboretum in Yachiho Highlands will 🌸 open Renge azalea, Doudan azalea, and Mitsuba azalea flowers bloom in the park, and in June they turn the 💐💐 prophecy red Please come and visit us 🌳🥰 business hours: 2025 (Reiwa 7) Saturday, May 10 – Sunday, October 5 2025 (Reiwa 7) Business hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. (Reception until 3:30 p.m.)

【No.1 in Japan's most beautiful ✨ birch cluster of trees】 Birch trees 🌳✨ stretching toward the blue sky The blue of the sky and the white of the birches, the green of the bamboo at your feet... Everything is so beautiful that you want to 😌🌱 look at it all the time The atmosphere changes with each season, so you'll want to come back again and again! Please come to 😸♡ Yachiho Highlands

【Yachiho Highland Nature Park】 A nature garden that cuts out the Nature of the Yachiho Highlands as it is... 😌🩷 At the Nature Garden, you can enjoy ♬ three walking courses according to your stay time White Path: Total length 1 km, about 30 minutes Blue Path: Total length 1.5 km, about 50 minutes Green Path: Total length 2.5 km, about 80 minutes Spring & Summer Highlands Flowers, Autumn Leaves in Autumn, and plenty of highlights! 🍁 Please come and visit 😸✨✨ us

【Yachiho Lake】 Yachiho Lake is a managed fishing spot 🐟🫧 where you can Fun Catch & Release There is also 😸 a fishing land where parents and children can enjoy and rent fishing rods with bait You can 🌸 enjoy it in full Nature Please come and visit ✨ us

Grass Roll Painting Returns! Last year, we painted Setoushi-kun on a pair of stacked grass rolls, and the result proved more popular than expected, so we decided to do it again this year! Grass Roll Painting This year’s installation is in front of the management building at the Forest Park. If you spot a large orange object from around the intersection by the post office, that’s the grass roll. Using oil-based paint and markers, and with help from children visiting the park, we finished the painting. There’s even the autograph of that person who visited during Golden Week! The display will remain until around autumn. If you pass by, please come and take a look. #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Forest Park #Grass Roll #Painting #Orange cow pattern #No face #Setoushi-kun

This photo was taken 📸 about a month ago when I went to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden While the cherry blossoms and plum blossoms are in full bloom, I saw one bird standing on a branch, and I had to take a picture of this! !! This is the 🕊️ one I took thinking (��.* I was able to take a very adorable picture, so please take a look and be healed (*ฅ́ ̆ฅ̀*)

It is more like a snapshot than a landscape photo, but it is a piece that expresses the atmosphere of downtown Akabane as close to the appearance as possible. If you like Sake, I hope you will want to go out for a drink by looking at the photos.

This is a sunset view of Rainbow Yellowtail taken from the end of Shibaura South Pier. The moment when the sky turned a faint dark blue after the sun went down was taken with a wide-angle 14mm. The buildings in the back were distorted, but it can't be helped because it's a wide angle. I tried correcting it with development software, but it didn't change much.

【2025 43rd Nomugi Pass Festival】 Held in the Nomugi Pass Festival again this year. In May, when the fresh greenery of Spring shines, why don't you walk together while thinking about the ancient people? ■Events Details 【Held in】 Sunday, May 25, 2025 [Transportation]　 ●Private Car　 Car parking lot: In front of the entrance of Nomugi Pass Auto Camp (Ogiya Historical Materials Museum Ruins) 9:15~Car parking reception　 Transfer to the shuttle bus and move to the departure ceremony venue (about 5 minutes) 【Participation Fee】 ・ Those who meet at the site by private Car ...　JPY 2,000 The participation fee includes a coupon worth 1,000 yen, udo soup, Souvenirs, and insurance. Please pay the participation fee in cash on the day of the event. 【Events Schedule】 -10:00 Departure ceremony at Wasabizawa. -10:10 Start of the commemorative mountain trip from Wasabisawa to Nomugi Pass. ○ Walk about 1.5 km (about 1 hour) with factory girls and children in bocca costumes. At the top of the mountain, there is a wild wheat isasa dance and a song by a stringer. Local Specialty products are also available for sale. ○Lecture by Chiyuki Takabayashi, Director of the Okaya Silk Museums The Scenes and lives of the workers who passed through the Nomugi Pass will tell the story of the workers. There is also a Panel Exhibition of precious photographs of the workers in the help hut. 　 [About the descent and return journey] Use the mountain on foot or by shuttle bus. The last shuttle bus to the Car is scheduled to depart from the summit of Nomugi Pass at 13:20. 【What to bring】 Drinks, lunch boxes (only for those who wish), comfortable shoes, hats, windbreakers, rugs, etc. At the top of the mountain, there are several Stalls shops selling food There are drink. [In case of cancellation] In case of cancellation due to rain or other reasons, a decision will be made by the morning of the day before. ■ About application [Capacity] 150 people 【Registration starts】Friday, April 4, 2025 9:00〜 【Deadline】May 21, 2025 (Water) 17:00 * As soon as the capacity is reached, the reception will be closed. ■ Application / Inquiry Furusato Nagawa Tourism and Exchange Department 〒390-1611 Nagano, Matsumoto City, Nagawa 2120-1 Tel. 0263-79-2125 (Weekdays 9:00-17:00)

Photographed on April 9, 25. It is the cherry blossom of Lotus Temple. The cherry blossoms are also wonderful.

Tailor Ride Experience on the Arao Tidal Flats! Come and enjoy the Arao tidal flats with their beautiful scenery, sea breeze, and ocean scent. Ride a “tailor,” a vehicle used in Ariake Bay, and experience driving across the Arao tidal flats! A tailor is a rototiller fitted with a cargo bed, used for nori farming and clam harvesting. You can also enjoy observing creatures like crabs and hermit crabs! Advance registration is required for this experience! Registration opens on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Don’t forget your rubber boots!!! Meeting place: Arao Tidal Flats Waterfowl and Wetland Center Duration: About 50 minutes from the pre-ride briefing to disembarking (ride time about 10 minutes each way) Fees: Adults (high school students and older) 1,000 yen, junior high and elementary school students 600 yen, preschoolers free. Children in elementary school or younger must be accompanied by a guardian. How to apply: Apply by phone to the Arao Tidal Flats Waterfowl and Wetland Center ☏0968-57-7444 Registration start date: Thursday, May 8, 2025 One application covers up to six people per representative, and you cannot change the scheduled date after applying. Please apply again if you need a different date. ・Please bring rubber boots. If you do not have rubber boots, you will not be allowed to ride the tailor. ・The event will proceed in light rain but will be canceled in severe weather. If lightning occurs, the event will be canceled even during the activity.

The donko fishing tournament scheduled for May 11, 2025, in Inukai, Bungo Ono City has been canceled due to rising river levels and concerns for safety. We apologize to everyone who was looking forward to the event and ask for your understanding.

Photographed on April 9, 25. It is the honorary cherry blossom of the Shingashi River behind the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. The cherry blossoms were beginning to fall, and a flower raft was being formed.

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine My favorite place The Great Ginkgo Tree has fallen, but it is still alive　 What strength, what vitality Ginkgo has seen a lot of history　 I really like it, I'm sure I've lived there before. How many years have passed since then? It's going to be bigger　 I want to see it with my own eyes That's right, let's go Let's go to Kamakura

A quiet corner of the clear Garden that will make you forget the hustle and bustle of the Central Tokyo. In the midst of the bustle of the daytime, the appearance of the kakei and the kick that suddenly caught my eye made me feel as if time had stopped and. In contrast to the surrounding hustle and bustle, only the sound of water stream quietly fills the space. The greenery of the trees reflected in the polished stone water bowl, the texture of the mossy cane. It was a simple and tranquil beauty lurking behind the glamour, a world of wabi-sabi. I was deeply impressed by the fact that this ancient beauty has not changed in the midst of many people coming and going. We hope that you will feel that the aesthetic sense of Japan is condensed in a moment of tranquility.

When I was driving, there was a frog in the twilight.

🌊 [GW is refreshing at the sea! ] Family refreshment course & fun dive in Kawana] 🌿✨ During this year's Golden Week, Hokule'a Shonan Held in a family refreshment course and fun dive in Kawana, Shizuoka Prefecture! ☀️ The best diving day with a blue sky. 🌞 The sea of Kawana, with its outstanding transparency, was as beautiful as a painting, with schools of sparkling fish in the water and seaweed swaying gracefully creating a fantastic landscape. 🐠🌿 From the moment we entered the sea, everyone was full of smiles. 😊✨ Those who participated in the refresher course were able to enjoy diving for the yellowtail first time in a long time and were able to dive with peace of mind with the careful support of the instructor. Confirm basic skills and practice buoyancy control in water. 🤿✨ Meanwhile, the Fun Dive team enjoyed a calm stroll in the water and enjoyed the charm of Kawana's colorful sea. 🐠🪸 After diving, everyone took a commemorative photo 📸✨ The smiles in the water and the group photo on land remained as special memories. 🌈 [Hokule'a Shonan's Refreshment Course & Fun Dive] 🌈 At Hokule'a Shonan, you can request a family refreshment class or fun dive Anytime! ✅ Those who want to enjoy diving safely for the yellowtail first time in a long time ✅ Those who want to make memories with family and friends ✅ Those who want to relax and enjoy themselves Dates and dive sites can also be tailored to your wishes. 🌊 📩 Please feel free to contact us to make a reservation for your next refresher course or fun dive. We look forward to your participation! 🤗✨ 👉 For diving Information on Hokule'a Shonan, please see our profile! #ScubaDivingAdventure #FamilyDivingExperience #RefreshDiveCourse #FunDivingJapan #KawanaDiving #DiscoverUnderwaterWorld #ScubaWithFamily #OceanExploration #DivingInJapan #HokuleaShonan #PADI