[Day Trip] Limited Time Only! Enjoy Nature with Additional Geibi Line Trains and a Free Shuttle Bus｜Dive! Hiroshima The JR Geibi Line "Rapid Shobara Liner," operating on weekends and public holidays through November 24, 2025 (45 days total), departs Hiroshima Station at 9:07 AM and runs to Bingo-Ochiai Station in Saijo-cho, Shobara City, without requiring a transfer at Miyoshi Station! 🚃 Dive! Hiroshima introduces a plan that takes you from Bingo-Saijo Station to Hiroshima Prefectural Citizen’s Forest via a free shuttle bus (reservation required). Enjoy hiking, BBQs, and memorable photo spots✨ Find the full article here🔽 https://www.shobara-info.com/news/5177...

Summer vacation has arrived! 😍 This time, for those looking for a “special summer experience” in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, we introduce a hidden gem where you can find healing in the satoyama and try handloom weaving: Rikoori Workshop. It’s perfect for summer research projects and sure to offer adults a soothing, heartwarming time ✨ Great for summer research too. Enjoy a calming handloom weaving experience in Shobara’s natural surroundings We posted an “Editorial Report” on the Shobara Tourist Navi website! 🧶 Read the full experience report here 🔽 https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5174... ~ Shop Details ~ Facility Name: Rikoori Workshop Address: 615-75 Nagata, Kuchiwa-cho, Shobara City Phone: 0824-89-2501 Hours: 10:00 or 13:00 (times can be adjusted to suit you) Reservations: Required — by phone only Experience Fee: 1 hour experience 1,000 yen + materials from 1,000 yen (tax included) (Please tell them what you want to weave when making a phone reservation)

Photographed 7/26/25. I visited on the day of the Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival. It is a quiche plate for lunch. It is a quiche with semi-dried tomatoes, bacon and onions, salad, and cold corn soup. It was very hot, so I was allowed to relax. 😊

Reihoku Sunflower Project 🌻 Introducing the sunflower project as one of Reihoku Town’s summer scenes! Local volunteer farmers have planted a total of 150,000 sunflowers at various spots around Reihoku Town (near Reihoku Town Hall and along Route 324), and they are now in full bloom 👀 The photos were taken with the sunset—one of Reihoku Town’s charms—in the background 🌇 The sunflowers along the major highway that runs through the heart of town are now at their peak, forming an important part of daily life for locals passing through town, and creating a memorable sight for first-time visitors ✨ You can take in the vast sunflower fields even just by driving by, so be sure to see them while they’re in bloom now!!

Ramune found on the Return road in the summer Festival.

Photographed 7/29/25. A friend gave me a drink ticket, so I Outbound it during the break. Gran Muscat Frappuccino and strawberry tart.

Nagasaki Sasebo, Miura Wharf International Terminal It is the Roux boat pier. It is decorated to entertain tourists from overseas. Goldfish lanterns are summer in Japan. Summer in Japan is a goldfish scoop at festivals I think most Japan people have experienced it. The scooped goldfish was taken home and kept at home. Recently, in the summer, I have often seen this goldfish lantern decoration. What do foreigners think? I like the Roux ship and often go to see the ship, but I wonder if there are any foreigners who stop at this goldfish eye. It's very cute, so I hope you take a picture of it as a memory of your trip. I went to see the boat, but my eyes met with this goldfish, so I couldn't help but take a picture. A fateful meeting? I wonder. It was a summer decoration in Japan.

Special Exhibition “The Artist Who Draws: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko” (July 12, 2025–August 31, 2025) A major exhibition in Tomakomai dives into the appeal of anime and manga legend Yoshikazu Yasuhiko—the largest show of his work to date! Dates: Saturday, July 12, 2025–Sunday, August 31, 2025 Closed: Mondays (open Monday, July 21 and Monday, August 11 [national holiday]; closed Tuesday, July 22 and Tuesday, August 12) Hours: 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. On Saturday, July 26 and Tuesday–Saturday, August 26–30, the museum is open until 8:00 p.m. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing. Venue: Tomakomai City Museum of Art and Natural History, Exhibition Rooms 1–3 Admission: Adults 600 yen (500 yen), university and high school students 400 yen (300 yen), elementary and junior high school students free ※ Prices in parentheses apply to advance tickets and groups of 10 or more. ※ Present your annual pass to enter for 300 yen for adults and 200 yen for university and high school students. ※ For exemption applications, please inquire. ※ The courtyard exhibition and the permanent collection are also included. ※ Admission fees are accepted in cash only. Combined ticket (common pass for Tomakomai City Museum of Art and Kushiro City Museum of Art): 1,300 yen

[Sakai City Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property] The Purification Ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shukuin Tongu ✨ 🗓️ Date and time: Friday, August 1, 6:30 PM–7:30 PM 📍 Location: Sumiyoshi Taisha Shukuin Tongu (Shukuincho Higashi 2-1-6, Sakai Ward) The Purification Ritual at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shukuin Tongu, known as the Aranigo Great Purification Ritual (aranigo no ooharae shinji), was once held on the last day of the sixth month of the old lunar calendar and is now observed on August 1. On that day the mikoshi (portable shrine) of Sumiyoshi Taisha is welcomed to Sakai and the ritual is performed at Igai-bori in the Shukuin Tongu. This ceremony oversees the act of purification, the very essence of the Sumiyoshi Festival and the mikoshi procession. It forms a vital foundation of faith and everyday culture for the people of Sakai, making it an extremely valuable rite. Don’t miss this rare, once-a-year opportunity! 🙏

This is a festival with a history of over 100 years in which young people carry taikodai (drum floats) through the neighborhood while singing and dancing Kawachi ondo and Goshu ondo.✨ Drums over three shaku (about 90 cm) are placed on carrying poles and carried by groups of about 20 to 30 people as they parade. A distinctive feature of the procession is that people sometimes ride on the drums during the march.👀 🥁 Fukumachi Summer Bon Dance 🥁 Location: Atago Park Date: Saturday, August 2 Schedule: ・5:00 PM–around 5:40 PM: Procession into Atago Shrine ・Neighborhood parade ・8:00 PM–8:30 PM: Drum hanging performance ・10:00 PM: Bon dance ends

[Wood Play Experience Market] Komu Museum of Art Saturday, August 2, 10:00–16:00 We present the “Wood Play Experience Market”! ※Museum closing time is 17:00 See it, touch it, make it—fun wooden workshops await you. [Workshop Highlights] 〇 Wooden keychain and brooch making Artist: tek Tanno Yuri Fee: 500 yen each Duration: about 30 minutes 〇 Make a wooden kaleidoscope or clock!! Artist: Do mono Fee: Kaleidoscope 1,000 yen / Clock 500 yen Duration: about 30 minutes 〇 Wood-nut BUG BUG Wood education meister: Erika Murai Fee: 300 yen Duration: about 30 minutes 〇 Mushroom magnet making Uenshiri and friends (taiko drum team) Fee: 500 yen (for two pieces) Duration: about 10 minutes ※Admission fees apply as usual High school and older 500 yen / Grades 4–6 and junior high 300 yen / Ages 3 to Grade 3 100 yen / Under 3 free ※Residents of Nishiokoppe Village are free of charge that day To mark the village’s 100th anniversary, the first 100 visitors will receive a free workshop ticket! Every craft is adorable—you’ll have trouble choosing which to make. Come make a lovely piece and create a summer vacation memory. #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Komu Museum of Art #Summer #Wood Play Experience Market #Hands-on #Workshop #Woodworking #Woody Summer School #August 2

The 17th Gashi Fest Sakaihigashi Summer Festival 💡Come enjoy a summer festival in Sakaihigashi🎐 The annual summer tradition, "Gashi Fest Sakaihigashi Summer Festival," returns this year♪ A variety of events will unfold at Mina Sakai. Wearing a yukata is warmly welcomed! Come make summer memories with us✨ 📅Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025 🕔Event Schedule ・Food stalls: 11:30–21:00 ・Prestige: 12:00–17:30 ・Bon Odori Dance: 18:00–21:00 📍Venue: Mina Sakai (In front of Sakai City Hall, Citizen Exchange Plaza) ※Please use public transportation to visit. 🔎For details, search for "Gashi Fest"!!

Kodai Torch Fire Festival ❚ Held on August 14, 2025 The Kodai Torch Fire Festival takes place on August 14, 2025, in Ogata Town, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture. From the area around Harajiri Falls across the rice fields of the Ogata basin, the glow of Kodai torches rises in a magical display. [Date] Thursday, August 14, 2025 ※Canceled in severe weather. No postponement. [Location] Around Harajiri Falls and across the Ogata plain ※Traffic restrictions will be in effect from 18:30 on the 14th. Please follow the directions of staff when passing through. [Ignition time] 19:30 simultaneous lighting [Number of lights] About 10,000 torches [Flame Sculpture Submission Project] Around the venue, local residents create torch sculptures unique to Ogata—such as torii gates and stone bridges—competing in a beautiful showcase. [Event Inquiries] Bungoono City Ogata Branch Office Phone 0974-42-2111 Roadside Station Harajiri Falls Co., Ltd. Phone 0974-42-4140 ❚ What the Kodai Torch Fire Festival Is A traditional event passed down since the Edo period. Its origins are unclear, but it is said to have included Bon memorial rites, insect-chasing prayers for a good rice harvest, and memorials for victims of uprisings that occurred in the Edo period. ■■■ Access to central Bungoono City ■■■ About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture ■■■■■■■■■■■■ Kyushu, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture Introducing sightseeing and recommended spots ■■■■■■■■■■■■ https://sato-no-tabi.jp/news/20250725event-ogata/...

Photographed 7/26/25. For a limited time until 8/26 (Sun), Hikawa Kaikan is open as "Hikawa Ryofuso". It was cool until the Kawagoe Million Light Festival was held in. It's Shuwa knotted soda and love.

It is a lavender field in Ogawa Town, Saitama Prefecture.

Photographed 7/26/25. It is the Otorii Gate of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine and the "clouds on the ground".

I participated in the summer festival where I moved. I'm a newcomer, but I was able to be included in the circle and felt the warmth of the community! There is no other hand-held fireworks that can be seen so close! !! It's a great summer!!

If you go to Yutoku Inari Shrine in the summer It is decorated with many beautiful wind chimes. When you pass through the tower gate, a beautiful window chime with a low sound hangs. The stairs to the Main Shrine are decorated with many glass wind chimes with nostalgic sounds. As the window chimes of the tower gate begin to sound, the sound of many wind chimes reverberates all at once. When the wind blows, the sound of wind chimes drowns out the chirping of cicadas, and at the same time, the heat is drowned out. The sound that echoes in the Precincts calms your heart. When you are a little heartbroken, or when you are working very hard, tears may overflow. Yutoku Inari Shrine in summer, healed by wind chimes.

Event Announcement📣 From August 1 to August 3, the Hokkaido Balloon Festival takes place in Kamishihoro Town😊 This hot air balloon competition was first held in Japan in 1974!! A colorful array of balloons gathers from across the country to compete🎵 You can also enjoy tethered balloon rides, live music, and local gourmet food😍 On the experience flights, you can ride the balloon of Horon-chan, Kamishihoro Town’s character, the fairy of sky and land!! 📌Date and Time: August 1–August 3, 2025 📌Location: Kamishihoro Town Aviation Park and surrounding areas 📌Hot Air Balloon Competition Flight Schedule 8/1 → Morning competition 5:30, Afternoon competition 15:30 8/2 → Morning competition 5:30, Afternoon competition 15:30 8/3 → Morning competition 5:30, Flight curtain call (free flight) 15:30 📍On the night of 8/2 at 19:00, enjoy the balloon glow, where burners light up the balloons!! A rainbow of balloons will color the summer sky🎵 For details, please see the official Hokkaido Balloon Festival website. 📍On 8/1, a summer evening fireworks show will be held in Kamishihoro Town from 20:00😍 Bring your family and friends and come join us🤗 Other event information is posted on the Tokachi Hare website event page, so please check the homepage. https://hbf.jp//

📸✨[Ajisai Festival Instagram Photo Contest Results Announced!]✨📸 Thank you for all your entries! We have finally selected 31 prizewinning works🎊 From the many impressive submissions, here are a few highlights💐✨ All winning entries are now posted on the Shimoda City Tourism Association website! Please take a look👇🔗 (The winning works are listed at the bottom of the page. Scroll to the end to check them out🙇‍♀️) https://www.shimoda-city.info/ajisaiphoto...

This is one photo taken of the explosion on Inage Coast. The sunset is beautiful, so it will be my favorite shooting Spot, but especially on this day I was able to take a beautiful sunset. I watched the sunset until the sun went down and left it in my memory.

This is a low-angle night view photo taken from the front of Tokyo Tower. I took a long exposure of 20 seconds so that the lights and brake lights of the cars could leave a beautiful afterimage. The lens is Z14-30f/4S. Since it is a wide angle, I was able to see the whole thing even from directly under the tower.

The Otofukecho Chamber of Commerce Summer Festival Cool-Down Fireworks Display will take place on Saturday, August 2! A variety of events, including festival stalls, vendor booths, and a singing contest, will liven up Otofuke’s summer! Fireworks are scheduled to be launched from 8:00 PM🎆 We hope to see you there! 📍For details, please see the Otofukecho Chamber of Commerce website.

Matsuyama Castle× Hiroshima Domination's special project "Hospitality of Light in Matsuyama Castle 2025" will be Held in from July 25th! The Art Installations and illumination of light color the Matsuyama Castle at night. 18:30~21:00 until August 17 (Sun). Various Events will be held in during the period! Enjoy Matsuyama ♪ Castle on a summer night For details, please check the Home page of Matsuyama Castle. #Ehime #Matsuyama City #Matsuyama Castle #Night view #Light up #Yukata #Hiroshima #Hiroshima Domination #Night Time #Matsuyama Tourism #Nice Matsuyama #Matsuyama Tourism Convention Association

Mihama Station (originally named Kawaraichi Station at opening) began operation when the Obama Line opened in the Taisho era. Over time, the area in front of the station changed through development. At the Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle Historical Museum, photos—mainly from the Showa period—look back at Mihama Station’s appearance. Scenes in front of Mihama Station Exhibition period: Saturday, July 19, 2025–Monday, October 13, 2025 (public holiday) Opening hours: 9:00–17:00 (last admission 30 minutes before closing) Venue: Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle Historical Museum rest space, 25-2 Sakaki, Mihama Town Closed: Every Monday and the day after public holidays Admission: Adults 100 yen; Children 50 yen (junior high school students and younger). Group discount applies for 20 or more people. Inquiries: Tel. 0770-32-0050

Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum is holding its "Summer Vacation Workshop" again this year! Why not learn about the history of Kuniyoshi Castle by making a Kuniyoshi Castle papercraft and an original castle red-seal stamp? Summer Vacation Workshop 2025 1. Let’s make a Kuniyoshi Castle papercraft Date and Time: July 27 (Sun), August 3 (Sun), August 10 (Sun), August 11 (Mon, public holiday), August 17 (Sun) Morning sessions from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Capacity: 3 families/groups per session (children up to junior high must be accompanied by a guardian) Materials Fee: 500 yen (one kit per group) Bring: Scissors, craft knife, cutting mat (if available) 2. Make your own original castle red-seal stamp Date and Time: July 26 (Sat) to August 31 (Sun), 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Note: Offered every day during the above period except museum closed days Eligibility and Fee: Open to all museum visitors! Materials Fee: 100 yen (one backing sheet) Bring: Nothing (feel free to come empty-handed!) Registration: Accepted anytime Note: Registration accepted until 4:30 PM Common Information for 1 and 2 Location: Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum, 25-2 Sakaki, Mihama Town Closed: Every Monday Admission: Adults 100 yen, Children 50 yen (junior high school and younger)※Group discount for 20 or more people Inquiries: Phone 0770-32-0050

Photographed 7/26/25. It is a wind chime at the edge of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. Only one out of 2,000 pieces There are a red thread wind chime. The location changes every day.

A workshop to create a sightseeing walking route for “Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk” was held🎊 and we are conducting a survey! Last week on July 23, a workshop was held to devise a sightseeing walking route that lets visitors enjoy “Reihoku’s Literary Treasures,” aiming to make the town’s literary spots and heritage into new tourism resources✨ Nine local and non-local participants who know the area well joined and engaged in lively discussions. Students, local residents, and travel industry professionals who attended offered ideas from their different perspectives, making it a very valuable time👏 The next workshop, the second session, is scheduled for Thursday, August 21 from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, so please join us👀 *Recruitment for participants is planned to be announced on our website in early August* We are also collecting ideas and useful information for route planning from those who cannot attend the workshop. Please check the notice on our website from the profile of this account! Contact: Amakusa Reihoku Tourism Association (General Incorporated Association), Ogata ☎0969-31-1136 *This workshop is being held as part of the 2025 Kumamoto Future Creation Startup Grant project.*

🏮✨Yukata Night 2025✨🏮 ＼Why not make this summer’s memories here?／ 📅 Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025 🕒 Time: 2:30 PM–7:30 PM 📍 Venue: Tokachigawa Onsen Yunonosato Hall 👘A summer festival where the yukata takes center stage🌙 Enjoy a summer night as a slightly different you. 🟡 Balloon release🎈・Otofukecho Komata Drum Performance 🟡 Log-cutting race・Yukata contest 💝Exciting prizes available!! 🟡 Children’s festival stalls (target shooting, yo-yo fishing, etc.) 🟡 Food stalls and kitchen cars🍺🍙 🌟 Visitors wearing yukata or jinbei will receive a 500-yen voucher redeemable at the venue (children will receive festival tickets) as a gift🎁 ※You are welcome to attend in everyday clothes as well! 🎐Check the images for details! We will share updates as they come! We look forward to seeing many of you 😊

Photographed 7/26/25. Prayer at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. It is a rim musubi wind chime. 🎐