Temple on a snowy day

Demonstration against Shinzo Abe's state funeral

Scenery of Someday

It was a snowfall that happened once a year #Kyoto City #Toji Temple #Five-story pagoda

🍵 Matcha experience with a golden tea bowl (seated tea ceremony)🍡 Enjoy matcha served in a golden tea bowl while seated, along with Sakai wagashi (fresh Japanese confections)✨ 📢 “Untie the Knot, Sakai: Delving into Sakai’s Mysteries 2025”🎉 🗓️ Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 📍 Sakai Rishō no Mori — reservations open from Saturday, March 1! 🔍 For details, please check the announcements on the Sakai Tourism Guide website 📬 Apply: via the Sakai Rishō no Mori reservation site 📞 Inquiries: 072-260-4386

🧵Unraveling the Mystery of the Tea Room – Hideyoshi’s Golden Tea Room and Rikyu’s Taian Sen no Rikyu, born in Sakai, perfected the tea ceremony culture 🍵 This event focuses on the tea room and features a special lecture by a curator along with an exhibition-guided tour visiting two tea rooms ✨ 📢“Untie the Cord: Exploring Sakai’s Mysteries 2025” 🎉 🗓️ Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 📍Sakai Risho no Mori; reservations open from Saturday, March 1! 🔍For details, please check the announcement on the Sakai Tourism Guide website 📬Apply via the Sakai Risho no Mori reservation site 📞Inquiries: 072-260-4386

🌼 Half a million rapeseed flowers are coming into bloom Like a yellow carpet!✨ Under the winter sky, enjoy a field of rapeseed flowers stretching as far as the eye can see♪ This week is peak viewing💕 📍 Location: Village Area Flower Fields (Hoshi Hill · Tsuki Hill) 🌿 Variety: Kanaki (Kanaki) 💛 Number of flowers: 500,000 📅 Blooming season: Now at peak – around mid-March (subject to weather) 🔍 The latest bloom updates are posted on the official Instagram ( @harvesthill_sakai )!

🔫 Special guided tour exploring the mystery of Sakai gunsmith Inoue Sekiemon! In the Edo period, Sakai was a major center for firearm production✨ This tour delves into the mystery of Sakai gunsmith Inoue Sekiemon, who inherited that history🕵️ 📢 “Untie the Threads, Uncover Sakai: Exploring Sakai’s Mysteries 2025”🎉 📅 Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 📍Teppo-kaji residence, about 8 participants per session, advance reservations accepted! 🔍 For details, please check the notices on the Sakai Tourism Guide website. 📬Application: Phone/Fax: 072-228-1501 Email: info@sakai-machiyamuseums.com

Samurai Teaceremony Zen is alive and well in traditional Japanese culture. Zen has greatly influenced traditional Japanese culture, including calligraphy, tea ceremony, and martial arts. Zen has had a great influence on traditional Japanese culture. It is also said that modern etiquette is based on the The Ogasawara school of etiquette, which is said to have become the standard of modern etiquette, is said to have been established by relating Zen manners to the lifestyle of the samurai class. #teaceremony #japanesetea #calligraphy #wabisabi

SamuraiCalligraphy 戦国時代、世を死と隣り合わせに駆け抜けたサムライとその妻たちが、死に際（死を覚悟）に儚くも美しい書を遺した。 During the Warring States period, samurai and their wives, who ran through the world side by side with death, left behind ephemeral but beautiful calligraphy on their deathbeds (prepared to die). #SamuraiCalligraphy Deathbed calligraphy is something a person writes down with a brush as their last words in this world when they foresee their death and look back on their life so far. #shodo #kanji

Samurai become  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 best of our ability. We must not only carefully consider the words of the Samurai, but we must also act on them. #katana #samuraisword #bushido

Bushido Samurai are born aware of their "honor" The goal of the aspiring samurai was not wealth or knowledge, but honor. Honor is a goal to be pursued "within oneself," without regard to profit or loss. Therefore, "honor" that is concerned with public reputation is not real honor. 〜I have found that bushido means to die〜

SAMURAI Armor Samurai fought fair and square in one-on-one battles, which was the samurai way of fighting. During this time, it was not acceptable for the adversary to initiate a fight. If they did, they were considered "cowards. #osakacastle #samurai #calligraphy #teaceremony #katana

A cold wave has arrived at the Tsukigase Bumekei Ume Plum Festival! Plum blossoms have not yet bloomed, but a splendid snowflake has bloomed ❄️ Photo: Yasunori Okamoto

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Tsukigase Bumekei Ume Plum Festival is being held in! At Romantopia Tsukigase, Yumekko Shokudo is Open for business ♪ The "Sunken Hearth Set" that you can enjoy at Romantopia Tsukigase's proud sunken hearth is a charcoal grill of Tsukigase raw wood shiitake mushrooms, homemade konjac and mugwort dango yourself! Sprinkle ♪ with plenty of special yuzu miso We also recommend Udon noodles that are particular about soup stock for Other! The meat Udon noodles are made from Iga beef, and the luxurious Udon noodles are filled with shiitake mushrooms, spinach, and thinly sliced rice cakes! We have many Souvenirs not only from Tsukigase but also from neighboring areas! With the arrival of the cold wave, the Plum blossoms are still hardly blooming、、、 Dango rather than ♪ flowers for the time being When it's in full bloom, every teahouse is very crowded! Please come once for food while you still ♪ can.

Spring has finally arrived in the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture. The flowers in the plum grove in Tanabe City also bloomed for 5~6 minutes, and bees were flying around. I took a picture of one of the seven herbs of Spring, Hotokenoza, in the foreground.

Honoring the Samurai girl The more onago is bullshit, the more the world will be bullshit. The stronger you are, the calmer you will be.  The more you can hang your head and bow low, the more genuine nobility and strength you will acquire. #osakacastle #samuraigirl #harakiri #bushido #katana

In Hinomotoichi's Calligraphy Trial Plan, students do not pick up a brush and start writing immediately after the lesson begins. Instead, we begin by explaining about the culture of calligraphy and the history of calligraphy in Japan. This is because it helps them to better understand the difference between Japanese calligraphy and caligraphy, which is a form of character decoration that also exists in other countries, and to appreciate the beauty of the Japanese language. #calligraphy #kanji #shodo

Samurai become 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 best of our ability. We must not only carefully consider the words of the Samurai, but we must also act on them #samuraisword #katana

Held in Events to the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which is only 50 days away from the opening! Implementation plans to exhibit and sell in advance of the contents of Osaka Week together with local governments along the Kintetsu Line! 【Overview】 Date & Time: Saturday, February 22, 10 a.m. ~ 8:30 p.m. Location: Kintetsu Department Store Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store 2nd Floor Welcome Galleria In addition to Fujiidera City, Yao City, Higashiosaka City, Habikino City, and Tomitabayashi City will exhibit! *Please note that the contents of the program There are subject to change due to circumstances. Please come and visit us!

🚶‍♂️Four sightseeing tour courses! 🚲 🍵A route tracing Sen no Rikyū’s footsteps, an exploration of the moat-city’s history, a historic sites tour of the old port, and a special cycling course! 🚴 Experience Sakai’s profound history with a guided tour. ✨ 📢“Unraveling Sakai: Probing the Mysteries of Sakai 2025”🎉 📅 Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 🔍For details and applications, please check the announcements on the Sakai Tourism Guide website📬 This tour is perfect for history enthusiasts and anyone who wants to learn more about Sakai! We look forward to your participation✨

Experience the history of matchlock guns in person! A workshop by the Sakai Matchlock Gun Preservation Society✨ Learn from an explanation using an actual matchlock gun and take commemorative photos with the gun squad! 📢 “Untie the Cord, Explore Sakai: Uncovering Sakai’s Mysteries 2025”🎉 📅 Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23, 2025 📍Teppo Blacksmith Residence, each session limited to 10 people, advance reservations now open! 🔍For details, please check the announcements on the Sakai Tourism Guide website. 📬Applications: Phone/Fax: 072-228-1501 Email: info@sakai-machiyamuseums.com

The temple in the depths of Mt. Koya, where Kobo Daishi sleeps, has no shortage of pilgrims even in winter.

Squid Oren and Kumano Kodo are also approaching Spring.

Candy Color When I looked at Mt. Yoshino in Spring, it looked 😊 sweet * Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism unmanned aerial vehicle flight permission has been obtained. * Notification of flight plan and preparation of flight log book

Samurai become  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 best of our ability. We must not only carefully consider the words of the Samurai, but we must also act on them. #samuraisword #katana

Samurai become  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 best of our ability. We must not only carefully consider the words of the Samurai, but we must also act on them. #samuraisword #katana

A DeLorean in the mountains

Samurai become  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 best of our ability. #samuraisword #katana