✨🍂Daisen Park Japanese Garden Special Autumn Evening Opening — Illuminated Autumn Leaves🍂✨

At Sakai City Daisen Park Japanese Garden, we will present a light-up of the garden dressed in autumn leaves.💫
Brilliant red maple leaves reflect on the surface of the garden pond, creating a magical scene.🍁🌠🍁

Event Dates
🔸November
・Saturday, November 15
・Friday, November 21 to Monday, November 24 (national holiday)
・Friday, November 28 to Sunday, November 30
🔸December
・Friday, December 5 to Sunday, December 7

Hours
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM (last admission 8:30 PM)

💁For details, please check the URL below.
🔗ttps://www.daisenteien.jp/event/r34omk9-7pf
🔍Search for “Daisen Park Japanese Garden autumn leaves”!


https://www.daisenteien.jp/event/r34omk9-7pf

Sparkling Korakuen: An Evening Tea Gathering
Thursday, October 23 and Friday, October 24

At Korakuen, where the maple trees had turned crimson, a light-up and tea gathering took place.

Inside the garden stands Korakutei, a tea room used several times a month for tea practice and tea gatherings for children.

Still, many village residents had never stepped into Korakutei, and many had only viewed Korakuen’s garden from outside.

For regular walkers and those who don’t usually go out alike, these two days provided an opportunity to visit Korakuen.

Because the garden has almost no lighting, lights placed along the walking paths glittered in the darkness.

A gentle, light rain fell that night.

The softly sweet tea sweets and the warm, full-bodied tea warmed us through.

Even without knowing tea ceremony etiquette, I found the tea room’s refined, comforting atmosphere soothing, and I visited many times.

(Refills of tea were available 🧉)

Despite the poor footing due to the weather, many people came—thank you very much.

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Traditional Japanese garden
#Korakuen
#Autumn foliage light-up
#Tea gathering
#Night
#Autumn

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

Divine glow ✨

On the way back from photographing Shirataki Falls, the pampas grass lit by sunlight looked divine, so I took a picture 📷

You can see gleaming pampas grass around town right now 👀

The temperature swings between morning and evening have deepened the autumn colors 🍁

Peak foliage may still be a little way off, but you can already feel the autumn scenery and breeze beyond the leaves 🌰

Outbound because it was autumn, I went to see the Autumn leaves.
I like this season when the surroundings are brightly colored.

Mindfulness tourism was held at Kikuchi Gorge in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture.

We offered the ultimate retreat in nature’s clear streams to maximize mental and physical performance.
Away from everyday noise, participants enjoyed a special experience that sharpened the five senses while feeling the breath of nature.

The program featured mindfulness walking incorporating meditation and breathing techniques.
Participants walked through Kikuchi Gorge together with a resident priest.
At each spot, people quietly faced nature—lying on rocks, sitting in zazen, or otherwise pausing in reflection.
In the calm atmosphere, attendees refreshed their minds and bodies and seemed to find new insights.

On the first day, we held “Mindfulness Walking and a Tea Ceremony.”
A tea master conducted a tea gathering within Kikuchi Gorge.
The water of Kikuchi Gorge was used for the tea.
In the silent morning space, guests settled their minds and quietly enjoyed delicious tea.

On the second day, participants experienced “Mindfulness Walking and a Breakfast Gathering.”
They ate breakfast in the crisp morning air while sensing the surrounding nature.
They enjoyed their meal in a relaxed, peaceful state.
The dishes used the soft water from Kikuchi Gorge, offering clay-pot rice and meals made with local Kikuchi ingredients.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the experience in their own way.
By walking and touching nature in the morning, many said they were able to forget work worries and busyness.
The matcha tea ceremony eased tired bodies, and the sound of the clear stream sharpened both hearing and taste.
Meditating in nature with the murmur of the river and the cool air felt pleasant.
Freshly cooked rice in a clay pot and nameko mushroom soup warmed body and soul; the dishes were elaborate, truly delicious, and left guests very satisfied.
These were among many comments we received.

It was a luxurious time to experience Kikuchi’s food, nature, and moments of self-reflection with the five senses.
Instead of letting a day pass by unnoticed, participants seemed to appreciate spending time in nature solely for themselves.

Autumn leaves on floating islands

A floating island located at the Anegawa Dam in Shiga Prefecture.
The Autumn leaves season is spectacular.

Many of the autumn leaves around the city fell in the storm on November 1st, but today, November 2nd, is bright and clear!
The second photo shows a dusky thrush bathing. It looks so comfortable.
(Image provided by Roadside Station Utonai-ko)

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.

A very yellowtail Limited Time Hokusei Line.

At this time of year, the cosmos field in front of the railroad tracks
It colors the Hokusei Line.

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

✨Starting tomorrow, Saturday, November 1st✨
Amber Nights & Marche

Featuring the amber hue that defines the mall hot spring, a symbol tree inspired by Tokachi’s nature and wildlife appears again this autumn! 🦌🍂
Enjoy a magical space glittering with amber light and a market of vendor booths. 💛

Event period: Saturday, November 1st to Sunday, December 7th (closed every Tuesday)
Venue: Roadside Station Garden Spa Tokachigawa Onsen
Hours: Marche: 3:00 PM–9:00 PM
Symbol tree and light display: 6:00 PM–9:00 PM (last admission 8:30 PM)
Admission: from 6:00 PM
Adults (junior high school and older) 1,500 yen / Elementary school students 600 yen / Infants free
🔍For more details about the event, please check the Roadside Station Garden Spa Tokachigawa Onsen official website.

Autumn colors in the satoyama and the JR Shinonoi Line
The countryside of Azumino is beginning to show its colors.

Autumn colors of the Northern Alps viewed from near the No. 2 parking area at the Mitsumata trailhead
Is that Choyari standing sharply in the distance…?
The mountainside foliage was at its peak!!

Mayumi Pond in Fall Colors
This pond lies along the Karasu River forest road heading to the Mitsumata trailhead
Its name preserves the old name for Mt. Jonen, which used to be called "Mayumi-dake"
Sitting at 1,170 meters, the autumn colors have descended noticeably toward the lowlands!

Hello from Crystal Sound 😃✨ The weather has been refreshingly pleasant, making this the perfect season for outings 🎶

The autumn colors are gradually advancing in Shosenkyo Gorge, and the mountains are turning brilliant hues of red and gold, creating truly beautiful scenery ✨
Bring your camera and you’ll capture many lovely photos 📸

The museum has also received many new items in stock ✨
The photo shows a dazzlingly gleaming pyrite specimen 💎
Please stop by when you go out 😊
All of our staff warmly look forward to your visit 🌈

Autumn of the Sangi Railway

Along the Sangi Railway line in Inabe City, red spider lililies bloom in autumn.

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

🍂A Model Course to Savor Autumn Flavors🍂 🔸—Moat Area Central Section—🔸

The season for hearty autumn eating has finally arrived! ⋈😊⋈
Sakai’s Moat Area is full of not only tourist attractions but also shops serving seasonal sweets made with fluffy chestnuts, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and autumn gourmet dishes featuring mushrooms like matsutake. 🌰🧡
Here we present a short model course to enjoy autumn gourmet food and sightseeing in the Moat Area central section. ⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"A course to visit shrines, temples, and shopping streets while enjoying autumn flavors (Central Area)"
① Ako Shrine ( @aguchijinja_official_ )
↓
② Sakai Yamanokuchi Shopping Street
↓
③ Taste the season: autumn flavors 🌰✨
・Rosier ( @rosier_fruits Mont Blanc parfait)
・D..labo ( @d_labo_ice Muscat parfait)
・Tenjinmochi ( @tenjinmochi Steamed chestnut yokan)
・Maruichi Confectionery ( @maruichikashiho Chestnut zenzai)
・SAKAINOMA ( @sakainoma Mushroom bagel sandwich)
・Cafe Lapin (mushroom stew hamburger, etc.)
↓
④ Myokokuji Temple

🔍For details, search for “Taste the Season: Autumn Flavors Special”!
🔗https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96
https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

🍂Autumn Flavors Model Course🍂 🔸— Moat Area, North —🔸

The season for hearty appetites has finally arrived! ❊😊❊
Sakai’s Moat Area is full of shops offering not only tourist attractions but also sweets made with freshly roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin, plus autumn gourmet dishes featuring matsutake and other mushrooms. 🌰🤎
Here is a short model course (Moat Area, North) to enjoy autumn flavors and sightseeing⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"Ironworking History and Autumn Flavors Course"
1. Sakai Denshokan ( @sakaidensan )
↓
2. SAKAINOMA PLAZA Yanagi ( @sakainoma )
↓
3. Savor the Season’s Autumn Flavors🌰✨
・Tsuboichi Tea Main Shop ( @saryo.tsuboichi — chestnut parfait )
・Rosier Yanagi ( @rosier_fruits — autumn selected mixed parfait )
・Zelkova Shokudo ( @zelkova_shokudo — healthy lunch )
・Asahido Confectionery ( best in Senshu )
・Sorori ( @__sorori__ — Naruto Kintoki sweet potato )
↓
4. Teppou Blacksmith Residence ( @sakaimachiyamuseums )

🔍Search for "Savor the Season’s Autumn Flavors Special" for details!
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96



https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

November is almost here 🍂✨
This time, we introduce six autumn foliage spots in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture! 🍁
Be sure to dress warmly and come to Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture 💛🎶

🍁🍁🍁Here are the highlights of the six autumn leaves spots🔽🍁🍁🍁

1. The Nursing-Rooting Giant Ginkgo of Mt. Kamitakano 🍁
[Address] Takano-cho, Shinichi, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
[Highlights] This giant ginkgo stands in the precincts of Tenman Shrine, with a trunk circumference at chest height of 9.6 meters, ranking first in the prefecture. It is said to have been planted as a sacred tree when Takemikazuchi-no-kami was enshrined here in the first year of Tenpyo (729). Aerial roots called "breasts" hang down from the main trunk, and it is designated as a prefectural natural monument. ※Please note that conditions may vary depending on the weather.
[Access] About an 8-minute drive from Takano IC on the Onomichi–Matsue Expressway or from Roadside Station Takano
[Typical viewing period] Early to mid-November

2. Mt. Azuma 🍁
[Address] Moriwaki, Hiwa-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
[Highlights] Mt. Azuma belongs to Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park and lies about 35 km north of Shobara City in northern Hiroshima Prefecture. The Azuma Lodge of Kyukamura closed in 2020. Restroom facilities are available at the former campsite public toilets. ※Please note that conditions may vary depending on the weather.
[Typical viewing period] Late October to early November

3. Hiba Mountain Range 🍁
[Address] Yuki, Saijo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture to Shimane Prefecture
[Highlights] A series of mountains around 1,200 meters high, with the area near Hiba-san Goryo covered by a nationally designated natural monument of pure beech forest. Please note that conditions may vary depending on the weather.
[Access] To Hiroshima Prefectural Citizens’ Forest Park Center
About 40 minutes from Shobara IC
About 40 minutes from Tojo IC
[Typical viewing period] Late October to early November

4. Dogo Mountain Range 🍁
[Address] Misaka, Saijo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture to Tottori Prefecture
[Highlights] One of Japan’s 300 Famous Mountains and featured in Sumie Tanaka’s New 100 Famous Flowers of the Mountains. Enjoy 360-degree views from the summit, stone embankments from former ranches, and the large pond built as a water source for tatara ironmaking. ※Please note that conditions may vary depending on the weather.
[Access] About a 45-minute drive from Shobara IC to Tsukimigaoka
About a 30-minute drive from Tojo IC to Tsukimigaoka
[Typical viewing period] From early November

5. Taishakyo Gorge 🍁
[Address] Tojo-cho, Shobara City to Jinseki Kogen Town, Jinseki District, Hiroshima Prefecture
[Highlights] A gorge spanning Tojo-cho in Shobara City and Jinseki Kogen Town. Designated a National Scenic Spot in 1923 and listed among Japan’s Top 100 Landscapes. ※Please note that conditions may vary depending on the weather.
[Access] About a 15-minute drive from Tojo IC on the Chugoku Expressway
[Typical viewing period] Late October to early November

6. The Iroha Maple Group of Kamichi 🍁
[Address] Inakusa, Soryo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
[Highlights] The Iroha maple group of Kamichi includes remarkably large trees, the largest having a trunk circumference at chest height of 3.25 m, and nine others exceeding 2 m in circumference—an unusually large cluster even on a national scale. ※Please note that conditions may vary depending on the weather.
[Access] About a 15-minute drive from Shobara IC on the Chugoku Expressway
[Typical viewing period] Early to mid-November

For autumn foliage information for 2025, see🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/special/4758

For an article summarizing the highlights, see🔽
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.

The Tsuya River in the Sunset

Aerial photograph of red spider lililies blooming on the embankment of the Tsuya River in Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture.
October 2025

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

Teachers’ Staged Reading "Hanasaki-yama"
Saturday, November 15
At Nishiokoppe Village Community Center Large Hall
The teachers will present a staged reading.

This year’s program is the picture book Hanasaki-yama, written by Ryusuke Saito and illustrated by Jiro Takidaira.

We will deliver a story incorporating the episodes of “Hachiro” and “Miko” that appear in this tale.

The cast includes elementary and junior high school teachers, elementary school students, and fellow villagers.

Including staff, people of various ages will work together to create a single production.

Admission free
Doors open at 1:30 PM, performance starts at 2:00 PM.
Recommended for ages elementary school and up.

Please come and see the teachers doing their best on stage.

For inquiries, call 090-9086-8268 (Yamamoto).

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#staged reading
#teachers’ staged reading
#Hanasaki-yama
#November 15
#Community Center Large Hall
#Board of Education