When I visited the Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine, the Aoi Dancers were demonstrating the shrine.

In the summer of 2024, MOA Museum of Art presents the special exhibition Pokemon × Crafts: A Grand Discovery of Beauty and Techniques! What kind of “chemical reaction” would occur if Pokemon and traditional crafts met head-on? Twenty artists, from Living National Treasures to emerging creators, took on this question with full commitment. The works evoke Pokemon forms, gestures, and presences. Some trace memories from the games, such as evolution, trading, travel settings, and highly effective moves. Others lure Pokemon into everyday life as tableware, kimono accessories, and stylish obis. What will your encounter with the pieces waiting for you in the gallery be like…exciting, entrancing, smirking, or spine-tingling? Enjoy discoveries of beauty and technique amplified by multiplying powers. Exhibition title: Pokemon × Crafts: A Grand Discovery of Beauty and Techniques Venue: MOA Museum of Art Dates: Saturday, July 6, 2024 – Monday, September 9, 2024 To ensure smooth entry and a pleasant viewing experience, please purchase a timed-entry ticket in advance. (Same-day tickets will be available.) During busy periods, visitors with timed-entry tickets will be admitted with priority. Same-day ticket holders may be asked to wait before entering. *Children up to junior high school age, members of the Friends of the Museum, visitors with disability certificates (up to two accompanying helpers), and holders of invitation postcards may enter free of charge and do not need a timed-entry ticket. *Groups of 10 or more must make a reservation in advance. Please contact the MOA Museum of Art at 0557-84-2511 to apply. Ⓒ2024 Pokémon. Ⓒ1995-2024 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. TM, Ⓡ, and character names are trademarks of Nintendo. ⒸPhotograph by Taiichiro Yoshida and Taku Saijo For details, please check the museum’s official website.

The jacaranda, the flower that heralds early summer in Atami. Whether it will bloom or not is something you won’t know until the season arrives. The jacaranda is a bit capricious that way. Two trees gifted in 1990 from Atami’s sister city, Cascais in Portugal, have grown into more than 100 plantings today. Once native mainly to tropical regions, one of the world’s three great flowering trees has now come to announce early summer in Atami. Along the shore in June, clusters of small trumpet-shaped, blue-violet jacaranda flowers paint the sky like bouquets from Omiya Green Space to Sun Beach. Each year in early June during the blooming season, we hold the Jacaranda Festival. Legend says that if a flower falls on your head, happiness will come. How many will bloom this season? Come and see these precious purple blossoms.♪ *During the event period, light-ups will take place. Please note that blooming times may vary.* Event period / June 1, 2024 – June 16, 2024 Venue / Jacaranda Promenade (around Omiya no Matsu) Light-up hours / Daily during the above period from 18:00 to 22:00

It is a field point held at Amano Taisha, which is registered as a sacred site and pilgrimage route in the Kii Mountains, a World Cultural Heritage Site.

It is the Usui Third Bridge, commonly known as the "Megane Bridge". It is the largest brick arch bridge in Japan and was completed in the Meiji era. Although it is now abandoned railway lines, I was overwhelmed by the beauty and strength of the Megane Bridge, which once supported Japanese industry.

【Nakano's Rice Terraces】 R6.5.4 It is a state of the terraced rice fields in Nakano. The gradation of the water-filled water surface and the sunrise is beautiful! The silhouette of Mt. Fuji is also clearly captured, and it's time to start today.

Waterfall where Miyamoto Musashi trained This is the "Five Treasures Falls" in Gifu Prefecture It is also famous as the place where Miyamoto Musashi, who is famous as a swordsman, trained. Its history dates back to the early Edo period. It is a mysterious place where you can feel negative ions, so please visit it 😊

It is a Carp streamer on Taisho Romantic Dream Street. Today is Children's Day. 🎏

Visited 5/1/24. Cafe Andon's café latte and strawberry tart. 🍓 The strawberry tart is also recommended.

It is located in the Yotsuya district of Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture "Yotsuya no Senmaida" It has been certified as one of the 100 best rice terraces in Japan, and the original scenery of Japan is spreading. It's rice planting season, and it's the right season to Visit the site. In autumn, you can also enjoy cosmos and spider lilies. It's about 2 hours from my house, so I sometimes go there and take pictures.

Yuragawa Bridge The blue of the sky, the sea, the trains, and the red of the historic iron bridge built in the Taisho era were wonderful.

Visited 5/1/24. This is café andon's andon chicken curry. 🍛 It has just the right amount of spiciness and sweetness, so you can eat it. 😊

The Spring Takayama Festival Sanno Matsuri is an annual festival of Hie Shrine, the god of the southern half of the former Takayama Castle Town, and is held on April 14 and 15 every year. The Minamoto of the festival is said to have originated during the reign of the feudal lord Kanamori of Hida 1585-1692, and the food stalls are said to have originated around 1718, and the craftsmanship is alive and well, such as the karakuri Dedication that shows off the skillful movements of the puppets and the return car with the gimmick. It was the first time I saw it live, and I had only seen it on the news and videos until now, and I was able to experience a very fresh and fantastic world view, and although my photography skills are still immature, I want to convey the impression of seeing it...

Old-fashioned shopping street and five-story pagoda * The shopping street was not vacant. Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture Echizen Daibutsu

Photographed 5/1/24. This is café andon's Hanachozu.

After the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store. Cappuccino and blueberry rare cheesecake.

Hiroshima Sera Town Recommended spots in Hiroshima #Flower Station Sera 👈 ◾️ This is an announcement of the event of Flower Station Sera! Tomorrow, the 28th and May 12th, the "Wannyan Festival in Hana no Eki Sera" will be held. Last year, many dogs and cats gathered and Gari had a great time! 🐶😸 There is also a Dog Run and custom-made stalls in the park, so I think you can enjoy it! 😊 The flower painting of "Shohei Otani" seen from the top of the Hilltop, which is a hot topic on TV, is also recommended, so please take a commemorative photo.

The afternoon tea, which started in May, has a lineup of sweets using three types of tea, "matcha, roasted tea, and black tea" [Three Tea Afternoon Tea] 🍵 The previously popular "Push Activity Plan" has also been revived 🥰 as a permanent plan 【Menu】 🍰Suites ・Hojicha chiffon cake ・Matcha pudding ・Tea gateau phrase ・ Matcha hojicha glass ・Matcha NY Cheesecake ・Tea Financier ・Macarons 🥪Savory ・Milanese sandwich with steamed chicken and mozzarella cheese ・Drinking salad tomato and orange ・Served with vegetable chips 🍹Drinks ・7 kinds of Ronnefeldt tea ・Coffee ・ Green tea from Tsuchikura 　　　　Hojicha ・ 2 types of mocktails Mocktails are limited to one cup per one person 💖 Recommended activity limited plan menu ・ Color drink to choose from 8 colors red, blue, green, yellow, purple, pink, black, white ・Message cookie with chocolate pen ・AR Photo Frame Reservations and details 📞 011-222-1522 direct line to restaurant reservations Or on the hotel's ✨ website

Photographed 5/1/24. It is a one-year cheap sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. The dark green color is said to be Tokiwagi.

Sagami Kokunomachi Festival (Sagami Kokunomachi) Sunday, May 5 — 9:30 AM Held at Kamisorizan in Oiso Town and other sites The Sagami Kokunomachi Festival brings together six shrines from the old Sagami Province, designated as an intangible folk cultural property of the prefecture Each shrine’s mikoshi will parade toward Kamisorizan At noon, the representative ritual called the "Za Mondō" will take place Ichinomiya: Samukawa Shrine (Samukawa Town) Ninomiya: Kawakusu Shrine (Ninomiya Town) Sannomiya: Hibita Shrine (Isehara City) — departs at 10:20 AM Yoninomiya: Maedori Shrine (Hiratsuka) Ikoku-Issha: Hiratsuka Hachimangu (Hiratsuka) Sosha: Rokasho Shrine (Oiso Town) Parking is limited; please use public transportation From Oiso Station, take a 10-minute bus, get off at Oiso Prince Hotel, then a 10-minute walk Note: Partial road closures around Aishinba (Oyaba) and Kamisorizan 9:00 AM–6:00 PM For details, please see the Rokasho Shrine website.

Isehara Daijingu Wakaba Festival — Held in light rain Sunday, May 5 (Children’s Day) 10:00 AM–around 2:00 PM The Wakaba Festival is held with the wish that children will grow strong like young bamboo shoots. * Children’s Health Prayer Ceremony (on the plaza in front of the kagura stage) A prayer at the shrine for children’s safe growth. Time changed from 10:00 to 11:00 since last year. Please note this ceremony is held only once at 11:00. * Bamboo Toy Making 10:30 AM–around 2:00 PM Try making nostalgic bamboo toys such as bamboo helicopters, bamboo flutes, and roly-poly dolls. * The flea market held before the COVID-19 pandemic and the semi-kite painting experience will not be held. Carp streamers will also be flown, and food and game stalls will be set up. Contact: Isehara Daijingu Shrine Office (0463-96-1611)

It is Matsumoto Castle in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. The castle tower is thought to have been built in Bunroku 2~3 1593~4, and is the oldest existing five-story and six-story castle tower in Japan, and is designated as a national treasure along with Himeji Castle, Hikone Castle, Inuyama Castle, and Matsue Castle. It is a famous castle with a history that has overcome many dangers.

Today, I attended the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival. Seasonal moeki-colored sea bream lottery.

Himeji Castle 🏯 illuminated by the morning sun This is Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture It has a history of more than 400 years and was registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 2003 Heisei 15. As soon as you leave Himeji Station, Himeji Castle is waiting for you in front of you 😊

This is a photo of my nephew and Spring Sanpaku. Umami Hills Park in Nara is full of flowers and is recommended for photography!

Photographed 4/11/24. Behind the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, it is the honorary cherry blossom of the Shingashi River.

A staircase overlooking the five-story pagoda in Miyajima, Hatsukaichi. Beautiful cherry blossoms are blooming and there is a sense of 🌸 atmosphere

"Koi Castle, Hiroshima Castle" in Hiroshima City Surrounded by cherry blossom trees, you can see a beautiful view in Spring

"Koi Castle, Hiroshima Castle" in Hiroshima City Surrounded by cherry blossom trees, you can see a beautiful view in Spring

The other day, Hiroshima Prefecture ranked first as a "famous place for cherry blossoms" in an online article One piece facing the large Torii shrine gate gate of Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima with cherry blossoms.