⛷️🏔️ A special tour to fully enjoy nature and culture in winter in Shinanomachi 🍶🎨
Would you like to enjoy a winter-only special experience in Shinanomachi, Nagano Prefecture, one of Japan’s top ski resort areas? ❄️✨
💡 Top 3 highlights of this tour 💡
1️⃣ Freeride experience
Enjoy the thrill of freeriding at a snow resort with the best snow quality—feel the freedom as you carve down the slopes on a snowboard! Suitable for beginners to advanced riders. You can also take lessons from pro snowboarder Konishi!
2️⃣ Indigo-dye remake workshop
Try your hand at creating original items in a traditional indigo-dye workshop using Furumi indigo and Ise-katagami paper stencils. Don’t miss the rare, delicate patterns of the Ise-katagami.
3️⃣ Star-gazing and gourmet dinner
Cook together using a special menu supervised by a top chef and experience traditional Japanese preparation methods! In the evening, relax under a sky full of stars 🌌✨
🗺️ The charms of Shinanomachi 🗺️
Rich nature and fresh air: areas like Kurohime Plateau and Lake Nojiri offer beautiful seasonal scenery.
A food treasure trove: corn, tomatoes, and botan chili peppers showcase exceptionally high-quality produce!
History and culture: the Naumann Elephant Museum and Uga Shrine on Lake Nojiri reflect the region’s history and traditions.
📅 Dates
1️⃣ Saturday, January 4th, 2025 – Monday, January 6th, 2025
2️⃣ Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 – Friday, January 24th, 2025
If you’re interested, DM the tour conductor @donapon.kazuma📩
We will provide more details!
Let’s create new winter memories together ❄️✨

Entries are open for the Winter Triathlon taking place in March 2025 in Shinanomachi, Nagano Prefecture! ⛷️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♀️
Today we’ll introduce what to wear for the cross-country skiing leg of the Winter Triathlon. Many people who want to compete wonder what to wear. You might be curious how it differs from what you’d wear at an alpine ski resort.
For cross-country skiing, lighter clothing than typical downhill ski wear is best. Choose garments that allow free movement and are easy to take off and put on. When I first competed, I wore downhill ski clothing and got hot while moving, which left me sweating and my clothes soaked… For that reason, wearing quick-drying base layers to prevent chill from sweat is essential! ✨ (The third photo shows me in downhill ski wear—funny, I know.)
Details are also shown in the photos, so please use them as a reference. Prepare well before the race and enjoy it comfortably. 🏅💪
Whether you want to try it or are still undecided, come experience the appeal of the Winter Triathlon and dive into a new world of sport! 🏅
Enter here:
https://www.shinano-machi.com/news/5289

Hello, ❗ this is Kyowa Towns ❗
Happy New Year! 🙇‍♂️
Thank you for 🎍 your continued support this year

This year as well, I would like to Broadcasting the various charms of Kyowa Towns through Cool Japan.
We would appreciate it 😆 if you could follow our Account

↓ Kyowa Towns Home page (Notice of establishment of Cool Japan official Account)
https://www.town.kyowa.hokkaido.jp/news/detail.html?content=209

★ Let's visit the scenic Spot of Echizen Narcissus!
★ Introducing 5 recommended shooting spots

The Echizen Coast is one of the three major cluster of trees in Japan*, with an area of 60~70ha, the largest cluster of trees in Japan. When it is in full bloom, a carpet of pretty white Carpet of flowers Unfolds all over the steep slopes along the Coast.

However, the area is so large that it is surprisingly unknown Spot photographing the daffodil Cluster of trees.
Therefore, if you know, I would like to introduce you to the superb view Spot of Echizen Narcissus.

1. Cape Echizen Narcissus Land

First of all, let's start with the Standard Cape Echizen Daffodil Land.
First of all, it is a recommended spot for tourists.
There is also a promenades are maintained on the premises, so you can enjoy a walk while enjoying the Aroma of daffodils.
There is also the second store of the famous restaurant "Kani Kanitei" where you can enjoy delicious seafood dishes.
It's nice to walk many and get hungry and eat delicious seafood dishes many.

Click here for the location of Cape Echizen Daffodil Land (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bx8d6G4HyLiDi6GQ7

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2. Rishigadaira Senmaida Narcissus Garden

Only here in Japan!? Speaking of which, it is Senmaida by the daffodil field of Rishigahira.
It is said that the terraced rice fields were opened from the Sengoku period to the Edo period, and they were converted from rice cultivation to daffodil cultivation, and became terraced rice fields with daffodils, which are rare in Japan.
The spectacular view of the terraced rice fields in the open valley is a masterpiece.

Click here for the location of Nashigadaira Senmaida Narcissus Garden (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ogQXKjQpk9V4SBdAA

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3. Rishigahira Park

It is said to be an unexplored area of daffodils, and the superb view point that is often used on posters is the Rishigahira Garden. It is not possible to go by car, and it is a superb view that spreads out after walking along the promenade through the village where the Nashigahira Senmaida Narcissus Garden is located, which I introduced earlier.
* Thereare some places along the way where your feet are bad, so please be careful.

Click here for the location of Rishigahira Park (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CJJxrvZqGaZpWrPj6

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4. Rishigahira Plateau

A scenic spot in Echizen Coast, a superb view overlooking Spot Kocho Gate.
It is a place where you can take daffodils along with the sunset, and many photographers are looking for photo opportunities at sunset during the sunny day.

Click here for the location of the Rishigahira Plateau (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RfRCEcg7LdVyRzFn6

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5. Nashigahira Plateau View Spot

The highest view Spot in the Nashigahira Plateau.
It is one of the landscapes where the charm of Echizen daffodils is condensed, with a large panorama of the Sea of Japan below, the slopes of daffodil fields, and the rock surface of Kocho Gate.

Click here for the location of the Nashigahira Plateau View Spot (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9S7T1cFrVPMfdz7R7

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These are the 5 recommended Spots of the Winter tradition "Echizen Narcissus" that represents Fukui Prefecture!
The Access Located in in a very bad position, so it is recommended to rent a car or Use a taxi.

Check the flowering status of Echizen daffodils here!

○ [Echizen Daffodil Flowering Status Guide] | Echizen Sightseeing Navi
https://www.town-echizen.jp/pages/?id=7

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This Account is the official Account of the Echizen Tourism Federation (DMO ECHIZEN).
We are delivering the latest information and seasonal topics of Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture.

👇 Information is also being broadcast on each social media
◎ Instagram / ECHIZEN_COLORS(@echizen_colors)
https://www.instagram.com/echizen_colors/
◎ Facebook / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://www.facebook.com/echizenkankou
◎X / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://x.com/e_kankou

👇 Tourist information in each language can be found below.
◎Echizen tourism Navi
https://www.town-echizen.jp/en/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-CN/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-TW/
◎후쿠이 현 에치젠 쵸 관광 정보｜
https://www.town-echizen.jp/ko/
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On New Year's Day 2025, my family and relatives visited Kyoto.
I took a picture of the back of a parent and child holding a child in the Kamogawa River in the evening and watching the long quiet scenery together, so I took a picture.
Wishing you a good year!

It is a Takijiri Oji shrine located on the Kumano Kodo and Nakabe Road Course. From here, it takes one to two days to walk to the Main Shrine Taisha Shrine. Let's walk with the thought of the ancient people.

The practice of swordsmanship was intended above all to nurture the mind.

The samurai, through diligent practice and extreme concentration, desired to attain a state of unthoughtfulness, free of attachment or preoccupation, and thus able to respond instantly.

A warrior is prepared to die each morning. In the quiet moments of the morning, he imagines himself being struck by lightning, doused by fire, or cut to pieces with a sword or spear. It is hard to remember that one step outside the doorway is the world of death.

#Honor #Bushido #samuraisword #katana

Yesterday, we visited CAFE ANDON.
It's a hot sandwich with avocado shrimp.
We would like to thank everyone at CAFE ANDON for their support over the past year. Best regards again this year. 🙇‍♀️

Whooper swan soaring in the sky bathed in the setting sun.
I feel that the silhouette showed more of its majesty.

I hope that such encounters will be repeated for years and decades to come

It is a roosting scene of Magan in Izunuma, Miyagi Prefecture.

I think that the scenery that should have been seen all over Japan in the past is now one of the few precious landscape heritages.
It is said that 90% of the geese that fly to Japan gather here.

I hope that we will continue to weave this ancient original landscape to future generations forever

Happy New Year. I look forward to your continued support this year.

This is the scene of daffodils around Lake Sakuma at Sakuma Dam in Kyonan Town. The daffodils are now at their best.

Please come and visit.

White Silver Sangi Railway

Fujiwara Towns, Inabe City, Mie Prefecture

You can enjoy "Japanese smelt fishing" at Sahoro Lake.

Lake Sahoro will start the Japanese fishing season in Authentic tomorrow. Today, the temperature was 0 degrees Celsius, the ice thickness on the surface of the lake was 20 cm, and the weather was snowy, but many anglers were already enjoying their first catch.
Temporary toilets have also been installed in the Car parking lot adjacent to the fishing spot, and patrols of the lake surface have begun from Tuesday, January 7 to Sunday, March 2, completing preparations for the arrival of the season. It's an important catch, but according to the stories I heard from anglers, many of them said that around 100 fish had risen.

If you are experiencing Japanese smelt fishing for the first time or do not have any equipment, Tokachi Outdoor Mates (TOM) [0156-65-2411] will rent a set of tents, fishing equipment, heating equipment, etc., guide you on how to fish, and if you wish, please contact us for a There are plan that will make the Japanese smelt you catch into a tempura.

Also, today there was no wind and it was not so cold, but it is a place with good wind passage in the mountains, so please take measures to protect yourself from the cold and wind.

Happy New Year. I look forward to your continued support this year 🎍
Many New Year’s cards arrived from all over the country addressed to Minafuku, the mascot of Minamimaki Village 📮 Thank you all so much 🤗 Minafuku is very happy ♪
Minafuku will appear from time to time, so please cheer them on 🫡

Landings of Echizen Snow Crab in 2025!

Echizen Snow Crab fishing until March 20th!
Enjoy 3 months of luxury!

○ Echizen Snow Crab brand site
https://www.town-echizen.jp/echizengani/

#Echizen Snow Crab
#Snow Crab
#New Year
#Work Beginning
#Echizen Town
#Echizen Snow Crab town Echizen Town
#Echizen Town, the sacred place of Echizen Snow Crab
#Fukui Prefecture
#Hokuriku Shinkansen
#Fukui Prefecture Tourism
#Hokuriku Tourism

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This Account is the official Account of the Echizen Tourism Federation (DMO ECHIZEN).
We are delivering the latest information and seasonal topics of Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture, Echizen Town.

👇 Information is also being broadcast on each social media
◎ Instagram / ECHIZEN_COLORS(@echizen_colors)
https://www.instagram.com/echizen_colors/
◎ Facebook / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://www.facebook.com/echizenkankou
◎X / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://x.com/e_kankou

👇 Tourist information in each language can be found below.
◎Echizen tourism Navi
https://www.town-echizen.jp/en/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-CN/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-TW/
◎후쿠이 현 에치젠 쵸 관광 정보｜
https://www.town-echizen.jp/ko/
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Bungo Ono City in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu.

On January 3, 2025, the Ontake Kagura New Year performance took place at the Kagura Kaikan in Kiyokawamachi, Bungo Ono City.
Many visitors came that day and enjoyed the Kagura dances.✨
The Ontake Kagura performed with impressive, vigorous dances.
Many guests were captivated.

■■■ What is Ontake Kagura
The Ontake Kagura passed down in Kiyokawamachi is said to have begun in 1449, at the same time as the founding of Ontake Shrine.
It has been handed down for a long time, and Kagura in this tradition is performed in Oono, Naoiri, Ken Nan, and as far as the Aso region. In 2007 it was designated a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

■■■ Access to central Bungo Ono City ■■■
About 3 hours by car from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About 2 hours by car from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About 1 hour 20 minutes by car from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About 1 hour 20 minutes by car from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture

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On Instagram we share recommended sightseeing, gourmet spots, and accommodations in Bungo Ono City⬇
Bungo Ono City Tourism Association @satonotabiii
We would be happy if you follow us.
You can find the Bungo Ono City Tourism Association website linked from our profile.
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🍷 Wine Party 🍷

Held in 😁 the first wine party to commemorate the occasion
This time, we also have 🎍 a New Year's party
We are grateful 🙏 for the participation of many people

If it's so much fun, I'd ✨ like to Held in it every month

Held in to 🥂 the next event

🌼 Advantageous Campaigns 🌼

It's time ✨ to start something new
Now, to the diver of your dreams!
🉐57,250 yen →39,000 yen

Refer-a-Friend Campaign ✌️
Let's dive together!
🉐 5,000 yen discount for everyone

Experience Diving Campaign 🌻
In the most beautiful sea of the year!
🉐19,800→14,300 yen

【Japanese smelt fishing is held in】
We have had more than 200 visitors since day one!

At the administration building set up at the venue, rods and bait are rented, and drills are rented free of charge, so even beginners can 😊 easily get started
It is a very good place to Access, 10 minutes by Car from Memanbetsu Airport, There is a there is a Hot Spring right Soba (buckwheat noodles) the venue, so it is the best place to enjoy winter Activities!

We look forward to seeing you there!

2025 🎍 Hatsushima Tour✨

How are you spending Squid in the new year?
Today I'm going diving on Hatsushima ~ 🤿

Enjoy 🐠 Hatsushima, which is almost fully booked
Decorate ema in the water! I've had 💡 some special experiences

We'd love to join you! !️

🌼 Advantageous Campaigns 🌼

It's time ✨ to start something new
Now, to the diver of your dreams!
🉐57,250 yen →39,000 yen

Refer-a-Friend Campaign ✌️
Let's dive together!
🉐 5,000 yen discount for everyone

Experience Diving Campaign 🌻
In the most beautiful sea of the year!
🉐19,800→14,300 yen

[ Wakasa-gi Ice Fishing at Horokayanto Now Open! ]

Wakasagi ice fishing opened on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at Horokayanto in Bansei, Taiki Town, located near the Hidaka Mountain Range.
Please note that operations may be suspended without notice for safety reasons due to weather or ice conditions. Thank you for your understanding.

[ Open Period ] From Sunday, December 29, 2024, until late February 2025, subject to ice conditions.
[ Opening Hours ] From 5:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
[ Fishing Fee ]
Adults (junior high school students and older): 700 yen
Elementary school students: 300 yen
[ Contact ] Taiki Fisheries Cooperative Association, Horokayanto Management Building 01558-7-8866

[ Notes ]
- Rental of ice drills, fishing rods, and sale of bait are not available on site.
- A temporary toilet is installed beside the management building. There is no running water.
- Because this pond adjoins the sea, a tsunami could occur in the event of an earthquake (including distant earthquakes). If there is any possibility of a tsunami, immediately return to your vehicle (even if you must leave belongings behind) and move to higher ground to protect your life.

For the Taiki Town Office website, see below:
https://www.town.taiki.hokkaido.jp/soshiki/nourinsuisan/suisan/wakasagi.html

Happy New Year!

Thank you for your continued support this year!

Today, I thought it was free, so I took a walk in Kawagoe, but it was quite crowded.
This is the Ai sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

The Way of the Brush

Along with the martial arts, many other arts flourished, including calligraphy, tea ceremony, tea bowls, poetry, incense, and Noh drama, and a samurai needed to have knowledge of both the sword and the brush in order to be seen as a cultured gentleman.

#kangi #calligraphy #kimono #osakacastle

Happy New Year everyone!
Best regards for your visit to Noboribetsu Bear Park again this year. 🎍🐻🎍
How will you spend your New Year's Day this year?
The bears' New Year is going 🐻💤 to be a sleeping New Year

The highway bus "Snow Story" connecting Shiga Highlands and Tokyo Station started operation on 🚍 December 20

Independent 3-row Reclining seats 🐑💤 in the Car for a good night's sleep

Shiga Highlands ~ Tokyo Station is 8,000 yen, Yudanaka Station ~ Tokyo Station is 7,000 yen, and reservations are limited to "Highway Bus Net" operated by JR Bus.

The operation period is from December 20, 2024 (Friday) ~ March 16, 2025 (Sunday), depending on 🐒 the operation date calendar

For details, please visit the Nagano Electric Railway website.

Happy New Year!
Thank you for your continued support this year.

Did you know that you can reserve a seat on the Nagano Electric Railway Limited Express Yukemuri? 🚃
Enjoy your trip safely and securely with 🌏 plenty of time

For inquiries, please contact Nagano Electric Railway Customer Support Center: 📞026-248-6000

Ryuo's free shuttle bus ⇔ Yudanaka Station will operate 🚍 from Saturday, December 21, 2024
The bus stop is in front 🚌❄🏂🎿❄ of the Yudanaka Station Information Center

In Navitime Japan Co., Ltd.'s "Analysis Results of Popular Hot Spring Destinations Visited by Foreign Tourists to Japan" released last month, Yamanouchi Town Yudanaka Shibu Hot Spring Village ranked second in the "Top 5 Popular Hot Spring Destinations by Market for Foreign Tourists Visiting Japan: Europe and Rice Australia"! !️🐒

In addition, "Hot Spring Resorts where many tourists from Australia are staying" in the "Top 5 Ranking of Foreign Tourists Visiting Japan by Country" was also ranked second 🐨

Yamanouchi Town is popular with Sightseeing spots from all over the world, including Hot spring ♨️, ski slopes, ⛷ Jigokudani Yaen-koen 🐵, and more! !️
We look 🙇 ♀️🙈forward to seeing you there.✨️

The Tourism Bureau's original goods are now 🥳👏 on sale
We did design production + product development ✨️ with the four themes of Hot Spring, Skiing, Agricultural Products, and Monkeys that Yamanouchi Town is proud of

The concept is "Yamanouchi Retro" 🕰🎥🎞
It's a nostalgic but cute design with a retro theme!
In addition to long sleeves and washcloths, there are also magnets, stickers, sacoche and Ballpoint pens!

I would be very happy 🥰 if many people could pick it up for everyday wear and memories of your trip
It is only sold at the Yamanouchi Information Center opposite Yudanaka Station!