I photographed the World Cultural Heritage Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route, capturing the Nakahechi course dyed in autumn colors at Toganoki Chaya and Hosshinmon. Bright autumn leaves on sunny days are of course beautiful, but I also love the calm, mellow scenery on rainy days.

Monet's Pond in Hyogo🍁
Thanks to the efforts of our volunteers, it has become this beautiful. Thank you 😊

The season for clear stargazing has arrived. The Orion constellation and the Winter Triangle, both iconic winter sights, stood out. Nearby, Taurus, Gemini, and the Pleiades were also visible.

Good morning ☀
#Tsukigase this morning
#Satoyama landscape
#A village of flowers, greenery, and water
#Autumn
#Looking to connect with fellow photography lovers
#Nara Prefecture #Nara City #Nara tourism

This is the old highway in Saga, Kyoto City.

This is the garden of Rurikoin Temple in Kyoto City

I took an aerial photo of the floating island on Anegawa Dam in autumn.

Anegawa Dam Observatory, Maibara City, Shiga Prefecture
November 2025

※Anegawa Dam Management Office has been notified
※Comprehensive unmanned aircraft flight permit from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

📢 Kofun Fest HaniCotto (@hanicotto) will feature a Sakai City booth🎉

This Sunday, November 23rd, the Kofun Fest HaniCotto takes place in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, and Sakai City will have a booth there!✨

It’s a chance to pick up tourist information about Sakai City!
We’ve also prepared a photo spot featuring the city’s new “hot air balloon” attraction, which has been in the news recently♪
Be sure to take a commemorative photo!

Admission is free, so please come by—
we look forward to seeing you!💕

Kofun Fest HaniCotto (@hanicotto)
Date and time: Sunday, November 23rd, 10:00–16:00
※Held rain or shine (canceled only in severe weather such as official warnings)
Location: Imashirozuka Kofun, Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture (48-8 Gunge-Shinmachi, Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture)
🔍For details, search “Kofun Fest HaniCotto”
https://hanicotto.com/category/news/page/3/

Hashi Watashi Fest running through Saturday, November 29

An event to help you learn more about and fall in love with Sakai City's central moat-ring area
Hashi Watashi Fest is back this year✨

Take on the stamp rally visiting shops and facilities within the moat-ring area!
Show the map or your card to receive discounts, gifts, and other perks🎁
A market will be held at the former Sakai Fire Station on Saturday, November 29♪

Various events will take place across the moat-ring area as well🎉
★Stamp rally and perks available from Saturday, November 1 through Saturday, November 29
★Hashi Watashi Market and prize drawing

📅 Saturday, November 29, 11:00–16:00
📍Former Sakai Fire Station (Ichinocho-nishi 1-chome 1-27, Sakai Ward)

This autumn, explore Sakai's moat-ring area
and experience its appeal😊✨

🔍Search for “Hashi Watashi Fest” for more details!
🔗 https://cango-sakai.com/free/5th-cango-fes


https://cango-sakai.com/free/5th-cango-fes

♬ Sophia Sakai Planetarium Concert ♬
Join saxophonist TSUBO-KEN as you look up at the starry sky and enjoy the beautiful sound of the saxophone 🎷✨
Register online via the website 😊


📅 Date and time: Saturday, December 13, 7:00 PM–8:00 PM (Doors open 6:45 PM)
📍 Venue: Sophia Sakai Planetarium (@sophiasakai_pla)
💰 Fee: ¥1,000
👥 Capacity: 140 people (first-come, first-served)

🔍 For details, search “Sophia Sakai Planetarium Concert”!
🔗 https://www.sofia-sakai.jp/news/プラネタリウムコンサート/

#Sophia Sakai #Planetarium #Planetarium Concert #PlanetariumConcert #Sakai City #Saxophone #Sakai City Event
https://www.sofia-sakai.jp/news/プラネタリウムコンサート/

Good morning ☀
#This morning in Tsukigase
#Satoyama landscape
#A village of flowers, greenery, and water
#Autumn
#I want to connect with people who like photography
#Nara Prefecture #Nara City #Nara tourism

Held in front of Sakai City Hall!
SAKAI Sorairo Disaster Prevention Fest — Feel and Learn the Power of Disaster Preparedness

✨SAKAI Sorairo Disaster Prevention Fest✨

A family-friendly disaster preparedness event where parents and children can enjoy hands-on experience in being ready for emergencies will be held in Sakai!

🚒 Vehicle displays from the Fire Department, Police, Japan Self-Defense Forces, and Japan Coast Guard
🎮 "Metaverse Disaster Prevention" where you can learn through games
🎤 A disaster prevention forum with disaster prevention expert Yukiko Okamoto alongside representatives from the Fire Department, Japan Coast Guard, and Ground Self-Defense Force
🍔 Numerous food trucks
🎁 Win prizes in a stamp rally!

Children are very welcome 👶
Spend a day with your family enjoying activities while learning disaster preparedness knowledge.

📅 Date and time: Saturday, November 22, 2025, 11:00–16:00 ※Event will proceed in light rain; cancelled in severe weather
📍 Location: Plaza in front of Sakai City Hall, Mina Sakai

Free admission!
Please share with your friends 😊

🔍 For details, search "Instagram SAKAI Sorairo Fest"

A shot taken at Kajika no Sato in Tambasasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture.
The autumn leaves were beautiful.

This is the mouth of the Takase River in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. A few small fishing boats that had returned from fishing were moored here. This place is also a peaceful haven for ducks.
At dusk, when a breeze stirs and the water turns a reddened hue, it is a time that soothes the heart.

Grand Front Osaka GRAND WISH CHRISTMAS 2025
(Gran Wish Christmas 2025)
Event Period
November 6, 2025 (Thursday) to December 25, 2025 (Thursday)
Event Hours
The main Christmas tree lighting show runs on weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to midnight and on weekends and holidays from 3:00 p.m. to midnight

The area around Umekita Plaza in front of JR Osaka Station, the Zelkova tree-lined street, and the ginkgo tree-lined avenue will glow in champagne gold with a record-setting approximately 480,000 LED lights. Also not to be missed is the illuminated ginkgo avenue between Grand Green Osaka and Grand Front Osaka, which began in 2024. The illumination is powered by renewable energy sourced in line with RE100, and energy-saving LED bulbs are used to support sustainability. Lights are on daily from 5:00 p.m. to midnight.

A small worshipper I met at Kusubian Kannonji Temple, the 20th site I visited on the Kawachi Saigoku 33-temple pilgrimage.

I visited Arashiyama Yusai-tei in Saga Kamenoocho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
The autumn leaves and their reflection seen through the round window
looked like a painting and made the place truly beautiful.
💕(∗❛ัᴗ❛ั∗)◞📷🍁

I went to the Kumano Kodo Kougen area to photograph an early winter landscape, and a lonely cat came up to rub against me and wouldn’t leave my side.
After a while it climbed onto the fence and struck a pose as if to say, “Use me as your model.”
I took a shot with the misty landscape in the background.

I took this at Hachiman-bori Canal in Shiga Prefecture.
The trees formed an arch and their soft reflections on the water left a strong impression.
This shot felt warm amid the quiet.

Good morning ☀
This morning in Tsukigase.

✨🍂Daisen Park Japanese Garden Special Autumn Evening Opening — Illuminated Autumn Leaves🍂✨

At Sakai City Daisen Park Japanese Garden, we will present a light-up of the garden dressed in autumn leaves.💫
Brilliant red maple leaves reflect on the surface of the garden pond, creating a magical scene.🍁🌠🍁

Event Dates
🔸November
・Saturday, November 15
・Friday, November 21 to Monday, November 24 (national holiday)
・Friday, November 28 to Sunday, November 30
🔸December
・Friday, December 5 to Sunday, December 7

Hours
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM (last admission 8:30 PM)

💁For details, please check the URL below.
🔗ttps://www.daisenteien.jp/event/r34omk9-7pf
🔍Search for “Daisen Park Japanese Garden autumn leaves”!


https://www.daisenteien.jp/event/r34omk9-7pf

Made in Sakai Fair 2025
📣 This weekend, on Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th…
Made in Sakai Fair 2025 will take place✨
It’s a fun event packed with the best of Sakai🙌

You might be able to buy a whole Chinese cabbage for 200 yen⁉️
That popular shop everyone’s talking about in Sakai and beloved sweets will gather in one place!🍴
There will also be cool fire trucks and police vehicles on display😮
Enjoy many hands-on activities like pop-up postcard making and tenugui (hand towel) dyeing!!
There are lots of great finds, so please come by 🤗

🎈Made in Sakai Fair 2025
📍Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center Event Hall and other venues
📅 Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9, 10:00–16:00 (rain or shine)
🚃 Access: 5-minute walk from Nakamozu Station
※ Please use public transportation such as trains or buses to reach the event venue.

🔍 For details, search for “Made in Sakai Fair”!

https://madeinsakai.com/

Autumn leaves on floating islands

A floating island located at the Anegawa Dam in Shiga Prefecture.
The Autumn leaves season is spectacular.

<Tickets on sale now!> Hiroshima Kagura Kansai Performance in Sakai is coming!🎈

Hiroshima Kagura is coming to Sakai!!⸜❤︎⸝

Hiroshima Kagura offers rich storytelling, powerful dances and staging, and dazzling costumes and masks
Packed with elements that even first-timers will enjoy!!ꕤꕥꕤ

On the day, you can also try on costumes actually used on stage✨
We will also sell local specialties from various towns and cities, so please take this opportunity to visit us!✨

📅 Date and time: Saturday, December 6th, 10:00–18:10
📍 Venue: Fenice Sacay Grand Hall (@fenice_sacay)

🔍 For details, search “Hiroshima Kagura Kansai Performance”!
🔗 https://www.akitakata.jp/ja/shisei/section/syoukou/a103/

#Hiroshima Kagura #Hiroshima Kagura (alternate) #Sakai Taiko #Sakai Kagura #Fenice Sacay #stage #dance #Kansai Performance #Sakai City
https://www.akitakata.jp/ja/shisei/section/syoukou/a103/

Commemorating the Osaka-Kansai Expo: Kofun Summit 🌈

🔴In honor of the Osaka-Kansai Expo🔵, we will explore the value and appeal of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group from an international perspective🌏, comparing them with sites such as Petra in Jordan and India’s stone tombs.
Attendees on the day will be entered into a lottery to win hot air balloon ride tickets✨ Please be sure to apply❁❁❁

📅 Date and Time: Saturday, November 29, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM
📍 Venue: Fenice Sakai Large Hall (2-1-1 Onihashi-cho, Sakai Ward)
Admission: Free
Capacity: 1,700 people (first-come, first-served application)

💁 For details, search for "Kofun Summit"!
🔗https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/.../r07/r07kofunsummit.html

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🔷 Concurrent Special Exhibition and Kofun Goods Sale (no registration required)
Location: Fenice Sakai Galleria
Time: 12:00 PM–4:30 PM
🔶 Concurrent Children’s Theater Park (no registration required)
Location: Fenice Sakai Onihashi Park
Time: 11:00 AM–6:00 PM


💁 More details here
🔗https://www.fenice-sacay.jp/event/31242/

#Osaka #Sakai #Sakai City #Sakai Higashi #Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group #World Heritage #Kofun Summit #Kofun #haniwa #Haniwa Division Chief #Fenice Sakai #Kofun Goods #Expo #Osaka-Kansai Expo #Post-Expo
https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/kanko/rekishi/sei/samazama_torikumi/r07/r07kofunsummit.html

It is a scenic spot in Shirahama Town, Wakayama Prefecture, Enzuki Island.
A large number of tourists come to watch the sunset over Engetsu Island.

🍂A Model Course to Savor Autumn Flavors🍂 🔸—Moat Area Central Section—🔸

The season for hearty autumn eating has finally arrived! ⋈😊⋈
Sakai’s Moat Area is full of not only tourist attractions but also shops serving seasonal sweets made with fluffy chestnuts, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and autumn gourmet dishes featuring mushrooms like matsutake. 🌰🧡
Here we present a short model course to enjoy autumn gourmet food and sightseeing in the Moat Area central section. ⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"A course to visit shrines, temples, and shopping streets while enjoying autumn flavors (Central Area)"
① Ako Shrine ( @aguchijinja_official_ )
↓
② Sakai Yamanokuchi Shopping Street
↓
③ Taste the season: autumn flavors 🌰✨
・Rosier ( @rosier_fruits Mont Blanc parfait)
・D..labo ( @d_labo_ice Muscat parfait)
・Tenjinmochi ( @tenjinmochi Steamed chestnut yokan)
・Maruichi Confectionery ( @maruichikashiho Chestnut zenzai)
・SAKAINOMA ( @sakainoma Mushroom bagel sandwich)
・Cafe Lapin (mushroom stew hamburger, etc.)
↓
④ Myokokuji Temple

🔍For details, search for “Taste the Season: Autumn Flavors Special”!
🔗https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96
https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

🍁Autumn Flavors Model Course🍁 ◽️– Moat Area, Southern Section –◽️

The season for hearty appetites has finally arrived! ୨୧😊୨୧
Sakai’s Moat Area is home not only to sightseeing spots but also to many shops offering autumn sweets made with fluffy chestnuts, sweet potatoes and pumpkin, as well as mushroom dishes featuring matsutake. 🌰🍱💛
Here is a short model course for enjoying autumn cuisine and attractions in the Moat Area’s southern section. ⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"A Route Tracing Rikyu’s Connections and Autumn Flavors (Southern Section)"
① Sakai Rishō no Mori (@rishonomori)
↓
② 868 Building (@hachirokuhachi)
↓
③ Savor Seasonal Autumn Flavors🌰✨
・Mimiu Sakai (shrimp and mushroom tempura soba)
・BLUE KETTLE (baked sweets: sweet potato, chestnut, pumpkin)
・Ume no Hana Sakai Rishō no Mori branch (special autumn kaiseki)
↓
④ Nanshu-ji Temple

🔍For details, search "Spotlight on Seasonal Autumn Flavors"!
🔗https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96


https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

🍂Autumn Flavors Model Course🍂 🔸— Moat Area, North —🔸

The season for hearty appetites has finally arrived! ❊😊❊
Sakai’s Moat Area is full of shops offering not only tourist attractions but also sweets made with freshly roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin, plus autumn gourmet dishes featuring matsutake and other mushrooms. 🌰🤎
Here is a short model course (Moat Area, North) to enjoy autumn flavors and sightseeing⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"Ironworking History and Autumn Flavors Course"
1. Sakai Denshokan ( @sakaidensan )
↓
2. SAKAINOMA PLAZA Yanagi ( @sakainoma )
↓
3. Savor the Season’s Autumn Flavors🌰✨
・Tsuboichi Tea Main Shop ( @saryo.tsuboichi — chestnut parfait )
・Rosier Yanagi ( @rosier_fruits — autumn selected mixed parfait )
・Zelkova Shokudo ( @zelkova_shokudo — healthy lunch )
・Asahido Confectionery ( best in Senshu )
・Sorori ( @__sorori__ — Naruto Kintoki sweet potato )
↓
4. Teppou Blacksmith Residence ( @sakaimachiyamuseums )

🔍Search for "Savor the Season’s Autumn Flavors Special" for details!
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96



https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

📢 Happening this Sunday: Ebisu-jima Cote Riviere 🇫🇷

🍁 Come relax by the river in Ebisu-jima and enjoy shopping for antique goods, tasting gourmet treats, and listening to live music.

📅 Date and Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025, 10:00–16:00
📍 Venue: Ebisu-jima DOCK
Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Kushiyacho-nishi 1-1 west side, west of Xavier Park, riverside of Uchikawa
🚃 Access: About a 10-minute walk from Nankai Line Sakai Station; about a 5-minute walk from Hankai Line Hanadakuchi Station
🚩 Organizer: sakainoma

🔍 For event details, check @ebisujima.cote.rivi on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ebisujima.cote.rivi/?hl=ja