2026 Ice and Snow Lantern Festival

February 7, 2026 Nakatsugawa City, Magome inn (Magome-juku) Within the Magome post town, around Fujimura Memorial Hall

The Sagicho of Imao

Winter Fire Festival "Sagicho"
A rare start in falling snow?
It was bitterly cold, but the festival burned bright.

Imao, Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture
February 8, 2026

🏖️ Third Shimoda City Beach General Election Results Announced! 🏖️

Thank you for all your votes ✨
Here are the results 👇
🥇 1st place Shirahama Ohama Beach
🥈 2nd place Shirahama Central Beach
🥉 Tied for 3rd
Kujuppama Beach · Tatadohama Beach · Nabetahama Beach · Iritahama Beach

We have already shipped prizes to the five winners 🎁
They should be arriving at your door soon…? 📮✨

And the Fourth Shimoda City Beach General Election is
🗓️ Held from February 16 to June 30!
Whether you voted before or haven’t joined yet,
please cast your vote for your favorite beach 🌊💙
We look forward to your participation 😊✨

Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2026

The 28th Minami Sakura and Nanohana Festival
Held February 1 – March 10

🌸 About the 28th Minami Sakura and Nanohana Festival
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🌸 Bloom Status (updated regularly)
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🌸 Parking Status (updated regularly)
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🌸 Live Camera
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〈If arriving by public transportation〉
Get off at Izukyu Shimoda Station and take the Tokai Bus bound for Shimogamo (Platform 3).
Get off at Kujo Bridge and walk about 2 minutes to the roadside station shimogamo onsen yunohana, where the general information center is located. (The cherry tree avenue is behind it.)
The nanohana fields are right by the Hino stop.
Tokai Bus tel: 0558-22-2514
Note: Minamiizu Town has no train service and parking is limited, so please use public transportation. Services run about once per hour.
Tokai Bus link
https://www.tokaibus.jp/
〈If arriving by car〉
Please head for roadside station shimogamo onsen yunohana.
There are dedicated parking lots nearby; please use them.
⚠ When visiting or photographing the nanohana fields and the nanohana along the cherry tree avenue, please do not step on the flowers!
⚠ Some people step on the nanohana growing on river slopes near roadside station shimogamo onsen yunohana, but there are lighting cables and other hazards, so please do not enter these areas for your safety.
Please use the festival’s designated parking lots. Do not park at shops or on private property.

Kasai Rinkai Park in Edogawaku, Tokyo Metropolis will host the annual Narcissus Festival on Saturday, February 7 and Sunday, February 8. (^○^)

The exchange began more than 20 years ago in 2005 when Shimoda City donated narcissus bulbs to Kasai Rinkai Park, and it continues to this day.
Since fiscal 2006, the Shimoda City Tourism Association has been happily taking part in special events during the Kasai Rinkai Park Narcissus Festival, selling Shimoda products such as kinme croquettes, kinmedai fish head soup, dried fish, Shimoda brand goods, and all-you-can-pack Izu mandarins to promote tourism.✨

Members of the Shimoda Taiko Traditional Preservation Society also join the event to perform traditional drumming with a history of about 400 years on stage.

If you are nearby, please stop by the Shimoda City Tourism Association booth at the Kasai Rinkai Park Narcissus Festival. (^○^)

*The booth photo was taken at last year’s event.*

Mount Fujiwara and Sangi Railway (Hokusei Line)

Inabe City, Mie Prefecture
January 24, 2026

On a clear, cold winter day, our family enjoyed flying kites in a park with a great view of Mount Fuji.

Photographed on January 20th: Atami cherry blossoms are in full bloom at several spots 🌸
(Kamanariya Heishichi Statue · Itokawa Promenade · Shinshui Park Third Section · Sanremo Park · Kaihin Park · Nagisa Koen Park)
Itogawa Cherry Blossom Festival runs until February 8th
https://www.ataminews.gr.jp/features/59