We will hold the 4th "Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk" sightseeing route planning workshop🎊

The workshop will take place on Wednesday, November 19, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Amakusa Reihoku Tourist Association.
This session will use a draft sightseeing route developed from ideas and discussions raised in previous workshops to finalize the route.
A recap of sessions 1–3 will be provided, so first-time participants are welcome. If you are interested in literature, history, tour guiding, or community development, please join us.✨

Date and time: Wednesday, November 19, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Location: Amakusa Reihoku Tourist Association, 2nd floor (4535-1 Kamitsufukae, Reihokumachi, Amakusa District, Kumamoto Prefecture)
Registration deadline: Monday, November 17
👉 Please check the notices section on our website to register.

This workshop is organized as part of the FY2025 Kumamoto Future Creation Startup Grant program.

Contact: Amakusa Reihoku Tourist Association Secretariat, Ogata
TEL: 0969-31-1136
E-mail: info@amakusa-kankou.com

Photographed on October 18, 2013.
After the evening festival ends, the floats are being prepared to start moving.
There are many photos from the Kawagoe Festival….

Photographed on November 3, 25.
Izumo Iwahi Shrine, the ceremonial rites of the yabusame festival.

Photographed on November 3, 2013.
This is the yabusame (mounted archery) festival at Izumo Iwai Shrine.

Photographed on November 3, 2025.
This is the yabusame (mounted archery) festival at Izumo Iwai Shrine.

Grab a Tokachi Sake Travel Book and tour Tokachi’s wineries and breweries to collect original labels!!

What is the Tokachi Sake Travel Book?
It’s a keepsake booklet you use while touring Tokachi to collect and enjoy each winery’s and brewery’s original labels.

There are four ways to enjoy the Sake Travel Book😍

1️⃣ Tour and enjoy
The booklet introduces Tokachi’s wineries and breweries, places to drink, shops to buy from, and accommodations where you can drink and stay. Savor the drinks as you make this your Tokachi tour book.

2️⃣ Collect and enjoy
When you purchase one or more bottles (any brand) at participating wineries or breweries, present the Sake Travel Book at the register to receive that winery’s or brewery’s original label as a gift🎁🎁
There are six designs inspired by each winery’s or brewery’s features😊
The booklet includes pages where you can stick each label✨
Make it your label-collecting book.

📌Participating wineries and breweries
📍Tokachi Wine (Ikeda Wine Castle)
📍Tokachi Makiba no Ie Winery
📍Tokachigaoka Winery
📍Memuro Winery
📍Aizawa Winery
📍Hekiun Kura

3️⃣ Record and enjoy
Write down your trip notes, the drinks you tried, and the snacks or dishes you paired them with to create your own memory book.

4️⃣ Read and enjoy
Read the tourism information about Tokachi’s drinks to learn more about the region.

The Tokachi Sake Travel Book is distributed free of charge, so please pick one up and take a look🤗
The booklet and label distribution run from November 1 to February 20.


https://tokachibare.jp/sake-museum/news/saketabi-techo/

Photographed 11/3/25.
It is the Yabusame Festival of Izumo Ihabi Shrine.
It's morning.

Photographed 11/3/25.
Prayer at Izumo Ihabi Shrine.
It is the Yabusame Festival.

It was a change of pace.
It's a gingerbread latte and an Earl Grey scone.

[Divine ✨]

I took 📷 a picture of Shirataki's Return road, Lettuce it was illuminated by sunlight because it was divine

Now you can see 👀 Susuki grass shining all over the In the town

Autumn leaves have become darker 🍁 due to the temperature difference between morning and evening

The best time to see the Autumn leaves is expected to be a little later, but you can 🌰 feel the autumn scenery and wind in addition to the Autumn leaves

I Outbound to the Yabusame Festival of Izumo Ihahi Shrine.
It is a morning event.
I was even there for the ceremony, but I couldn't see the ceremony because of work.

Photographed 11/1/25.
After Prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I relaxed.
Strawberry Mousse & Joyful Medley Tea Latte and White Mocha Cake.

Photographed 11/1/25.
It is a one-year cheap sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.
It is yellow and vermilion.
Vermilion has a color close to orange.

Photo from my father.
2025.11.01

Today, I attended the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival.
Shichi-Go-San.

Photographed 10/27/25.
This is Hanatetsu's Hanachozu.

Morning at Biwashima Shrine (Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture)

November 1 (Sat) 10:00~15:00
◆Ishirozaki Lighthouse Open to the public
The interior of the Ishirozaki Lighthouse will be opened to the public.
Squid is a rare opportunity that happens several times a year!
Thereare various Privileges on the day of the event.
The Ocean Guard's "Umimaru" and Minami-Izu Town's official "Iro Baron" will also appear!

November 1 (Sat) ~ 2 (Sun)
◆Minami-Izu Drum Festival
In October, gods gather at Izumo Taisha Shrine for Marriages meetings from all over the country, and there are only local gods who are away. November, when the gods return, is also called Kamikizuki or Kamikizuki, and although the scale has increased due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Annual Grand Festival is held everywhere in Minami-Izu Town to pray for a bountiful harvest of five grains.

【Notice】
Winter business hours will change ❕ from November

Use the Roadside Station Iwanai
thank you🙏

Our Facility is open from November 1 to April 20 of the following year
Business hours are from 9:00 to 17:00.
Closed day every Monday.
* If Monday is a Holidays, the following Tuesday is Closed Day.

◎ Stamp rally Stamps
Please note that the above business hours and closed days will be handled in the same way as Same as above.

We look 😊 forward to seeing you during the winter months

🐟 Roadside Station Iwanai

Photographed 10/27/25.
This is Hanachozu from Hara Flower Shop.
Hanachozu for Halloween. 🎃

Photographed 10/27/25.
This is LEC COFFEE's café latte.
Latte art is Halloween specification. 👻

Autumn sky.
A photo of my father's LINE confirmation of survival.

2025.10.30

November is almost here 🍂✨
This time, we will introduce 6 Autumn leaves spots in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture! 🍁
Please warm up and come to 💛🎶 Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture

🍁🍁🍁 Here are the 🔽🍁🍁🍁 highlights of the 6 Autumn leaves Spots

(1) Under-twined Gari of Mt. Kamikoya Ooin Ginkgo 🍁
【Address】Shinichi, Koya-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Highlights】Located in the Precincts of Tenma Shrine, it is a huge Ginkgo tree with a trunk circumference of 9.6 meters and is the first in the prefecture. It is said that in the first year of Tenpei (729), when the god of thunder was invited to this place, it was planted as a sacred tree. Gari aerial roots called milk hang down from the main trunk, and it is designated as a natural monument of the prefecture. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】Onomichi Matsue Automobile Koya IC / About 8 minutes by Car from Roadside Station Takano
【Best time to visit in every year】Early ~ mid-November

(2) Mt 🍁. Azuma
【Address】Moriwaki, Hiwa-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Mt. Azuma belongs to the Hiba Dogo Teishaku National Park and is Located in, about 35 km north of Shobara City in the northern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. Vacation Village Azumayama Lodge closed in 2020. Use the public toilet at the former campsite. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Best time to visit in every year】Late October ~ early November

(3) Mt. Hiba Federation 🍁
【Address】Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Saijo-cho, Aburaki~Shimane
【Highlights】Elevation 1,200 Meter class mountains are lined up, and the area around Mt. Hiba Imperial Tomb is covered with beech pure forest, which is a nationally designated natural monument. Please note that Thereare is subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】To Hiroshima Prefectural Forest Park Center
About 40 minutes from Shobara IC
About 40 minutes from Tojo IC
【Best time to visit every year】Late October ~ early November

(4) Dogo Mountain 🍁
【Address】Misaka, Saijo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture~Tottori
【Highlights】One of the Three Hundred Famous Mountains of Japan. It is also featured in Sumie Tanaka's "One Hundred Famous Mountains of New Hundred Famous Mountains". Thereare a 360-degree view from the summit, a stone wall of the ranch ruins, and a large pond built as a water source for Tatara ironworks. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】About 45 minutes by Car from Shobara IC to Tsukimigaoka
About 30 minutes by Car from Tojo IC to Tsukimigaoka
【Best time to visit in every year】Early November~

(5) Teishaku Gorge 🍁
【Address】Tojo Town, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture ~ Jinsekikogen Town, Jinseki District, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Highlights】A canyon that straddles Shobara City Tojo Town and Jinsekikogen Town. Designated as a national scenic spot (1923), one of One of the 100 most scenic spots in Japan. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】About 15 minutes by Car from Chugoku Expressway / Tojo IC
【Best time to visit in every year】Late October ~ early November

(6) Japanese maple group 🍁 in the market
【Address】Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Highlights】The "Japanese maple group in Kamiichi" is a rare group of large trees in Japan, including the largest one with a trunk circumference of 3.25 m and nine plants with a trunk circumference of more than 2 m. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】About 15 minutes by Car from Shobara IC on the Chugoku Expressway
【Best time to visit in every year】Early ~ mid-November

Click here for 🔽 information on Autumn leaves in 2025
https://www.shobara-info.com/special/4758

Summary of the highlights here. 🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5312

Photographed 10/27/25.
It comes with LEC COFFEE's chai Basque cheesecake and jack-o-lantern cookies. 🎃
I like chai, so it's a nice menu. 😊

Photographed 10/27/25.
This is a hot sandwich set from LEC COFFEE.
Lettuce, bacon, hot sandwich with fried egg, salad, Butter nut pumpkin soup.

I will never forget the shock of seeing the scenery of Kamikochi live even now
It's a memory that will last a lifetime.

Photographed 10/18/25.
This is the Kawagoe Festival, Yoiyama.

Photographed 10/18/25.
This is the Kawagoe Festival, Yoiyama.
From the lion's head, a little bit appeared.

Photographed 10/18/25.
This is the Kawagoe Festival, Yoiyama.
The lion's head is dancing.

It's almost a ✨ three-day weekend
This time, we will introduce autumn Events and traditional events held in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture! ✨

🔽🔽🔽Summary 5 selections, so please use them as a reference for your three-day outing! 🔽🔽🔽

1⃣ The 32nd Bingo Tojo "Odori"
【Date & Time】~Sunday, November 2, 2025 Noon (12:00~)
【Place】Tojo Elementary School Ground Start
【Contents】"Odori" has been held as an Events by the Odori Preservation Promotion Association since 1993 (Heisei 5). A procession consisting of a daimyō procession, a samurai parade, a mother's robe, and a hanawarabe is held every year in early November as a brave and gorgeous period picture scroll.

[Events Detail URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5310
【Here are the highlights】https://www.shobara-info.com/report/4841

2⃣ The 18th Imperial Maple Festival
Date & Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025 10:00~15:00
【Place】Teisha Autonomy Promotion Center
【Contents】Shobara City 20th Anniversary Commemorative Project!
●Raku no Piazza
10:15 Niimi Wind Ensemble
11:15 Shobara City Merger 20th Anniversary Stage (1) Ryo Sasaki
12:15 Stage (2) Issei Minami
13:30 Kendama Performance
14:00 Throat bragging
14" 45 Lottery
* There are Thereare before and after the appearance time.
●Food Square
Frankfurters, chicken karaage, meat Udon noodles, zenzai, yakitori, french fries, grilled Soba, beef bowls, game dishes teppanyaki, vegetable tempura, fried maple, croquettes, coffee, yotsuba Workshop cookies, Local Fresh vegetable sales, Locally Produced sales, clay bell sales, shooting
[Detailed URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5322

3⃣ Autumn Beef Terrace|Teishaku Gorge Schola Highlands
Date & Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025 10:00~15:00
【Place】Spice Pavilion 2F Open Terrace
【Details】This is an Events where you can enjoy the Phantom Divine Stone Cow at a reasonable price.

Barbecue Queue Set
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Jinseki beef, vegetables, rice bowls

[Held in at the same time! ] 】
Minna no Markets Hiroshima (product sales)
【Detailed URL】https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5317

4⃣ Tojo Marugoto Festival
Date & Time: Monday, November 3, 2025 12:00~20:30
【Location】Tojo Station and surrounding facilities and surrounding downtown
【Contents】In addition to music events on the platform of Tojo Station, this event is filled with the charms of the Geibi Line and Tojo Town, such as projects related to art and culture that make use of the history of the In the town.

[Detailed URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5341

5⃣ The 22nd Children's Festival
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 10:00~14:00
【Place】National Bihoku Hillside Park North Entrance Satoyama Station Shobara Furari Shobara Furari
【Contents】Bihoku Hill where children's smiles spread Everyone gathers at the Children's Festival!
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Shobara City, a limic 🎶 concert as a stage Events!
Fun experiences, crafts, and Stamp Rally!

[Detailed URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5338