Chicken foot temple in the east of Lake Biwa The temple is famous for its carpets of autumn leaves. There were a lot of people visiting from overseas!

Sunset view of Omi Hachiman There were so many places I wanted to take pictures that I forgot how much time had passed.

I visited Omi Hachiman last fall. I was healed by the waterway scenery where I felt the history.

The 34th Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival, the earliest event in Honshu where you can enjoy cherry blossom viewing, is being held. Please enjoy the arrival of spring one step ahead! This time, we will introduce accommodations that you want to visit when sightseeing at the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival. Have a blissful time with hot springs and fresh cuisine from Kawazu! This time, I would like to introduce "Adult Hidden Inn Flower Wind". ・Built on a hill overlooking the sea of Imaihama. All 5 rooms have an open-air bath. Handmade hospitality with a comfortable space and seasonal ingredients. A woman-friendly inn. ◆ Detailed information ◆ 【Spot name】Adult Hideaway Hana no Kaze 【Address】97-73 Mitaka, Kawazu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka [Phone number] 0558-34-1188 Check-in/Check-out is 3:00 p.m. and check-out 10:00 a.m. [Total number of rooms] 6 【Pick-up and drop-off】Negotiable 【Parking lot】6 cars ◇ ◆ ◇ Parking information for those who come to the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival by car ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ About the parking lot ◆ Business hours:8:30~21:00 ・Regular car ●Regular car 4 ~ 13 parking lot about 700 ~ 800m to the station front venue, about 700 ~ 800m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 200 yen ・Heavy-duty vehicles ●Large 1 and 2 parking lots: about 700 ~ 800 m to the front of the station, about 700 ~ 800 m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 5,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen

Torii gate wrapped in snow This is the torii gate of Togakushi Shrine in Nagano Prefecture. During the snow season, the approach road is full of snow like this. The weather was good and the reflection made the ? beauty even more pronounced

[Tree education at a nursery school! ] 】 At the end of January, we conducted a tree education project at a nursery school. I sent out an experimental report before. Making works using paper fibers from milk cartons. I will show you a glimpse of the children's work. Just by touching the paper fibers that float fluffily in the water The sound of happy laughter spread throughout the room.

The 34th Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival, the earliest event in Honshu where you can enjoy cherry blossom viewing, is being held. In this post, we will introduce sightseeing spots in Kawazu Town that you can enjoy together with the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival! This time, we will introduce the "Experiential Frog House KawaZoo". Japan's largest frog facility. Kawazoo, an exhibition and breeding facility for frogs. A large number of frogs from all over the world are always on display, from rare frogs to familiar frogs. In addition, Kawazoo's unique experiential exhibition has made it possible to have an unprecedented "frog experience". Frog lovers and non-frog lovers alike will enjoy it. ◆ Detailed information ◆ 【Spot name】体感型frog館KawaZoo 【Address】377-1 Nashimoto, Kawazu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka [Phone number] 0558-36-3990 【Business hours】10:00~16:30 (Last admission until 16:00) 【Regular holiday】Open all year round 【Parking lot】Yes ◇ ◆ ◇ Parking information for those who come to the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival by car ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ About the parking lot ◆ Business hours:8:30~21:00 ・Regular car ●Regular car 4 ~ 13 parking lot about 700 ~ 800m to the station front venue, about 700 ~ 800m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 200 yen ・Heavy-duty vehicles ●Large 1 and 2 parking lots: about 700 ~ 800 m to the front of the station, about 700 ~ 800 m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 5,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen

⛸️ The program of the Tomakomai Skate Festival has been announced. ⛸️ The winter festival "Tomakomai Skate Festival" will be held again this year! ? There is a lot of content to enjoy, such as traditional "shibareyaki", snow slides, and stage shows! ✨ Let's blow away the cold at the skating festival! ? ━━━*\The 58th Tomakomai Skate Festival/*━━━ Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 and Sunday, February 11, 2024 Time:10:00 ~ 18:00 Location: Central Park (2-3 Wakakusa Town, Tomakomai City) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Sleeping in the sun ☀? in the same pose　 They were good friends Sarah and Eph

2.7 Minami no Sakura (Kawazu Sakura) In places where it blooms late, it blooms for 3~5 minutes At the earliest, it is in full bloom (8 minutes ~ full bloom). Unfortunately for those who plan to do so in late February, there is a high possibility that it will disperse in February.

Throwing snow every day is very hard, but... I am healed by (^^) this scenery that can be seen in between snow removal

My daughter takes the school bus every morning to school in a village 3 kilometers away! It is such a morning scene, the (^^) wall of snow removal is taller (^^) than the height

Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture Kasamatsu Kawazu Cherry Blossoms Road Shot on iPHONE 11 PRO 2023/3

? Fukuoka Dazaifu Tenmangu Ukiden Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Fukuoka In ancient times, it was written on the precinct map of the Kamakura period.

On the occasion of Hideyoshi's birthday Forgetting his ingratitude, coveting his personal greed, can you call him a man⚔ Yukimura Sanada at Osaka Castle for a foreigner photo shoot 太閤殿下 秀吉の生誕祭に 『恩義を忘れ、私欲を貪り、人と呼べるか⚔』 真田幸村が大阪城で外国人と撮影

Will this disappear if this serene landscape, a more prosperous world in the future?

Jellyfish floating in the water emit faint fluorescence and are easy to admire. As I immerse myself in this laid-back world, I ponder the recent problem of seawater pollution. How long will we be able to enjoy this beautiful spectacle, and will these jellyfish disappear in the contaminated water?

I hoped that the building called "Himeji Castle" would definitely be a building that I would be able to see 10 or 20 years from now, and I pressed the shutter button with that feeling in my heart.

The statue of Lord Hideyoshi at Osaka Castle Toyokuni Shrine, which still watches over Osaka along with Osaka Castle, which enjoyed a period of prosperity. I took a photo shoot with a SAMURAI-loving foreigner on February 6, Hideyoshi's birth anniversary.

Naraijuku, Nagano Prefecture in summer. It is said to be the longest post town in Japan, which runs about 1 km from north to south along the Nakasendo road. The scenery of the post town spread out as if it had traveled back in time to the Edo period. It is an old and beautiful Japanese cityscape that I would like to preserve for the future.

The 2024 "34th Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival" will be held until February 29 (Thursday)! Please enjoy the early arrival of spring. This time, we will introduce accommodations that you want to visit when sightseeing at the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival. Have a blissful time with hot springs and fresh cuisine from Kawazu! This time, we will introduce "Kawazu Nanadaru Mountain Stream Onsen Tea House MIZUMARI". All rooms are proud of their guest rooms with open-air baths flowing from their own hot springs + kaiseki cuisine with the fruits of Izu's mountains and seas! Whether you're traveling with children or traveling alone, you'll be satisfied. ◆ Detailed information ◆ 【Spot name】Kawazu Nanadaru Keiryu Onsen Tea House MIZUMARI 【Address】424-2 Nashimoto, Kawazu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka [Phone number] 0558-35-0505 Check-in/Check-out: Check-in 15:00 Check-out 11:00 [Total number of rooms] 4 【Pick-up and drop-off】Pick-up available (conditions apply) 【Parking lot】Yes ◇ ◆ ◇ Parking information for those who come to the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival by car ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ About the parking lot ◆ Business hours:8:30~21:00 ・Regular car ●Regular car 4 ~ 13 parking lot about 700 ~ 800m to the station front venue, about 700 ~ 800m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 200 yen ・Heavy-duty vehicles ●Large 1 and 2 parking lots: about 700 ~ 800 m to the front of the station, about 700 ~ 800 m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 5,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen

I went to Kujukuri Beach in early January 2024. I experienced two mornings, and I was so impressed by its beauty that I went crazy to shoot it. Is it an impression that it is only if you are a citizen of the prefecture without the sea? Ever-changing lights and colors. Is it a scene unique to winter?

We held a Setsubun event. The students made demon masks, and each one is unique! There were demons from Japan and demons from other countries. Which demon are you most afraid of?

In Showa 59 (Showa 59) (1984), it opened as "Hall of Fame of stucco trowel painting, Izu no Chohachi Museum of Art". About 50 works by Chohachi Irie (Chohachi Irie), a native of Matsuzaki who made a name for himself as a master plasterer in the Edo period, are on display. Chohachi has developed his own discipline of stucco trowel, which incorporates plastering techniques and the techniques of the Kano school of Japanese painting, and is highly regarded artistically. The building is a museum that brings together talented plasterers from all over the country and makes use of traditional plastering techniques, and has been awarded the Yoshida 58 Prize, which is said to be the Akutagawa Prize of the Architectural Society, as a "building that fuses Edo and the 21st century," and is attracting attention as a world-class building.

A large area of the southern part of the Izu Peninsula, including Nishi-Izu and Minami-Izu, is made up of submarine volcanoes and volcanic islands that erupted before Izu collided with Honshu. Senganmon at the end of the promenade and Mt. Mt. Eboshi, which can be seen to the right of Senganmon, are part of the "volcanic root" (volcanic rock neck) where the "magma passage" that once existed under an undersea volcano appeared on the ground. Senganmon has a tunnel (Kaishokudo) carved by waves in the center of the rock, and its appearance that looks like a huge gate is likened to the gate of Kumomi Sengen Jinja Shrine at the top of Mt. Mt. Eboshi, and it was called "Sengenmon", but it is called "Senganmon" because it means that "it is worth seeing is also worth Senganmon". It came to be called.

Tokyo Asakusa! Snowy scenery of Sensoji Temple. Rare Tokyo snow, exciting!

"The 34th Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival" is being held. About 850 cherry trees bloom along the Kawazu River, and about 8,000 cherry blossoms in total! In this post, we will introduce sightseeing spots in Kawazu Town that you can enjoy together with the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival! This time, we will introduce the "Izu Narada no Sato Kawazu Heian Buddha Statue Exhibition Hall". ・ Sitting statue of Yakushi Nyorai and eleven-sided Kannon standing statue are lined up. A total of 24 Heian Buddhas are on display, including the oldest sitting statue of Yakushi Nyorai in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Nitenritsu statue, which has been acclaimed at exhibitions throughout Europe. ◆ Detailed information ◆ 【Spot name】Izu Narada no Sato Kawazu Heian Buddha Statue Exhibition Hall 【Address】138 Yatsu, Kawazu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka [Phone number] 0558-34-0115 【Business hours】10:00~16:00 【Closed】Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, year-end and New Year holidays (December 29th ~ January 3rd) 【Parking lot】1 microbus, 5 passenger cars 【Other】Admission fee: 300 yen for high school students and older, 100 yen for elementary and junior high school students, 200 yen for people with disabilities (presentation of disability certificate), free for children ◇ ◆ ◇ Parking information for those who come to the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival by car ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ About the parking lot ◆ Business hours:8:30~21:00 ・Regular car ●Regular car 4 ~ 13 parking lot about 700 ~ 800m to the station front venue, about 700 ~ 800m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 200 yen ・Heavy-duty vehicles ●Large 1 and 2 parking lots: about 700 ~ 800 m to the front of the station, about 700 ~ 800 m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 5,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen

Bye-bye! The appearance of ? a large snow bear Would you like to make winter memories? * Come and play before it ? melts

2/6 The 26th Minami no Cherry Blossom and Rape Flower Festival Flowering Information This year's cherry blossoms are early. Behind the town hall → 2~3 minutes Roadside Station back→ 5~7 minutes blooming (best time to see) Overall, it is the best time to see it one after another from the downstream side. There is a high probability that it will scatter in late February.

Ishibe Rice Terraces are located in the town of Matsuzaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, located at the western tip of the Izu Peninsula. The 370-sheet, 4.2-hectare rice paddies spread over an altitude of 120~250m are masonry terraced rice paddies that are rare in eastern Japan. It is a terraced rice field with a superb view overlooking Suruga Bay below, and on a clear day, you can see Mt. Fuji and the Southern Alps. In 2000 (Heisei 12), the 4.2 ha terraced rice fields that had been abandoned for cultivation and covered with thatch were regenerated and used as a starting point for village revitalization. In 2010 (Heisei 22), the "16th National Terraced Rice Fields (Senmaida) Summit" was held.