The reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "The beauty of the Japanese language. I often hear that the reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "the beauty of the Japanese language. Using the calligraphy skills learned through the calligraphy experience, students write their favorite kanji characters on fans and hanging scrolls of their choice. The master calligrapher will then take the kanji back to your bag with his expert brush strokes. Since each kanji character has multiple meanings, it is important to know what other meanings they have. Knowing the meaning will make the bag shine. #brush #kanji #shodo #travel memories #cultural experience

Samurai honor refers to a way of life or family lineage befitting a samurai, such as the honor of bushido or the honor of a samurai's family lineage. Also, respecting one's name and living an honorable life without shame for oneself. #samuraihonor

The alley scenery of Kyoto is somewhat melancholy. Kyoto Tower matches the cityscape of Kyoto It became a dramatic landscape.

A lone Japanese cedar before dawn. I shot it while buried in the snow. My feet got frostburned, Instead, I was able to see a nice view.

Unravel Sakai 2025 — Investigating the Mysteries of Sakai An interactive event that unravels Sakai. This edition is themed "Investigating the Mysteries of Sakai" 🔍 Featuring a tour-style real mystery-solving game called "Nazotokeba Sakai", plus special guided tours and hands-on experiences you can only find here—packed with excitement! ✨ Why not join the "Expedition Team" to probe the various mysteries hidden across Sakai? 🕵️ Dates: Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 *The real mystery-solving game runs from Saturday, March 22 through Monday, October 13.* Location: Kanjō (moat) area, Sakai-ku, Sakai City For details, please check the announcements on the Sakai Tourism Guide website.

I went to Zen Rinji Temple (Eikando) in Kyoto. This is one of the pictures I took because I thought that the spiral staircase called Uryu Corridor, the trees growing next to it, and the shadows reflected on the stairs would be a picture.

📣 March 5 only! Enjoy sumo and Shinto at Ohtori Grand Shrine 🏯💪 A rare experience plan lets you watch Arashio-beya’s morning sumo practice at Ohtori Grand Shrine and attend a special talk by a Shinto priest titled “Shinto and Sumo.” ✨ 👀 This is your chance to see rikishi train up close with the same intensity as in competition! The talk on the deep ties between Shinto and sumo will make watching matches even more enjoyable. 🎤 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, March 5 💰 Fee: 5,500 yen (about 3.5 hours) 📬 Registration deadline: One week before the event date ✨ Participants will also receive commemorative gifts from Ohtori Grand Shrine and Arashio-beya! 🔍 For details and to apply, check the “Experience Tours & Plans” section via the URL in our profile.

🔍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!

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.

Kashinozaki Lighthouse, located in KushiHonmachi Oshima, Wakayama Prefecture, is the oldest stone lighthouse in Japan. The daffodils were in full bloom. Aroma cannot be delivered.

The reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "The beauty of the Japanese language. I often hear that the reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "the beauty of the Japanese language. Using the calligraphy skills learned through the calligraphy experience, students write their favorite kanji characters on fans and hanging scrolls of their choice. The master calligrapher will then take the kanji back to your bag with his expert brush strokes. Since each kanji character has multiple meanings, it is important to know what other meanings they have. Knowing the meaning will make the bag shine. #brush #kanji #shodo

Deciduous metasequoia Even if the leaves fall, the branches are in place, so it has a clean silhouette and a sense of transparency, which is beautiful Fresh greenery is good, Autumn leaves are good, leaf litter is good, Snow makeup is also good. It looks great no matter what you wear! Metasequoia trees. Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture

I went to the movie Village on my graduation trip. Participate in the last school event with your favorite friends, make many memories, I have ✨️ a treasure that will last a lifetime. No matter what life holds in the future, I will overcome it with this treasure.

The reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "The beauty of the Japanese language. I often hear that the reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "the beauty of the Japanese language. Using the calligraphy skills learned through the calligraphy experience, students write their favorite kanji characters on fans and hanging scrolls of their choice. The master calligrapher will then take the kanji back to your bag with his expert brush strokes. Since each kanji character has multiple meanings, it is important to know what other meanings they have. Knowing the meaning will make the bag shine. #brush #kanji #shodo #travelmemories #culturalexperience

Calligraphy masters apply Japanese kanji characters to the native language names of foreign customers. Since each kanji character has its own meaning, enjoy this traditional cultural experience, including the meaning of the kanji used in your name. #calligraphy #kanji #shodo

Ume Plum Festival is held in at Dōmyoji Tenmangu Shrine Dōmyoji Tenmangu Shrine, which enshrines Sugawara Michishinko, known as the god of learning, is also known as a famous Famous plum blossoms. 800 Ume Plum trees of about 80 varieties of red and white are planted in the Precincts of about 10,000 tsubo, and the "Ume Plum Festival" is Held in to coincide with the best time to visit the Ume Plum, and the Ume Plum in full bloom is very beautiful and fragrant Aroma. In addition, during the Ume Plum Festival, various events are held, such as a special Open to the public of Doshin Ko relics (February 15, 16, 22~25, charged), the Bon Ume Plum Exhibition (January 25 ~ March 3), and a mini-guide by the Fujiidera City Tourism Volunteers Association (February 8~28 * except 11th, Other weather changes). During the Ume Plum festival, it would be Squid ♪ to enjoy it along with the Ume Plum 【Basic Information】 Date: 2025 (Reiwa 7)February 8 (Sat) ~ March 12 (Wed) Venue: Dōmyoji Tenmangu Ume Plum Garden Ume Plum Garden Admission Fee: 300 yen for Adults, Free for junior high school students and younger Access: Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line, 3-minute walk from Dōmyoji Station *Use public transportation. For details, check out "Dōmyoji Tenmangu Ume Plum Festival"! (The photo is taken on 1/31.) The pretty Ume plums were beginning to bloom. ） (Added on February 15) Due to the delay in flowering, the Ume Plum Festival has been postponed to the 21st~.

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

Squid Ouren and Totsugawa Village in Nara Prefecture are famous, but here in Wakayama Prefecture, there are also pretty flowers blooming along the Kumano Kodo and the Mountain stream of the Koza River.

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

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. #katana #bushido #honor

The meaning of shogun is the commander of the samurai appointed by the emperor. In modern times, it refers to the position of commanding and directing an army. It is also used as a term of respect for the boss. #shogun #samuraisword #samuraiarmor #bushido

Samurai-specific Osaka Castle Guides Private tours in armor More than 400 years later, Yukimura Sanada has not forgotten his debt of gratitude and remains loyal. 『恩義を忘れ、私欲を貪ぼり、人と呼よべるか！？』 "Can anyone be called a human being who forgets his debt of gratitude and only thinks well of himself!?" #osakacastle #samurai #Bushido #yukimurasanada #katana

In "How to Walk the Earth Osaka J20 2025~2026" We were introduced to ✨ Fujiidera City If you have seen it, please look for the article on 🥰 Fujiidera City

The sword is the soul of the samurai; it cannot be sold even if it starves to death. Bushido made the sword a symbol of his power and valor. From an early age, one is taught how to use a sword. He started with a wooden sword, and when he reached the age of 15, he was allowed to carry a serious weapon. At that time, he became aware of his self-respect and sense of responsibility for carrying a dangerous weapon in the street. remember that one step outside the doorway is the world of death. #katana #samuraisword

The poster for the Tsukigase Bumekei Ume Plum Festival in 2025 (Reiwa 7) has been completed! Every year, the poster photo is based on the gold prize winning work of the photo contest held during the Ume Plum Festival. We hope that many will come to this year's Ume Plum Festival, take many photos, and leave memories with Tsukigase! Starting with the marathon Spring the Tsukigase, there are also a lot of events such as the Township Fureai Festival, Sencha Festival, Haiku Contest, and Nara Akira Works Exhibition, which is the most Ume Plum Spring in Romantopia Tsukigase! At the teahouse, which is only open during the Ume Plum Festival, there are many flavors that can only be encountered at that time and place, such as Tsukigase Specialties Tsukigase hot pot, country Udon noodles, boar hot pot and Ume Plum soft serve ice cream, charcoal-grilled grass mochi and Ume Plum Swiss roll! I hope you will have many smiles this year as well! All the members of the Tsukigase Tourism Association are preparing hard and waiting for you!

Learn Zen in a class of making Japanese sweets and Enjoying Wabicha with wield the brush. Zen / Wagashi Yokan, which came to Japan along with Zen, was refined over many years to become a complete Japanese confectionary in the Edo period. Zen / Tea Ceremony The tea ceremony was a type of tea ceremony in which Zen ideas were added to the tea ceremony, resulting in the creation of wabicha (a type of tea ceremony). Zen / Calligraphy Calligraphy is a way of practicing Zen with a brush, or in other words, a way of writing calligraphy in a state of unmindfulness. ZEN is basically searching for the truth of who you are. #Zen #kanji #traditional

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 #katana

In Samurai Calligraphy Plan A samurai is a man of letters and a man of martial arts, studying both arts. For the Samurai, the way of literature and the way of martial arts are like two wheels on one wheel. Samurai honor, which believes that the way of literature and the way of martial arts are two sides of the same coin, aims at the path of both literature and martial arts through two experiences: Samurai tea ceremony and Samurai calligraphy. The spirit of the Samurai is a way of life and death, a way of letting go of attachment to life and living in this lifetime. Through Samurai honor, students acquire the spirit of Bushido. #calligraphy #kanji #shodo

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