Today is the last business day for Hikawa Ryofuso. The last reception is at 4 p.m. Oyster ice is a peach. 🍧 I drew a fortune and had a lot of fun. 😊

Speaking of summer, fireworks, oysters, ice, and festivals 🏮🍧🎇 My idea of summer is all in this one photo! Watching beautiful fireworks with your favorite people, Spend the blue Spring and enjoy 🎐 the summer

This is a cumulonimbus cloud taken in Nishitokyo City, Tokyo. Bathed in the evening light, light and dark clouds were mixed. Heavy rains are also difficult this summer.

Photographed on August 9, 25. Vacation at a teahouse on a mountain in the Precincts of Atago Shrine. It is an amulet ice. 🍧 It is covered with Ume plum syrup and seems to ward off evil.

sakaitourism_official 🍨Sakai’s Cool Summer Sweets Feature🍨 ~Moat Area~ 🇯🇵JP 🇬🇧EN Below⬇️ #Chilled Sweets 🍉Chilled treats you crave in summer♪🍦 The Moat Area in Sakai is home not only to tourist spots but also to many shops selling chilled sweets🩷 Enjoy sightseeing around the Moat Area while savoring refreshing, delicious sweets to get you through the summer♪🌻 On the feature page, we introduce Moat Area sweet shops and a short model course that visits sweets shops and tourist spots.✨ ・Kanbukuro ・Saryo Tsuboichi Seicha Honpo ・Rosier ・SAKAINOMA Cafe Kuma ・D..labo ・Baked Goods & Gelato BLUE KETTLE ・Cafe Lapin ・Tenjin Mochi ・Sorori ・Maruichi Confectionery ・Asahido Confectionery

Photographed on July 4, 25. This is the Oyster Ice Lottery of Kawagoe Hachimangu. There are three types: strawberries, melons, and lemons. 🍓🍈🍋🍧

[May 3] Kurara Festival 2025 A Golden Week fast start💪💨 On May 3, Constitution Memorial Day, Kurakura Kurara in the former Kuraoka Junior High School hosted the Kurara Festival 2025🥳 The weather could not have been better that day☀️✨ The venue bustled with many food and drink stalls, fortune-telling, relaxation services, crafts, and a flea market. About 300 visitors came, making it a very lively day🤗🌟 Because it was quite warm, shaved ice was hugely popular🍧💕 (Adults seemed to prefer alcohol🍺?) In the courtyard, Nani.loa HULA studio performed hula dances🌺 A special guest performance featured the vice principal of Kuraoka Elementary School singing passionately, which electrified the crowd😆🔥 The raffle offered many luxurious prizes, and smiles were everywhere☺️✨ Although a new festival that started last year, Kurara Festival has already become a beloved event both inside and outside the local community👏💡 Everyone is already looking forward to next year💕

2025/4/19〜21 A solo trip to Shiraho on Ishigaki Island for 3 days and 2 nights. I found ♡ a cute Squid Fe near the inn Red and yellow flowers shine against the blue sky. On the second day, we took a ferry to Kuroshima. Stared at by a cow, I'm not a bad person. Send telepathy. Today, the Shiraho Coast is beautiful Thanks for the 1 beach cleanup a month. It's full of sparkle and vitality. The sea, the sky, the greenery, with warm and kind people I want to cherish it together for a long time. If you were thinking about such a thing, By the time I left, I missed Osaka. To everyone who has met and been involved, Thank you very much. I want to go see the blue sea again someday.

Shaved ice at festival stalls!! All-you-can-call syrup lovers! I wonder which one to put on...

〝Kawagoe This is shaved ice〟 Because of the shaved ice of natural ice, it melts in the mouth and does not make the head keen, so it was not cold at all even in this season! !️

Some photos of our trip to Sawara in Chiba Prefecture over the 3 day weekend a couple weeks back. On the way to Sawara we stopped at Chiba Station and had lunch at a place called Common Café. I order a burger not expecting a lot, but it was the best burger I've had in a long time actually. We arrived a bit late in Sawara and were kind of tired so we decided to just go to the hotel, shower and relax for a bit and then have dinner. We had a reservation at a French restaurant called Mougins and it ended up being a really great experience. After eating dinner we were headed back to the hotel and we heard some hayashi and cheering in the distance and we decided to check out what was happening. We found a dashi parading through the streets and they were stopping at different places to pick up alcohol lol. Apparently they'd been doing it every Sunday, I think since corona started. It was pretty cool to see though. The next day we went to check out the Sawara Historical District and after reaching our destination we decided to take a break at a cafe. We ordered a shaved ice and some sort of soda. They were both really delicious, especially the shaved ice. It was some sort of flavor using tea from Kyoto and milk. I forget what it was called exactly though. We also stopped by the former residence of Inoh Tadataka, the famous Japanese cartographer. It was quite interesting seeing where he lived. After visiting his residence, we to the nearby museum and learned about his life and everything he did. I was pretty blown away by how incredible he actually was. I was a bit surprised that I hadn't learned much about him when I was studying the history of Japan, but after visiting the museum I'm convinced he was truly a genius. Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures inside of the museum, but seeing all of the tools that he used to draw maps and learning how they worked was really interesting. On top of that, the maps he drew were unbelievably accurate. I think it mentioned somewhere that his maps were used until the 1900's, despite being drawn several hundred years prior. His cartography was only one of the endeavors he pursued as well. There were also some documents that explained how he helped his town get through the famine, and also documents detailing how he dealt with local lords imposing taxes on his town. Besides the museum, we also took a boat ride through the canal that ran through the historical district. The canal was quite nice, and you could see the historical buildings that lined the sides of it while going through it. We had to lower the cover on the boat for several bridges as the water level was quite high due to the recent rains, but that just made the experience even more memorable. The tour guide on the boat mentioned how when the canal was used back in the Edo period, it was incredibly busy and boats would have been bumping into each other constantly while passing through. During the boat ride through the canal I noticed some interesting statues on various lanterns and decided to check them out. They all turned out to be interesting and unique. We ended our trip by having a late lunch near the historical district. We had planned to take a train back to Tokyo but missed it by a few minutes. Fortunately, a bus arrived at the perfect time and so we rode that back to Tokyo. It was much better than the crowded trains. Overall it was a really good day-trip style excursion and I definitely recommend it! Managed to find 2 poke lids too!

This is strawberry shaved ice from a shaved ice shop called "Japan Ichi" in Gunma. The ice is made from Chichibu's natural ice, and you can change it to Nikko's natural ice. In addition, the strawberry syrup is made by hand and has a good balance of acidity and sweetness, and as the name of the store says, I think it is the best in the hot summer. I think that shaved ice is indispensable in the summer of Japan, and now there are various shaved ice in Japan all over the country, and I think it has become more familiar. I took a picture of such shaved ice not by the whole thing, but by focusing on the parts that looked delicious.

Summer is a birthday.

Speaking 🍧🍉 of foods that make you feel summer

Located in Konakano, Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture I ate at "Tamura Ice Store" Lemon shaved ice It was like a tower, but it was as fluffy as powdered snow and delicious. It's shaved ice for a limited time, but you can eat condensed milk as much as you want! I hope to taste it again next year!