"Noh Prayer and Japan Sword Culture◆The 5th Sakashiro Chikuma Yabu Noh Pre-Workshop"

We will Held in a Workshop to enjoy the "5th Sakashiro Chikuma Yabu Noh Funa Benkei" scheduled to be Held in at the Sakaki Town Cultural Center on Saturday, August 23rd!
It is a two-hour event filled with various things such as Japan swords and Noh, Buddhism and Noh, Kanze-ryu Noh play master Chitoshi Matsumoto's explanation of the highlights of "Funabenkei" and the experience of the work of the sword.

Held in ∶ 7/20 (Sun)

Place: Sakaki Town Iron Exhibition Hall

Hours: 10 a.m. to noon

Participation fee: 1,000 yen (including admission fee)

✨The Lotus Festival is now on✨
The Lotus Festival runs at Hanahasu Park in Minami-Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture through Monday, August 11 (national holiday).
It’s about a five-minute drive from Nanjo Interchange. If you visit the Nanjo Service Area or Roadside Station Minamiechizen Sankairi, please stop by 🚙

At Hanahasu Park you can see about 130 varieties of lotus.
On sunny days they appear large and vibrant, while on rainy days they take on a dreamy, otherworldly mood; their look also changes by time of day.
Come see them on different days!!!
The large lotus flowers and leaves are striking and well worth seeing 👀

Various events are held in the park mainly on weekends!
We look forward to your visit!!!

〇 For details, see the Minami-Echizen Town tourism information site 〇
🔍 The 33rd Lotus Festival
Period: Saturday, June 28 – Monday, August 11 (national holiday)
Venue: Hanahasu Park (64-41 Nakagoya, Minami-Echizen Town, Nanjo District, Fukui Prefecture)
Inquiries: Minami-Echizen Town Tourism and Community Development Division (TEL: 0778-47-8002)

Minami-Echizen Town Tourism Federation
https://www.minamiechizen.com/en/feature/80061/

Event Notice📣

On Monday, July 21, the "Mikage Festival" will take place 😊

Also known as the Beer Festival!!
Enjoy handmade flavors from local shops, sirloin-cut steaks, and grilled Wagyu ribeye together with beer 🎵 The program includes Flahibiscus Mikage, Cheer Angel Baton Twirlers, and a bingo tournament!!
The festival ends with a grand fireworks display that will color the summer night sky!!
Relax and enjoy summer with a beer🍺

📌Date and Time: July 21, 2025, from 15:00 (will proceed even in rain)
📌Venue: Mikage Community Center
📌Parking: Mikage Improvement Center
📌Fireworks start at 20:00

[Requests]
📍Seating at the venue is limited. Please bring your own tables and chairs.
📍If you use the lawn, please bring a ground sheet.
📍There is no garbage station. Please take your trash home with you.
📍Please refrain from parking on the street as it will inconvenience nearby residents.

https://www.shimizu-hokkaido-ta.jp/cont8/49.html

🎨 Announcement: The Late Sukenori Miroku – Exhibition “Morotsuka Kagura, the Forest’s Gifts, and Its Spirits” 🌲✨

From Friday, July 18, the Library Corner at Shiitake no Yakata 21 will host
an exhibition by the late Sukenori Miroku (Miroku Sukenori)
titled “Morotsuka Kagura, the Forest’s Gifts, and Its Spirits.”

This exhibition presents nine works in total, including two paintings depicting kagura that are planned to be donated to Morotsuka Village.
Please take this rare chance to see these precious pieces that are not often on view 👀🍃

📅 Exhibition period: Friday, July 18 – Tuesday, July 29
🕙 Opening hours: 10:00–17:00 (※Last day closes at 15:00)
🏛 Venue: Shiitake no Yakata 21, Library Corner
🎟 Admission: Free
❗️Note: Closed on Wednesday, July 23.

📞 Inquiries: Morotsuka Village Office, Board of Education, Education Division
TEL: 0982-65-0072

👤 About Sukenori Miroku
Mr. Miroku was an artist who expressed local spiritual culture through motifs of kagura and nature-based faith. He continued to render the forest’s resident spirits and his respect for Morotsuka Village’s nature and kagura with a delicate touch. This exhibition offers a valuable opportunity to encounter his artistic legacy and spirit 🖌️🌿

👣 Spend a peaceful moment in a space where nature and art resonate together 🍀
We warmly look forward to your visit!

Event Announcement📣

The "Furusato Ginga Line Rikubetsu Railway Festival" will be held on Sunday, July 20.😊

After the railway first reached Rikubetsu in 1910 (Meiji 43), it was abolished in April 2006 (Heisei 18).
In April 2008 (Heisei 20), it was reborn as the operational "Furusato Ginga Line Rikubetsu Railway."
Hoping to welcome more riders, we hold the "Furusato Ginga Line Rikubetsu Railway Festival."🎵

On Saturday, July 19, the eve festival features stage shows and local food stalls!!
About 1,500 fireworks will be launched, and a special fireworks train will run so passengers can watch the display from the train (capacity 32 people, 1,500 yen, includes Rikubetsu town specialty products).😍

Eve Festival
📌Date and Time: Saturday, July 19, 2025, from 18:00
📌Venue: Midorimachi Soccer Field
📍Fireworks launch at 20:00

On Sunday, July 20, the main festival is packed with activities, including special train rides, dance and street performances, horse riding experiences, a big lottery, and mochi throwing!! Rikubetsu town’s mascot character "Shibare-kun" and his bouncy dome are a big hit with children!!

📌Date and Time: Sunday, July 20, 2025, from 10:00
📌Venue: Station Front Multipurpose Plaza
📍A comedy stage by Yoshimoto comedians will be held at 14:30😁

Contact
Rikubetsu Town Tourism Association Office (Rikubetsu Town Hall, Industrial Promotion Division, Commerce and Industry Promotion Section TEL:0156-27-2141)

Enjoy the three-day weekend—bring your family and friends to the event and make lots of great memories🤗
https://www.rikubetsu.jp/kanko/event/tetsudoumatsuri/

I was finally able to go to the Tengu fire walk, which I had been wanting to Outbound for a long time

Fly to New Chitose Airports
3 hours by rental car

I finally arrived at Kotohira Shrine

The fire crossing of the tengu that I saw here was solemn and mysterious

A shishimai lion dance visited the Tomakomai Tourist Information Center!!
Even after getting his head nipped, Tomakomai’s official mascot Tomachop stayed cool and unfazed (lol). This is sure to bring good fortune✨

Event Announcement📣

How are your plans for this weekend?

Makubetsu Summer Festa 2025 will take place on Sunday, July 20th🎵

Alongside dance, light rock music, and taiko drumming, there will be games for children and food stalls serving delicious local treats from Makubetsu😁

A grand lottery offers luxurious prizes, including paired travel vouchers!!

The festival’s climax will be about 3,000 fireworks that will fill the night sky with brilliant gold😍
Come enjoy the summer festival with friends and family🤗

📌Date and time: Sunday, July 20th, 2025, 1:00 PM–9:00 PM

📌Location: Makubetsu Town Sports Park, special event area

📌Notes
* Bringing pets is prohibited.

* The entire sports park is smoke-free (including electronic cigarettes).

* Grilling and BBQ inside the sports park are prohibited.

http://www.makubetsu.jp/kankobussankyokai/?p=8545

Event Announcement 📣
July 13 (Sunday) Memuro Fireworks Festival "Kanon" will be held 😊

In 2014, the long-running local fireworks festival that had continued for 28 years ended. A group of volunteers in their 20s and 30s, who grew up watching Memuro’s fireworks, organized this festival so today’s children can also come and enjoy that beloved celebration 🎵
The venue offers a variety of events and attractions, and a food area brings together more than 60 popular shops from across Hokkaido!!
Fireworks will be launched from 8:00 PM 😍

📌Location: Memuro Park special venue
📌Hours: 11:00 AM–9:00 PM

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone 🤗

https://www.memuro-hanaoto.com/

July 7 2025 (Reiwa 7)
Tanabata Day
It is the Milky Way that I found on a boat crossing the sea.

Sakai Great Fish Night Market is heating up again this year!🏮

The Sakai Tourism Concierge will take part in the Sakai Great Fish Night Market again this year!
🐟With fish auctions and 🎵stage performances, we want to liven things up together with everyone!
Please come to the Sakai Great Fish Night Market! We sincerely look forward to seeing you at the venue✨

🐻🤎 Montbell Club Friend Fair Yokohama 2025 🐻

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Sakuhomachi and Koumi booths!

We showcased the high-altitude Lake Shirakoma, the mysterious moss forests carpeted with moss, and Yachiho Kogen, where you can enjoy nature through all four seasons—offering a full taste of Shinshu’s great outdoors.🌲✨

We were delighted that you picked up delicious local specialties and tourism brochures.😊🤍
Sakuhomachi and Koumi in Shinshu are perfect spots for a summer cooling getaway.
We hope to meet you again amid Shinshu’s natural beauty.🌲🍁

👀Special Incense Exhibition

📢The Birthplace of Incense!
A special limited-time exhibition of Sakai incense will be held!✨
The method of making incense came from China in the 16th century and spread nationwide. Sakai’s incense-making tradition is still carefully passed down by artisans today.🥰
Through the scents of incense, experience the roots of Sakai craftsmanship and the living traditional culture in daily life, and take this chance to appreciate the artisans’ handiwork and the beauty of fragrance
Please do so now🤗

📅 Exhibition period: Friday, July 18 – Sunday, July 27
📍 Venue: Sakai Densho-kan, 2nd floor, TAKUMI EXHIBITION
*Applications for the incense-making workshop on July 26 have ended.
We look forward to welcoming you all👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

[Kimu Culture Night]
On Friday, July 25
the Forest Art Museum Kimu will be open until 8:00 PM!

On this day, called Culture Night, the museum extends its hours from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Admission is free for everyone!

In addition to exploring the galleries, there will be fun programs.

From 5:30 PM
a concert by the Nishiokoppe Junior High School Wind Ensemble

From 6:30 PM
a puppet show by the Doremi Puppet Theater Circle will take place.

Both events will be held on Kimu Island inside the museum.

It seems there will even be lighting staff, so we look forward to the day.

For inquiries, contact the Forest Art Museum Kimu.
TEL: 0158-87-2600

We look forward to your visit.

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Forest Art Museum Kimu
#Extended hours
#Nishiokoppe Junior High School Wind Ensemble
#Doremi Puppet Theater Circle
#July 25

Hyuga Mushiokuri
The traditional event “Hyuga Mushiokuri,” held since the Edo period, will take place.
Mushiokuri is a folk ritual performed across Japan to protect crops from pests.
Date and time: Sunday, July 20, 2025, 3:00 PM
Meeting place: Hinata Yakushi
Participation fee: Free. If you carry a torch, an additional 500 yen applies (junior high school students and older).
Contact: Hyuga Mushiokuri Preservation Society Office 090-3407-3205 (Yamaguchi)
Please join this locally passed-down rite with your family and friends and experience it together.

Summer Festival & Fireworks Festival in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture is hot! 🔥
Here are 5 Events currently announced in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture from July ~ August.

(1) Bihoku Summer Festival 2025|National Bihoku Hillside Park (1st photo)
【Held in】2025/07/19 (Sat) ~ 2025/08/31 (Sun)
9:30~18:00 (Last entry until 17:00)
【Place】National Bihoku Hillside Park
【Address】4-10 Mikkaichi Town, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Contact】National Bihoku Hillside Park 0824-72-7000
In the middle of summer, a big frolic in Bihoku! The "Jabu Jabu Pond" where you can enjoy playing in the water and the "Beetle Dome / Stag Corner" have also started to be opened to the public! Other, tree climbing, Canadian Canoeing, and other summer events that can only be enjoyed in summer! Please take this opportunity to visit us!

Click here for Events Information▽
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5141

(2) Summer Festival that connects sweetfish, river, and people|Sweetfish no Sato Park (2nd ~ 3rd photo)
【Held in Date & Time】2025/07/26 (Sat) 10:30~15:00
【Place】Sweetfish no Sato Park
【Address】1641-1 Nagata, Kuchiwa-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Inquiry】Sweetfish no Sato Park TEL 0824-89-2244
【Contents】This is a project to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Shobara City. You can also eat sweetfish that has become the No.1 in Japan! Let's continue to protect Nature, which is the property of Shobara City! Stalls are also available!
(Salt-grilled sweetfish / Manjii hand-made Soba (limited to 70 meals of chilled bukkake Soba noodles) / Kuchiwacho "New Moon Markets" meeting (with multiple stalls) / Osaka Takoyaki Konamon / Fukupan (egg sandwich) / Draft beer sales / Local sake sales / Kitchen car C&J etc.)

Click here for Events Information▽
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5090

(3) 2025 Tojo "Yuka Festival" (4th photo)
【Held in Date】2025/08/10 (Sun) 17:00 Open / 17:40 Start
【Place】Shobara City Tojo Elementary School Ground
【Address】1342 Kawahigashi, Tojo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Inquiry】Tojo "Yuka Festival" Executive Committee (Tojo Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry) TEL 08477-2-0525
【Contents】In my hometown Tojo! Let's have a summer festival!
It is an annual summer festival in the Castle Town of Tojo. The fireworks that echo through the Mountainous Area are a sight to and, and Many Stalls gather and it is very lively. The Ground Self-Defense Force is also coming! Stage events, stalls Village, and this year's princess of the traditional event "Odori" in Tojo Town, Shobara City, which takes place around November, will also be introduced.

Click here for Events Information▽
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5131

(4) Hoshimi Markets|Sakura Shokudo directly managed by farmers (5th photo)
【Held in Date & Time】2025/08/11 (Mon) 16:00~20:30 (rain or shine)
【Place】Shokusaikan Shobara Yume Sakuranai Farmer's Directly Managed Sakura Shokudo
【Address】291-1 Shinjo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Inquiry】Sakura Shokudo directly managed by farmers TEL 0824-75-4516
【Contents】This is the children's night market of Sakura Shokudo.
You can enjoy food, miscellaneous goods, Workshops, fortune telling, therapy, etc.
【Notes】
・ Stalls are subject to change, so please note.
・ Admission to the venue is free, but various workshops, experience corners, and product purchases will be charged.
・Please take your garbage home with you.

Click here for Events Information▽
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5132

(5) The 43rd Shobara Yoitoko Festival and Shobara Summer Festival Fireworks Festival (Photos 6~8)
【Held in Date】Shobara Good Cousin Festival will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2025
Fireworks festival will be held on Sunday, August 24, 2025
【Place】Around Shobara City Office
【Address】 1-10-1 Naka Honmachi, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Inquiry】The 43rd Shobara Yoitoko Festival Official Instagram
▷ https://www.instagram.com/yoitokomtsuri43/
This year's theme is "Burn Your Heart"
For a record of festival's Information and Held in, please check the official Instagram of the 43rd Shobara Yoitoko Festival! The next day, Annual event! The Shobara Summer Festival fireworks festival is held. When the details come out, we will announce them on the Shobara Kanko Navi Home page.
< Organizers> Shobara Yoitoko Festival Steering Committee, Shobara Good Toko Festival Executive Committee

Click here for Events Information▽
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5124

Shobara City Tourist Information Site "Shobara Tourism Navi"
▷ https://www.shobara-info.com/

The rainy season has ended in the Tokai region, and summer is finally here 🐚🌊
In Shimoda City, the International Marlin Fishing Tournament and the Shimoda Marine Festa take place at the same time!
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Come to Shimoda to see the giant marlin 🎣🎊
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For event details, please see the blog below 👇
https://www.shimoda-city.info/post/20250707

[Ice Tunnel Open Again This Year!]
Has June always been this hot?
June, which seems to get hotter every year, has rushed by and the ice tunnel opening day is nearly here.

🕙️ 🕑️
The event runs on Sunday, July 13, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

🥾💦🥾💦🥾
The area around the ice tunnel is muddy underfoot, so we recommend wearing rubber boots.

🚌 🚌 🚌
To reach the ice tunnel, drive to Wenshiri Campground or use the single shuttle bus that runs from the town center.

Shuttle bus times are as follows:
Outbound
Around 10:00 Kamikoppe Bus Stop
Around 10:10 Nishiokoppe Bus Stop
Around 10:15 Hotel Morimu
Around 10:35 Ice Tunnel

Return
Around 11:30 Ice Tunnel
Around 11:50 Hotel Morimu, Nishiokoppe Bus Stop
Around 12:00 Kamikoppe Bus Stop

You can watch a route video from Nishiokoppe town to the venue via the QR code in the second image.
Drivers should check that video as well.

Come cool off near the ice!

For inquiries contact Nishiokoppe Village Chamber of Commerce.
TEL: 0158-87-2974

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#One-Day Opening of the Ice Tunnel
#Nishiokoppe Village Chamber of Commerce
#Youth Division
#Wenshiri
#Summer Cooling Event
#July 13

Iron Exhibition Hall Events Information ★
[Gallery session of swordsmith Yozo Ueyama and kenshi Soichiro Abe]

This is a session by Teruhei Ueyama, a swordsmith who won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award in the sword category, and Soichiro Abe, who won the Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner's Award in the Grinding category!

Date: Sunday, July 6
Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Participation fee∶ 500 yen (admission fee not included)

Please come and visit us ♪

Nishinikarishite Returns
Summer 2023
Nishinikarishite took place at GA.KOPPER guesthouse in Nishiokoppe Village.

A day of live-noise bon odori echoed through the whole village of Nishiokoppe.

For its second edition this year, the festivities span two days.

Alongside music, food, and the noise bon odori, the program is packed with ghost stories and shadow puppetry, deer butchering, silk-screen printing and bookbinding workshops, and much more.

On day one the venue is the old school building of the closed Kamiokoppe Elementary School,
and on day two the event moves to guesthouse GA.KOPPER.

Both days open at 10:30 AM, start at 11:00 AM, and finish around 9:00 PM.

Admission is free on day one; day two costs 5,000 yen (free for junior high school students and younger).
After 7:00 PM on day two, entry is free for everyone.

Tickets can be purchased online in advance.
You may also pay at the reception on the day of the event.
(The price is the same either way.)

The gymnasium of the former Kamiokoppe Elementary School will be open as a rest area at night.

If you want to attend both days but need a place to stay,
please bring a sleeping bag or tent and use the campsite.


For details, check the Nishiokoppe Gakkai account.


#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Nishinikarishite
#Nishiokoppe Gakkai
#Former Kamiokoppe Elementary School
#GA.KOPPER
#Bon odori
#Noise bon odori
#Feast
#100th anniversary of the village opening

Event announcement📣
July has arrived, and summer is here in earnest — a season full of festivals and events. If you’re free this weekend, why not drop by one of the events taking place? 🤗

📌Saturday, July 5 — Shirohebi-hime Festival at the shore of Lake Shikaribetsu in Shikaoicho. This theatrical folk performance, created from Ainu traditions, features a 13-meter white snake and a princess dancing in a dreamlike spectacle.
■Time: 17:30–21:15
■Free shuttle bus to the venue: A free shuttle will operate from Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum in Shikaoicho to the lakeside venue using the regular bus route.


📌Sunday, July 6 — The 52nd Pyotan Falls Yamabe Release Festival at Satsunai River Park in Nakasatsunai Village. The day starts with the release of yamabe (a local trout), followed by a Poroshiri drum performance, hands-on workshops, food trucks, and ends with a stage-side edamame toss featuring the village’s specialty edamame.
■Time: 10:00–14:00
■Access: About a 60-minute drive from Obihiro Station


Find other summer events on the Tokachi HARE website under “Events.” Please check the homepage at the URL below 😊

It’s been hot every day, so please take care to avoid heatstroke and enjoy a pleasant weekend 🎵

https://tokachibare.jp/event/

Notice: Iwanai Shrine Annual Festival

This year too, the Iwanai Shrine Annual Festival will take place over three days from July 7th to July 9th.

Please be aware that some roads will be closed during the festival, so take care when coming to the area.

Come and join the “Iwanai Festival.”😌

*The schedule was referenced from the Iwanai Shrine website.

The poster for the 20th National High School Invitational Ice Hockey Tournament, held from July 28 to August 3, is complete! 🏒
Admission is free✨
Also, from August 1 to 3 the “Tomakomai Port Festival” will take place beside the venue, nepia Ice Arena. The port festival is Tomakomai’s biggest summer celebration.
Please come and enjoy both events.

🍄 July 7 is "Dried Shiitake Day" 🍄
To celebrate, we will hold the "Dried Shiitake Fair" on Saturday, July 5!

📍Venue: Morokko House parking lot
🕘Time: 9:00–16:00

✨Event highlights✨
- Freshly grilled! Complimentary dried shiitake
- All-you-can-stuff dried shiitake and wood ear mushrooms!
- Tasting of Morotsuka Village oolong tea "Seikomasucha" 🍵
- Local specialties and summer vegetables will also be on sale 🍅🥬

This is an event everyone from children to adults can enjoy!
Come with your family and friends and join us 😊

"AEON's Hokkaido Fair" is Held in at "AEON Lake Town MORI" in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture from July 1 (Tue) ~ 6 (Sun), and Engaru Town will Stalls for two days on July 5 (Sat) and 6 (Sun).
At the Engaru Town booth, we will sell the Workshop "Obsidian Accessory Making Experience (Paid 500 yen)" and the Specialty "Tenuki no Rice Source" series.
If you are in the vicinity, please come and visit us ♪
Dates: July 5 (Sat), 6 (Sun) * "AEON's Hokkaido Fair" is held in from July 1 (Tue).
Time: July 5 (Sat) 10:00~19:00
July 6 (Sun) 10:00~18:00
* "Obsidian accessory making experience" will be until 17:00 on both days.
Location: AEON Lake Town mori "Water Square etc" Saitama Prefecture Koshigaya City Lake Town 3-1-1

[Shinshu Sakuhomachi Nature Immersion Day Tour] 🍃🌿
\A day trip to soothe you in the great outdoors/

Event Date: Sunday, August 3

Highlights
✔︎ Walk around the moss-covered, mystical forest at Shirakoma Pond🌳
✔︎ Tour a long-established sake brewery with tasting experience🍶
✔︎ Lunch featuring local flavors: yamame fish rice bowl and soba set🐟🥢
✔︎ Enjoy shopping at the Roadside Station Visitor Center✨🛣️

Departure and Return Locations
・Sakudaira Station, Asama Exit
・Roadside Station Yachiho Kogen Visitor Center
➡️If you live nearby, meeting and dispersing at the Roadside Station is convenient!

Price: 9,900 JPY per person (tax included), includes lunch
What to bring: comfortable walking shoes, rain gear
Capacity: 25 people (minimum operation 15 people)

Refresh your body and mind as you savor nature’s gifts with all five senses🫧
This charming day tour is perfect for making summer memories🌱

How to Apply / Inquiries
Chikuma Kanko Co., Ltd., Saku Head Office Sales
Phone: 0267-62-1000 (Hours: 10:00–17:00)
※Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, and during the New Year holidays

Please join us with your family and friends.

The world meets Sakai’s strength. Collaboration project with the Jellyfish Pavilion is underway!✨

In Sakai City, Sachiko Nakajima (musician, mathematics researcher, and STEAM educator) is serving as producer for the Osaka-Kansai Expo’s signature pavilion “Playground of Life: Jellyfish Pavilion,” and, using the Expo as an opportunity, we will promote Sakai’s appeal at home and abroad.✨
*Search for “Playground of Life: Jellyfish Pavilion”!*

🔍 For details on events and initiatives, please see the Sakai City website.🪼

Gourmet fair will be held in with Hagi's "#Setsuki Aji" as the main character!

Maaji, born off the west coast of the Goto Islands of Kyushu, came to the coast of the Sea of Japan in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the Tsushima Warm Current, and some of them lived and raised in the waters off the coast of Hagi (natural reefs and rocks). Here, they grow by eating abundant and high-quality food such as plankton and whitebait, and become a delicious "setsuki aji" with good fat and plump flesh.
Moreover, since Hagi is close to the fisheries, freshly caught horse mackerel is brought to the market and is very fresh ✨

Events include immediate sales of Fresh Freshly caught Setsuki Aji, sale of Setsuki Aji sushi and water processed goods, free tastings of overnight drying, and mochimaki.

◾️ Date and time Held in
Sunday, July 6, 2025 10:00~14:00

◾️schedule
Around 8:00 a.m.　
Landings of setsuki mackerel
Visiting the site of the work, which is usually done around 2 a.m.

10：00～　
opening ceremony
Immediate sale of fried mackerel, etc.
Setsuki fried horse mackerel and hijiki rice will be sold in limited quantities
Sales of water processed goods, etc.

10：15～　
Setsuki Aji Landings Instant Sale
We will sell the Fresh setsuki mackerel Landings in the morning (other fresh fish will also be sold immediately).
Aji Setsuki PR Corner
Exhibition Panels, Touching Corner, Introduction of Purse Seine Fisheries, Coloring Pages, etc.

11：00～　
Setsuki Aji Sorting Experience
Subject selection experience for elementary school students (reception on the day, 40 people in total)

12：00～　
Setsuki Aji Sushi Sale [Limited quantity, 100 packs]

12：15～　
Setsuki Aji Overnight Dried Free Tasting [First 300 people]
11:30 ~ Numbered tickets will be distributed

13：15～
Hagi's Fish Bingo Tournament
Implementation of a bingo tournament to win Premiums will be held on the stage!
* 12:00 ~ Bingo cards will be distributed at the venue

14：00～　
Mochimaki

Thereare subject to change depending on weather and sea conditions

◾️ Held in
Yamaguchi Prefecture Fishery Cooperative Hagi Local Wholesale Market & Roadside Station Hagi Shimato
(4160-61 Tsubaki Higashi, Hagi City)

◾️ Contact us
Hagi City Water Industry Division Phone 0838-25-4195

For details, please see the flyer and the website of the Hagi City Tourism Association! 🐟

🎨 One hundred forms that connect earth and heart — a place where Sakai pottery’s present and future meet.

📢 Free works by members of the Sakai pottery community, Sakai ware tea bowls and sencha sets, works by four guest ceramic artists, a collaboration between elementary school students’ animal-shaped clay whistles and members’ haniwa figures ☺
About 100 works submitted by exhibitors will be on display, and there is also a charity corner supporting disaster recovery!

Today, June 30, is the last day of the Hydrangea Festival 💠✨
How did you find the hydrangeas at Shimoda Park?
If you have favorite photos, please join our Instagram photo contest 📸💜
To enter, follow the official Shimoda City Tourism Association Instagram and post with these two hashtags: "#Izu Shimoda Onsen Hydrangea Festival 54" and "#Japan’s No.1 Hydrangea Garden 54" — that’s all!
Winners will receive prizes to help them fully enjoy Shimoda 🎁👏

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Don’t forget to check the blog, too 👀!
https://www.shimoda-city.info/post/20250630