View of the Daigoji Sanhoin Garden from the National Treasure Omoteshoin. A beautiful and calming summer moment

"Sugao Stone Buddha Fire Festival" It is a Festival that will be Held in in Bungo-Ono City Mie in Kyushu and Oita Prefecture in August. It is a festival that is mainly Held in by local people, so it is not Restrooms available on a large scale, but it is a heartwarming festival. At the beginning of the Festival, Shinto ritual Buddhist rituals are performed. Legend has it that the Sugao Magaibutsu Buddha was carved by a demon, and everyone wants to thank the demon, so at the Festival, the demon also appears and the organizer hands out a letter of appreciation. In the "Croaking Imitation Contest," which is named after the legend, participants perform their own imitations of the croaks of the crooks, and the venue is full of smiles. Stage Events include the magnificent Drums and Kagura dances of the Hoyu Society. In the second half of the Festival, many children take on the challenge of throwing a lit torch into a 3-meter-high pillar pine tree from below to ignite it. ■■■What is the Sugao Stone Buddha Fire Festival? Held in by local people to revitalize the region and let people know about Sugao Magaibutsu. The "Croaching Contest" is named after a local legend. Legend has it that a demon who lived in this area and misbehaved said, "Give me the daughter of the Village as my wife!", and when the troubled Village chief consulted the monk, the monk told the demon, "If you carve five stone Buddhas on the Quay in one night, I will give you my daughter as my wife, but if you can't, leave the village." It is said that when the worried Village went to see it in the middle of the night, the demon carved the fifth one, so when the Village mimic the croaking master of the chicken imitated it, the demon mistakenly thought that morning had come and ran away.

"Summer Shrine" As you walk along the path overgrown with green trees, a vermilion shrine appears in front of you. The voices of cicadas echo through the trees, and the sunlight gently illuminates the ground. Along with the sound of leaves swaying in the wind, my heart is quietly filled.

Nanzenji Temple Blue maple in the cloister Autumn leaves Lovely

Entokuin Garden Gion's Hidden Garden excitement

Daigoji Temple A hidden hidden gem in the back It looks great

Nanzenji Temple Sunlight and mossy Garden create coolness.

Nanzenji Temple Where the blue maple is beautiful I want to see the Autumn leaves someday

Kenninji Temple Garden with blue maple　 Kyoto for the second time this year, it's great

Find your 📍 favorite dog There is also a voting Zone, so be sure to check it out! It's not a komainu in front of a nearby shrine. The dog that was stored in the back of the Main hall of the shrine is the best! What's more, each komainu has a different design depending on the era and fashion. Hairdo? I mean, Maki hair style and straight hair There is a coil around the arm, three tails, and a coil I wonder if there was some kind of "winding"? 🙋 If you answer the quiz, you will win 📍 an "Original Komainu Can Badge" File containers made of Echizen washi paper, which can only be obtained here, are also on sale Of course, the komainu design 【Awara City Township Historical Materials】 ▪ Address: Fukui, Awara City, Spring Shrine, 2-14-1 ▪ Phone 0776-73-5158 ▪ Hours: 9:30 a.m. ~ 6 p.m. (Admission until 5:30 p.m.) ▪ Closed days: Every Monday, 4th Thursday of every month (if these days are a Holidays, the next day), New Year's holidays (December 29th ~ January 3rd) For detailed dates and times, please check the 2024 (Reiwa 6) Township Saturday Historical Materials Opening Calendar. ▪ Admission fee: Free (except for some special exhibitions)

Hello to all COOL JAPAN VIDEOS viewers! This is the Nobeoka Tourist Association. In the future, we will send out Sightseeing spot and Events Information announcements of Nobeoka City. We would like to introduce you to the charm of Nobeoka City, so please look forward to it. First of all, I would like to introduce Nobeoka City! Nobeoka City is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture Northern part, with a population of about 115,000 and the second largest area in Kyushu after a three-Town merger with "Kitakata-Town" and "Kitaura-Town" in the 2006 (Heisei 18) and "Kitagawa-Town" in 19. Restrooms available of Asahi Kasei, a major comprehensive chemical manufacturer, and has the aspect of an industrial city. Thailand vents are also actively held according to the season, and the "Nobeoka Flower Story" where you can feel Spring and the autumn tradition "Sweetfish Yana" attract people from all over the country and the towns are bustling at once. Restrooms available is also the birthplace of the nationally famous chicken Nanban and spicy noodles, and can be eaten at various restaurants as Nobeoka's soul food. It is a charming region of Nature beauty, historical sights and delicious cuisine. Every time you visit, you'll discover something new and you'll want to visit again and again. In addition, with the opening of the Higashi-Kyushu Automobile Road, transportation to Nobeoka City has become very convenient. Please experience the charm of Nobeoka City once. * Access image to Nobeoka City is also pasted.

Annual festivals Wasshoi experience tour] Hodaka Shrine "Mifune Festival" where huge festival floats parade Let's tow the ship together! … We have started selling experience tours! It is a festival that is Held in at Hodaka Shrine on September 26 and 27 every year, and a ship-shaped festival float is towed even though it is a prefecture without a sea On the 27th of this festival, the magnificent "Battle of Mifune" is a spectacle, with huge hulls weighing up to 5 tons colliding with each other This time, on this tour, you can have a valuable experience of towing this boat Please take this opportunity to experience the "Mifune Festival"! 【Privileges of the experience tour】 (1) Tow a huge Adult boat that can only be towed by locals to Hodaka Shrine! (2) Comes with a cool T-shirt specially made for the Mifune Festival! Let's put it on and join in! (3) I'm happy! Limited "Mifune Festival" with shuin stamps! (4) The biggest showcase, the climactic scene where the hulls of two adult boats collide, has a close pier seat! (5) Let's raise your luck from Hodaka Shrine, the strongest Power Spot! Please check the Azumino Tourism Association Official website for details.

◆Hyaku Thailand Koshin◆ The stone statue of Koshin and the origin monument at the top of the center of the approach to the temple were erected by Ohara Nobutomi in March of the 11th year of Bunsei (1828). According to it, "If we hold a ceremony to worship Mr./Ms. on the day of Koshin and observe it seven times, we can reduce the plague of Sanshin. Many people from inside and outside the Village also erected a monument to Koshin. I will write the reason on this monument, apologize to the Emperor of Heaven, give it to my companions, and pray for the prosperity of my descendants for a long time in peace." Certain. In this way, this Koshin was erected at the request of a wide range of nearby Township Villages, and there are a total of 100 statues.

Komatsumei (Kodai) Fire Festival It is a fire Festival that is Held in on August 14 every year in Bungo-Ono City Ogata, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. It is a traditional event that has been handed down since the Edo period. The Origin is uncertain, but it is said to be for the memorial service of the Bon Festival, the insect chasing event to wish for a good harvest of Rice, and the memorial service for the victims of the putsch that occurred in the Edo period. On the day of the fire Festival, all Mr./Ms. local residents will prepare small torches from the area around Harajiri Falls to the rice fields around the Ogata Plain. At night, when about 10,000 small torches are lit at once, the light of the small torches Gari emerges from the area around Harajiri Falls to the Ogata Plain. Scenes are very fantastic. Restrooms available are also made of small torches such as Torii (shrine gates) and stone bridges unique to Ogata, and beauty competitions are held.

The Komatsumei (Kodai) Fire Festival will be Held in on August 14 in Bungo-Ono City Ogata, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. It is a traditional event that has been handed down since the Edo period. Gari, when the small torches are lit all at once, the light of the small torches appears fantastically around Harajiri Falls and the Ogata Plain.

【Chinda Falls】 Kyushu, Oita Prefecture, Bungo-Ono City Chinda Falls consists of a male waterfall over the main stream of the Ono River and a female waterfall over the tributary Hirai River. Restrooms available are about 100 m wide and 20 m high, and Restrooms available are about 10 m wide and 18 m high. The rocks that form the Chinda Falls were brought about by pyroclastic flows caused by the Great Eruption of Aso Volcano about 90,000 years ago. It is also Famous that the ink painter "Sesshu", who was active during the Muro Town period, visit this place and painted the "Chinda Waterfall". Buckwheat noodles by the waterfall are also the remains of a former hydroelectric power plant built in the Meiji era. Location: Yada, Bungo-Ono City Ono Oita Restrooms available

Ume Plum Koan We are the only smoked plum manufacturer in Japan that continues to make smoked plums without changing the manufacturing method handed down to Nara Tsukigase about 700 years ago. Smoked plum is a processing of Ume plum fruit, which was introduced to Nara as a medicine by the Sui and Tang envoys about 1,300 years ago. It was introduced to Tsukigase as a mordant for safflower dyeing during the Nanboku Dynasty about 700 years ago. From the late Edo period to the early Meiji period, it was peak season as a mordant for red for cosmetics, and as many as 400 smoked plum manufacturers and it, but the demand for smoked plum plummeted due to the invention of chemical dyes. In the early Showa period, there were only a few manufacturers, and after the end of the war, Ume Plum Koan became the sole manufacturer. At Ume Plum Koan, we Cultivation Ume Plum, Rice, vegetables, and food processing in a vast land area of 30,000 square Rice meters and a rich Nature full of greenery. This area, the Ume Plum of Tsukigase, was originally planted for the purpose of smoked plum cultivation, but the beauty of the Ume in full bloom shining on the Valleys of the Satsukigawa river and the river surface Fascination people, and it became the first scenic spot in Japan. During the Ume Plum Festival period from February ~ the end of March, you can Fun Meals and cherry blossom viewing at Our stores at the pier seats with a superb view of the scent of Ume Plums. In the sixth year of Reiwa, we built a new Nara Beni Workshop. It is a Japan building that incorporates Japan craftsmanship everywhere. You can experience safflower dyeing using smoked plum in a workshop where you can feel the delicate and advanced technology and Japan beauty. We hope that this experience will be an opportunity for you to rediscover the wonders of Japan culture. When you look at the colors of the Nature that change every day and the sea of clouds in the early morning that spreads across the Tsukigase Valleys, you feel as if you are in the Ume Plum Minamoto Township. Early Spring light, quiet fresh greenery, fruitful autumn and winter aroma. At that time, I work seasonally, and live in the harsh but warm Nature of Tsukigase.

August 6, 2024 marks the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing. A Toro Nagashi was held at the Motoyasu River, which stream in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, to pray for peace and the repose of the souls of the victims. With many lanterns illuminating the surface of the water, we put our hands together in the hope of peace, and the day of prayer in Hiroshima comes to a close.

August 6, 2024 marks the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing. A Toro Nagashi was held at the Motoyasu River, which stream in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, to pray for peace and the repose of the souls of the victims. With many lanterns illuminating the surface of the water, we put our hands together in the hope of peace, and the day of prayer in Hiroshima comes to a close.

Yamaguchi Prefecture Shimonoseki Mayor's Office One piece of the moon on the summer strange festival of the historic towns mayor's office. The Suphorbia Garden Festival, 1800 years ago, the history of Emperor Nakama. From August 7 to 13 every year.

Penglai Bridge It is said to be the world's most "Nagaiki Bridge" It's a combination of "long life" and "long trees"

When I came to Shin-Hot Spring Town-yu Village Hot Spring in Hyogo Prefecture for the first time in a long time, the lantern picture scroll was even more Hot spring resort than There is a 😌 along the river

Hello! Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City. Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City is a city with a population of about 50,000 located in the northwestern part of Kagoshima Prefecture in the Kyushu region. In COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, we will send out the recommendations and Sightseeing spot Information of the Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City, so Best regards! ◆◆◆ Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City is the city of the best cranes in Japan In Izumi City, from mid-October to December every year, more than 10,000 cranes and crowned cranes migrate from Siberia and overwinter until around March. Boasting the largest number and variety of cranes in Japan, it was designated as a National Special Natural Monument in 1952 as "Cranes and their migration sites in Kagoshima Prefecture", and in 2021 it was certified as a Ramsar Convention registered wetland as a "wintering place for Izumi cranes". The graceful appearance of soaring in the sky and taking off all at once in the early morning have become a Winter tradition of this city. ◆◆◆ Some of the Sightseeing spot of Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City ◇Samurai residences at the foot of Izumi Selected as a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings and certified as a Japan Heritage Site, the Samurai residences at the foot of Izumi are a historic area where the samurai culture of the Edo period remains strong. In addition to the "Izumi foothills History Museum" where you can learn about the history of the Samurai residences group, and the "Takezoe residence" and "Saisho residence" where Open to the public Samurai residences you can get a glimpse of the lifestyle and architectural style of the residents, the cityscape that retains the appearance of that time, such as the stone walls and the samurai gate about 400 years ago, are also attractive. ◇Izumi City Crane Observation Center It is located There is a in front of the crane roost, and you can see more than 10,000 cranes up close from the observation deck on the second floor and rooftop. It is open every year from November 1 to the second Sunday of March, which coincides with the wintering period of cranes, and the sight of cranes soaring gracefully in the sky and the sight of all cranes taking off all at once in the early morning is a spectacular view that can only be seen here in the world. ◇Izumi City Tsuru Museums Crane Park Izumi If you want to learn about cranes, go to Crane Park Izumi! It is the only crane museum in Japan where you can learn not only about cranes wintering in Izumi City, but also about cranes from around the world. Restrooms available in the premises flower park, where you can enjoy seasonal flowers, playground equipment for children to play, and a tree house. ◇Hakozaki Yawata Shrine Hakozaki Yawata Shrine enshrines a large bell that is 4 meters high and weighs 5 tons. The bell depicts a parent and child of a crane, and it is called "Great Bell of Wish Fulfillment if it is done, it will be grown." ◇Uwaba Highlands Cosmos Garden It is a Highlands with rape flowers blooming all over the place in Spring and 250,000 cosmos trees in autumn. During the Cosmos season, they also sell Specialty Products and gelato. ◇Shinonome no Sato A large garden of about 40,000 tsubo that has been Maintenance by making the most of the undulations of the mountain as it is in its nature. You can enjoy Shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms) in Spring, hydrangeas all over the mountains in June, and colorful Autumn leaves in autumn. In addition, there is a rest area in the park where you can eat the owner's special Juwari Soba, and a facilities to enjoy pottery and paintings Restrooms available. ◇ Specialty Hall Izumi The vegetables and fruits lined up in the Inside the Museum are all "Izumi products". Among them, citrus fruits, mainly tangerines, which are specialty products, are sold in a wide variety and quantity. ◇ Izumi City Izumi Station Tourist Specialty Products "Hirai-ri" It is a facility set up in Izumi Station on the Kyushu Shinkansen as an information transmission base for Izumi City. The Inside the Museum is equipped with a tourist Information Center, a Specialty Products sales office, a Meals office, and a rest area. ◆◆◆ Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City Specialty Products ◇Tea Izumi City is also famous as a tea producing area. Tea, grown in a temperate climate and fertile soil, is characterized by its aroma and deep taste. ◇Izumi mandarin oranges Grown in the sea breeze, it boasts a sweet and juicy taste. Fresh tangerines can be purchased at Local markets and Direct sales. ◇ Seaweed from Izumi It is a seaweed seaweed created by an old-fashioned manufacturing method that does not use acid treatment, and encapsulates the blessings of Nature one by one. It has a soft sweetness that loosens and melts in the mouth, an elegant aroma that escapes through the nose, and a wild taste. ◆◆◆ Some of the festival and Events of Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City ◇ Summer Festival Izumi Kakusho Festival It is a festival that is Held in for two days in late July every year. On the first day, parades and General dance will be held in the Izumi City Honmachi shopping district, and on the second day, stage Events, Stalls Stalls, and fireworks festival will be held. About 5,000 Gari fireworks are launched. ◇Izumi City Industrial Festival It is Held in on Saturdays and Sundays in mid-November every year, and is Held in with many industries such Izumi as the "hometown Izumi Specialty Market", "Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Festival", "Food and Beverage Festival", etc., and festival Izumi City is while incorporating many industries. In addition to Izumi City's Specialty Products, you can also buy Specialty Products from friendship cities and sister cities, and there are stage Events, so it is crowded with many people from outside the city. ◇ Medium City It is a festival held in every year on the day of the Spring Equinox in March and the day after that in front of the Takaono Station intersection. It becomes a pedestrian paradise for about 1 km from north to south, east and west, and many Stalls are lined up. Also known as "Soba (buckwheat noodles) City", it is also counted as one of the three major cities in Kagoshima Prefecture. ◆◆◆ Introducing Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City Tourist Information Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City is a fascinating Sightseeing spot with rich Nature and history. We will send out Kagoshima Prefecture Izumi City recommended Tourist Information that will be engraved on one page of everyone's memories, so please follow us!

It is Held in very popular and critically acclaimed!! Suwa Lake Summer Night Fireworks 2024 🎆 July 26 (Fri) ~ August 25 (Sun) *Except August 15 8:30 p.m. ~ (about 10 minutes) Gari Fireworks go up from the lake every night during the period. Even in the country, it's only Suwa Lake 10 minutes every day and every night!!　Being able to watch the fireworks slowly from the Lakeside lawn without crowds is the real pleasure 🎇 of summer night fireworks Fun the splendid fireworks set to the music in the night breeze.

Events of the Gion Festival are also packed. When I see the portable shrine baptism ceremony, I feel grateful that I have Restrooms available many Impression this summer.

Events of the Gion Festival are also packed. When I see the portable shrine baptism ceremony, I feel grateful that I have Restrooms available many Impression this summer.

【Gokase Towns Experience, Miyazaki Prefecture】Footpath A footpath is a path that can be walked while enjoying the scenery of Nature, Old streets, and countryside as it is Restrooms available. There is a dedicated map on the footpath, and there are signs and in the course for guidance, so you can rely on them as you walk. You can enjoy walking this footpath with the help of a map and signs, but it's the "guided tour" where its charm is maximized. Guided by a Local guide Mr./Ms. who is familiar with the history, culture, and Nature of the village, the footpath will be many times more interesting. <Fee> ・Adult (junior high school students and older) 3,000 yen ・Elementary school students: 2,000 yen * The number of participants is 2 or more (elementary school students are accompanied by a chaperone) < Application> Gokase Nature School 〒882-1201 6452 Kuraoka, Gokase Towns, Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture Phone number: 0982-73-6366 ●Each course● (1) Footpath [Gokase Towns Miyanohara area] 　Miyanohara is an old village dotted with many Shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms), including the Josenji weeping cherry blossoms, which are about 300 years old. The Sankasho Shrine, which has an inner shrine on Mt. Nijo, which is said to be the place of the advent of the Descent of the Heavenly Grandson, has beautiful rhododendrons and a splendid Shrine sculpture of a hippocampus. 　It is a sunny and idyllic Course worthy of being certified as a World Agricultural Heritage Site, with Masonry Traditional Japanese straw raincoat Megane Bridge, 100 Terraced Rice Terraces, Terraced Fields, Bamboo Bushes, and Thickets. 　We recommend taking a walk in Spring when the cherry blossoms are in Best time to visit. <Meeting place> 9:30~12:00 (about 2 and a half hours) <Meeting point> "Gokase Hot Spring Kijiya" (9223 Hirokino, Gokase Towns, Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture) <Remarks> Footpath lunch 700 yen ~ (reservation required) ◎ With Privileges Gokase Hot Spring Kijiya Bathing Fee Discount (Adult 500 yen→300 yen, children 300 yen→200 yen) (2) Footpath [Gokase Towns Kasabe District] 　It is a small village of about 10 houses at the northern end of Mt. Gion, which is said to be the birthplace of Kyushu. The water that gushing out of the spring from Mt. Gion is truly famous water. In order to make use of this famous water to create a community, we built a log house pavilion with local Japanese cedar and named it "Kasabe Water Station". 　The Jade is a large Cypress tree that is said to be 700~800 years old. It is called the "Hand of God" because it looks like the left hand of a powerful man, and it is gaining popularity. <Meeting time> 9:30~12:0 (about 2 and a half hours) <Meeting place> "Kasabe Water Station" (Kuraoka, Gokase Town Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture) < Remarks> Footpath Bento 700 yen ~ (reservation required) (3) Footpath [Gokase Town Mulberry Nouchi area] 　Mulberry Nouchi is a village with a superb view of Aso that can be seen from anywhere and the sunset is beautiful. There are many tea plantations, and traditional kama-roasted tea is made and awarded the Emperor's Award. Recently, black tea made from Japan tea leaves is also popular, and Other are mainly field cultivation and livestock farming, such as flower, cherry tomatoes, Cultivation, and breeding of Japanese black beef. The cozy farm stay of the Sunset Village Development Promotion Conference is also popular, and high school students from Asian countries also visit on school trips. <Meeting time> 9:30~12:00 (about 2 and a half hours) <Meeting place> "Gokase Winery" (4847-1 Nouchi, Gokase-Town Mulberry, Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture) < Remarks> Footpath Bento 700 yen ~ (reservation required) (4) Footpath [Gokase Towns Dosei District] 　In ancient times, trade with Bungo Province (Oita Prefecture) was thriving, and it was also a logistics base. Today, it serves as an inner courtyard in Mulberry, with steep terrain and the majestic mountains of Kyushu including Aso in the background. Spot loved by photographers and painters, and the main attraction is that you can see the village scenery that can be said to be the countryside. There are many undulations of the course, and you can enjoy a little Hiking feeling. <Meeting time> 9:30~12:00 (about 2 and a half hours) <Meeting place> "Gokase Town Symbiotic Welfare facilities" (Miyazaki Prefecture 1514-5 Nouchi, Gokase-Town Mulberry, Nishiusuki-gun) < Remarks> Footpath Bento 700 yen ~ (reservation required)

Speaking of summer in Tokyo, the Sumida River Fireworks Festival It was the best fireworks festival in the Kanto region in terms of both tradition and formality, and a total of about 20,000 fireworks at the first and second venues lit up the night sky of Tokyo.

It is one of the three major festivals in Kishu, "Kogawa Festival". It is a festival at the Kokawa Ubusuna Shrine and is said to have been Origin in 1593. It is a historic festivals, and the glitteringly decorated danjiri in each In the town is magnificently operated. Held in again this year on the 27th and 28th of this month.

【Chiba City Museum of Art】 A museum that is nationally acclaimed for its exhibitions with a unique perspective, focusing on ukiyo-e prints, Edo paintings, and contemporary art. With the renovation in July 2020, it has been reborn as a facility that is familiar to a wide range of age groups, including a permanent exhibition room where you can see ukiyo-e and Edo paintings at Anytime, and an atelier where children can work and create together in a space created by artists. In addition to the permanent exhibitions, we Held in special exhibitions and a variety of Events based on specific themes, so you There are discover something new every time you visit. 〇 Held in special exhibitions "Edo Paintings Vertical and Horizontal! First semester: June 28 (Fri) ~ July 28 (Sun) Second Semester: July 30 (Tue) ~ August 25 (Sun) "Akiki Okamoto: The Edo Painter Who Challenged the Hundred Flowers and Hundred Birds" Okamoto Shuki (1807-62) was a painter of the late Edo period who made a name for himself as a master of rich and brilliant flower and bird paintings, especially peacocks. First semester: June 28 (Fri) ~ July 28 (Sun) Second Semester: July 30 (Tue) ~ August 25 (Sun) * For details, please search for "Chiba City Museum of Art". 〇Sayado Hall A hall that contains modern architecture in the neo-Rene Mr./Ms. style that preserved the former Kawasaki Bank Chiba Branch built in Showa 2) (about 90 years ago). Used as a cultural property of the city, its historic appearance is used as a venue for concerts and exhibitions, and is also popular as a filming location for commercials. ■ Access: ・About a 6-minute walk from Chiba Monorail Yoshikawa Park Station ・ About 15 minutes on foot from JR Chiba Station ■Address: 3-10-8 Chuo, Chuo-ku, Chiba City ■ Admission: Paid ■ Parking lot: Restrooms available (charged) Attractive Spot There are such as Chiba Shrine, Chiba City Science Museum, and Chiba Castle (Chiba City Township Museum) are within walking distance. After visiting the museum, Enjoy together as you stroll through these facilities.