Play Park Tose, located at the end of the Tamagawa Dam, is a small park where you can enjoy late-blooming mountain cherry blossoms. The rows of cherry blossom trees reflected in the water and the storm illuminated by the Morning Sun are fantastic, and many photographers are holding their cameras here and there from early morning.

🌸Cherry trees have begun to bloom in the city center at Idemitsu Culture Park! The frequently asked-about area near Midorigaoka Park’s Kintaro Pond typically blooms a few days later than the city center. The peak viewing period is expected a little further ahead.🌸 (Image provided by Tomakomai City Museum of Art and History)

“Takenoko Village,” nestled in the center of Minami-Izu Town in the national park, is overflowing with seasonal flavors. Let your children experience the nostalgic tastes of the past—this will surely become a memorable day. Experience bamboo shoot picking across an expansive 490,000-square-meter bamboo grove. Enjoy local specialties sold on site and meals centered on bamboo shoots. The mountains offer seasonal tastes throughout the year: bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, wild mountain vegetables, amanatsu citrus, chestnuts, and shihotake (square bamboo). Take home memories of bamboo craftwork, too—every activity promises fun and a peaceful break from the city bustle. October 10–October 31 Shihotake Picking It’s shihotake season—pick the shoots of this square-shaped bamboo. Although this rare species originates from China, it tastes excellent. Depending on the weather, the season can extend into early November. May Amanatsu Citrus Picking Fully ripened and naturally grown, these fruits offer a perfect balance of tartness and sweetness that fills your mouth with delightful flavor. September Chestnut Gathering The season is planned from early September to early October (subject to change depending on summer weather). For details, please call us. November, December, and March Shiitake Picking Yields depend on rainfall, but you can enjoy the thick, natural shiitake flavor that defines true shiitake mushrooms.”

Folk doll museums around the world have started an exhibition of "May Dolls Irises Festival". May dolls are often decorated as a celebration of the "Tango Festival" on May 5, such as helmet decorations, armor decorations, and general decorations. It is a traditional event that has been cherished as part of Japanese culture since ancient times. In this May doll exhibition, 250 warrior dolls and a child general with a heroic expression are lined up in 15 Japanese dolls decorated in 30 tiers with a height of 6 meters and are overwhelmingly powerful. It is one of the largest in Japan and is worth seeing. On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the exhibition period, a Warlord experience is also held. Why don't you feel like a warlord? April 27, 2024 Sat ~ June 9, 2024 Sun Closed on Wednesdays after May 8 For more information, please visit the World Folk Doll Museum ☎026-245-2340

Night cherry blossom illumination is now on near Iwanai Shrine Street and Kunsuien! This is a new event starting this year🌸 Also, today, April 29, a tour of Kunsuien will be held. Kunsuien is one of the villas owned by wealthy merchant Ichitaro Umezawa, who served as Iwanai’s first mayor. It features a single-story wooden house built around 1920 (Taisho 9) and a Japanese garden developed between 1897 (Meiji 30) and around 1913 (Taisho 2). Full restoration began in fiscal 2021 (Reiwa 3), and the work is finally complete this year! A pre-opening runs from April 30, 9:00–17:00. Illumination of this site also starts on May 3, so please enjoy it together with the night cherry blossom lighting. If you visit Iwanai-cho, please be sure to stop by.

How about ❓🍺 a beer as a souvenir of Saruhashi? Hello, this is 🐒 Saruhashi Daikokuya Alcohol sales have started 🙌 today We have started ✨ handling beer from Far Yeast Brewing in Kosuge Not to mention the classic Far Yeast series, Radler 2024, which uses plenty of Yamanashi lemons, is also on sale 🍋 Please stop by 😁 Souvenirs are also available ✨ The curry using onions from Otsuki has been renewed and made even more delicious 🍛 Yamanashi's standard souvenir Shingen mochi, We also have 🙌 a lot of Shingen yaki that have been Popular recently The restaurant also offers 🍤 fried shingenyaki The restaurant is also waiting for ✨ you with a new menu such as cold Soba noodles For those who enjoy Yamanashi from now on, For those who are going home, Please 😁 stop by the healing spot of early summer dazzling fresh greenery

Speaking of Spring in Ozora Town, yes, it's ♪♪ "Moss phlox" This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Higashi Mokoto Moss Phlox Festival, which will be held again this year. Why don't you enjoy Spring in Ozora Town?! The festival will be held from May 3 Friday to May 31 Friday You can read more about it ♬♬ in Ozora Town Home page

Visited 4/27/24. We visited LEC COFFEE. Black latte and matcha tiramisu. Both are delicious. I would like to ask you again. 😊

Yamaguchi Prefecture Shimonoseki City Fire Mountain Turkish Tulip Garden One piece of cherry blossoms and tulips in full bloom combined with two gondolas. Simply "Boarding many people in the last year." Regret.

Ashino Park It's a place I've been wanting to go to for a long time, but I was finally able to go there this Spring. A local railway runs through the rows of cherry blossom trees in a vast park The weather was just right, and I was able to enjoy this idyllic scenery with the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

This is "Wakabayashi Park" in Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture. Every year around Golden Week in May, it is a popular spot where you can enjoy the beautiful purple "wisteria shelf".

Nuts "A lot of customers came~! ｣ There were 😄 a lot of customers grinning at Golden Week

In Suzaka City, there is an open garden that opens to the public of the owner's garden free of charge, with the courtesy of and goodwill of the owner. Now in its 20th year, you can Appreciation a total of 41 gardens, including 33 Gardens in the city area and 8 Gardens on the Minenohara Highlands. Appreciation of the open garden, You can get a booklet of the Open Garden at the Shinshu Suzaka Tourist Association or Suzaka City office, or you can view it Suzaka City Official website. On Saturday, May 25th, we will also Held in an open garden walk to Appreciation the open garden in the city center! We are now looking for participants! For more information, see Shinshu Suzaka Tourist Association Home page.

Photographed 3/30/24. It is a drooping cherry blossom in the middle of the temple.

Shintoku Shrine Mountain DE Spring Festival was a great success. Brass band performances are followed by events such as Magic shows and raffles. Shintoku Shrine Mountain in full bloom, if you are nearby, please come by all means. #Hokkaido #Tokachi #Shintoku Town #Shintoku Tourism Association #Shintoku Shrine #Cherry blossoms in full bloom #Prunus sargentii Ezo cherry trees #Spring Festival

Daikokuya's 🐒 new products one 💨 after another Hello, this is 🐵 Saruhashi Daikokuya New products from Daikokuya Restaurant are ✨✨ appearing one after another Today, we would like to introduce 🙌 these new products 1 Bamboo shoot tempura 🎋 Bamboo shoots, which are the taste of Spring in Satoyama, are made into 😁 tempura The collaboration between the crispiness of the batter and the crispiness of the bamboo shoots is irresistible 🎶 Also enjoy the slightly sweet sweetness of bamboo shoots ❗️ 2 Grilled mackerel bowl I made 🐟 a bowl of mackerel with kabayaki sauce At first, leave it as it is, and after eating a little, add wasabi little by little and enjoy ✨ the ❗️ refreshing taste change 3 Summer best bukkake ❗️ sleet Oyster fried soba 🎐 The special soba noodles are topped with grated radish and kakeage. Sprinkle dashi on top of it and enjoy ❗️ It is ✨ a gem recommended in the hot summer Sarubashi in early summer is a dazzling season 🌲 of fresh greenery By all means, on the way to drive, etc. Please 😋 come and play in the healing space

Wisteria 🌟 in Aoba-en This is the wisteria of Aoba-en in Saitama Prefecture. The illumination started this year, and it was in Best time to visit! There is only a natural monument of Saitama Prefecture, and you can feel 🤤 the history

The Itajiki Valley, which had been closed due to a fallen tree, has reopened✨ Please exercise caution when passing through. With this reopening, you can now see the Great Falls. Come visit the refreshingly cool Itajiki Valley during Golden Week😊 *The photo was taken in June 2023.*

Photographed 3/30/24. It is a drooping cherry blossom in the middle of the temple.

Hiroshima City In front of the Atomic Bomb Dome Recommended trains in Hiroshima #Hiroden 👈 One of 📸 the photos taken by butterfly flowers at the pedestrian crossing in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome bus stop The gleaming and reflective rails were quite good, so I posted them.

The wisteria shelf in Hidakagawa Town, Wakayama Prefecture is the longest in Japan. When viewed from above, it looks as if a dragon is soaring over the mountains It is brewing. 😀

Located in Ume Plum City, Tokyo, Shiofune Kannonji Temple. Except for Kyushu, there are not many places where you can see so many azaleas.

Nemophila at the state-run Hitachi Seaside Park. It is all blue, and it looks like a large Sea Field. 😊

The beach forms a literal bow-shaped curve about 1.2 km long, with a gently sloping shoreline and calm waves, making it a safe and enjoyable spot for couples and families. To the east, the projecting Tarai Cape offers a superb observation point with sweeping coastal views; to the south you can see the Izu Islands, and to the east and west the coastline stretches toward Tsumekizaki and Ishirōzaki respectively—one of the site’s proud features. ● Selected as one of Japan’s Top 100 Swimming Beaches ● Selected as one of Japan’s Top 100 Shores (Japan’s Top 100 Forests, Waterfalls, and Shores) ● Selected as one of Japan’s Top 100 White Sand and Green Pine Beaches ● One of the Three Great Beaches of Izu (Yumigahama, Shirahama Ōhama, Imai-hama)

When you visit go sightseeing in the Kawazu cherry blossoms town of "Kawazu Town" and Please enjoy the exquisite gourmet of Kawazu Town! This time, I would like to introduce "Nanadaru Chaya". ・ Experience at the attached glass workshop Tongue by tongue in a boar pot that has no smell. Tororo Soba with hot and cold symbiotic wasabi. We recommend the ripe strawberry parfait. ◆Detailed Information◆ 【Spot Name Nanadaru Tea House 【Address: Nashimoto, Kawazu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture, 363-4 Nashimoto, Kawazu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka [Phone 0558-36-8070 【Business hours 11:00~16:00 【Regular holiday】Not opens 【Parking lot】Yes

【Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise】Atsumare Animal Crossing × Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Hakkeijima Sea Creatures Fureai Exhibition "Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise" will hold "Animal Crossing × Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Sea Creatures Exhibition" for the first time in three years from April 17 Wednesday ~ July 9 Tuesday, 2024 as a collaboration project with Nintendo Co., Ltd.'s game software "Atsumare Animal Crossing" for Nintendo Switch™. In this project, you can experience the charm of "Animal Crossing" through various Activities with the theme of "sea creatures" that appear in many of them. Implementation of this project, which will be held for the first time in three years, will include new content such as the "Sea Animals Show" in addition to the content that was popular last time. Enjoy the collaboration event with "Atsumare Animal Crossing", which has increased the volume from the previous time.

Photographed 3/30/24. It is a drooping cherry blossom in Kitain.

Photographed on April 6, 24. Behind the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, it is the honorary cherry blossom of the Shingashi River. The combination of cherry blossoms and boats is tasteful.

At the Freesia Festival on Hachijojima. Photographed at the Hachigatayama Freesia Festival special venue. Surprisingly, I struggled with a short freesia. - Seven turns and eight in the place where parents and children enter. It took me a long time to finish it off. All colors are easy to saturate. But spring in Japan needs these sparkling colors.

Hello to everyone watching Cool Japan Video! This is Minamimaki Village in Nagano Prefecture. Minamimaki Village, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano Prefecture is a village of about 3,000 people located in eastern Nagano. The area ranges in elevation from 1,000 meters to 1,500 meters. On relatively flat ground around 1,300 meters, fields of highland vegetables such as Chinese cabbage and lettuce spread out, taking advantage of the cool climate. It is also one of Japan’s top stargazing spots and was chosen as one of the three most beautiful night skies in Japan. There are many stargazing locations throughout Minamimaki Village, Nagano Prefecture. Located at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains, the village’s abundant nature, fresh air, and clear night sky offer visitors a soothing escape. ■Tourist attractions in Minamimaki Village, Nagano Prefecture ・JR Nobeyama Station, the highest point on the railway network Nobeyama Station on the JR Koumi Line sits at an elevation of 1,345 meters and 67 centimeters, making it the highest station in Japan. From the station square you can see MtAkadake of the Yatsugatake range. ・Takizawa Farm Spread across the Yatsugatake Nobeyama Highlands, Takizawa Farm lets visitors interact with cows, horses, and other animals and take part in farm programs such as milking and making ice cream. You can also enjoy camping and adventure playgrounds for an out-of-the-ordinary experience. ・Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan This world-class observatory has offered a Night Tour and the Learning Room Guide every weekend since March 2024. ・Mt. Meshimori You get a vast panorama that includes Yatsugatake, Mount Fuji, and the Southern Alps. A maintained trekking course makes the roughly one-hour ascent enjoyable for children and beginners. ・Yumoto Honzawa Onsen At 2,150 meters on Yatsugatake, the ‘‘bath above the clouds’’ and Koke Momo no Yu, which has a different spring quality, rank among Japan’s highest open-air baths. Surrounded by unspoiled nature, these quiet hot springs offer relaxation for body and mind. ■Local specialties of Minamimaki Village, Nagano Prefecture Minamimaki Village is known for high-quality agricultural products such as hana-mame (large red kidney beans), strawberries, and nagaimo (mountain yam). The flavor of these freshly grown local specialties is exceptional. ■Popular events and activities in Minamimaki Village, Nagano Prefecture You can enjoy a variety of year-round activities, including the Yatsugatake Nobeyama Highlands 100 km Ultramarathon, trekking, highland cycling, horseback riding, snowshoeing, and stargazing night tours. ■Enjoy your visit to Minamimaki Village, Nagano Prefecture With good access from Tokyo Metropolis—about a 2 hour 30 minute drive—it is a great destination for a day trip. Time spent in Minamimaki Village, where you can reconnect with nature, becomes a luxurious break from everyday noise. Please create lasting, precious memories here. Cool Japan Video will continue to share recommended information about Minamimaki Village in Nagano Prefecture. Thank you for your support!