This is ♪ an introduction to the limited lunch menu for the first half of December 🐮 Beef curry stir-fried soup soba noodles soy sauce flavor 🐔 Stir-fried chicken and vegetables with spicy pepper with rice and sasai 🐷 Pork tenderloin cutlet bowl with small bowl and incense All menus come with 💕 a buffet of [salad, soup, dessert, coffee] Also as a Christmas gift from the hotel All-you-can-drink sparkling wine on tap only on Fridays and Saturdays It will be held every day in December! In addition to the limited menu, we also offer popular permanent menus such as "Shin-Edo Seafood Noodles" and "Gome Yakisoba". Sip sparkling wine from noon and enjoy 🥂 an elegant time at the hotel lunch Would you like to satisfy your body and soul with a warm meal? ✨ For reservations and details, please visit the hotel's official website or 📞Tel: 011-222-1522!

Preparations are underway for Tokachigawa Onsen’s major winter event, “Sairinka.” This time, the viewing platform is built in two tiers so visitors can enjoy the view from above 😊 Further details about Sairinka will be released later! [Schedule] Saturday, January 27, 2024 – Sunday, February 18, 2024 [Hours] 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM [Location] Tokachigaoka Park

Hiroshima Prefecture Sera Town Sky Flower Field Sera Kogen Flower Forest Recommended spots in Hiroshima #Sera Kogen Farm 👈 @serakogenfarm #Sera Kogen Flower Forest 👈 @serahananomori Candle Night ◾️ Venue: Sky Flower Field, Sera Kogen Flower Forest ◾️ Period: Until December 24 Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays ◾️ Time: 17:00-21:00 Today is one piece 📸 from Candle Night After counting for 3 seconds with the bulb shooting with the f-stop release, turn the focus ring and make a 4-second exposure of 1 second of ball bokeh for a total of 4 seconds to create 😊 a fairytale shot The brightness adjustment is the same whether you adjust the sensitivity or extend the exposure time.

Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture Fir Tree Forest Park There was still snow falling in the fir tree forest park, so today I took a picture 📸 of the snowman ⛄️ I was able 😆📸 to take a picture of a good friend snowman ⛄️ in a fun ✌️ atmosphere It's a collaboration for ⛄️🍁 autumn and winter I was 😆 able to get carried away making a snowman for the first time in a long time

Tsumagoro inn Wakihonjin Okuya in Minami Kiso, Nagano Prefecture It is also designated as an important cultural property of the country, and the building of Edo seems to have traveled back in time to the present day as it is. It is said that the light shining into the house shows the role of a sundial.

Sogi Falls It is located in Isa City, Kagoshima. I went there for the first time, but it was quite powerful because it is said to be the Niagara of the East. It's not pictured here, but the surrounding area was in full bloom of autumn leaves, so it's a good place to look for autumn leaves.

Stupa 🍁 wrapped in autumn leaves This one is located in Kyoto Prefecture 　　　　　　　"Adashi no Nembutsuji Temple" It is said that 8,000 stone Buddhas and pagodas were scattered on the mountain of Kano. It seems that they gathered them one by one and created the current shape. The autumn leaves were also in full bloom, so it was worth seeing! Location: Kyoto

Autumn Danzan Shrine Autumn is when the 13-storied pagoda surrounded by autumn leaves is colored. The illumination is even more wonderful! I want to 😊 take a picture

We have started accepting reservations for New Year's Eve! 2023 is coming to an end in the blink of an eye. If it is an annual payment, you will want to reward yourself for working hard for a year, but New Otani Inn Sapporo has prepared the perfect New Year's Eve for such an important gift for yourself. This year's New Year's Eve is a new "Blessing of the Sea and Earth," which combines seafood such as salmon roe and shrimp, and earthly foods such as Furano Wagyu beef and shiitake mushrooms. You can enjoy a variety of Japanese, Western, and Chinese flavors. * "Blessings of the sea" and "Blessings of the earth" You can purchase them one by one. In addition, the Western-style two-tier "Party Hors d'oeuvres" has been renewed and revived. It is recommended for customers who want to eat Western and Chinese food made by the hotel chef. Until 12/25, reservations are only accepted from the hotel website. The delivery period will be December 31, 2023 The last special meal of the year is "more luxurious than usual" Why don't you fill your heart and stomach with New Otani Inn Sapporo's New Year's 🎍 Eve? For reservations and details, please visit the hotel's official website or 📞Tel: 011-222-1522!

Kyoto in autumn is back 🍁 This is Enkoji Temple, Kyoto Prefecture. People 📸 sitting on the porch In the Corona disaster, it was difficult to see such a scenery. It is 😆 one piece that you can see through the back that everyone is enjoying the autumn leaves after Corona I hope that next year will be uneventful and that everyone will be able to enjoy it like this Location: Enkoji Temple, Kyoto

Illumination 😆 one step ahead This is being held in Hyogo Prefecture. 　　　　　"Kobe Illumination" It is held every year from November to January. BE KOBE, which symbolizes Kobe It was still the illumination season, so there weren't that many people, so I was able to enjoy it 😆 Location: Hyogo

Okayama Korakuen Garden, one of the three famous gardens in Japan in Okayama City. The autumn leaves were beautiful in the autumn light-up ibate.

The kochia in the agricultural park "Okayama City South Village" in Minami-ku, Okayama City was beautifully foliaged.

Tsuruyama Park is located in Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture. The illumination of the autumn leaves was beautiful.

The autumn leaves of Kozanji Temple in Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture were beautiful.

The autumn leaves of Hofukuji Temple in Soja City, Okayama Prefecture are beautiful.

Takachiho Gorge in Autumn The autumn leaves are in full bloom The autumn leaves shining in the morning sun were sparkling

Eikando Light up 🍁 in autumn This is Eikando, Kyoto Prefecture. Speaking of Kyoto in autumn, it is "Eikando". It is lit up according to the autumn leaves. Above all, the reflection of the pond in the garden inside is worth seeing! Be sure to visit it. Location: Kyoto

History and Cultural Heritage of Izena Island during the Ryukyu Kingdom Era ■ vol.3 “Sakata” Born into a farmer’s family, Machigani (also read as Matsukane) was industrious from childhood and devoted himself to rice farming and other agricultural work. One year, the island suffered a drought and the water in every paddy dried up, yet only Machigani’s rice field remained full of water. One story says that the island’s young women, who admired Machigani for his diligence and good looks, carried water to his fields every night. In reality, his fields were terraced, and a spring gushed from the upper terrace so that water continuously flowed down to the lower paddies, preventing them from drying out. While the other young men’s fields were larger in area, they lacked water and relied on prayers, Machigani’s smaller field prospered and the rice ears ripened. This suggests he was clever and resourceful. However, the island youths who envied his popularity accused him, saying “The reason his water never runs out is that he is stealing from other paddies,” and they heaped false charges of water stealing on him, criticizing him in chorus and even plotting to get rid of him. This is the “misunderstanding” described in vol.2. Feeling his life was in danger, Machigani decided to leave the island. This terraced field remains almost in its original form and still produces a continuous flow of water. It is now managed by the village board of education, and each year the island children’s association experiences rice planting through harvest there. (Suspended during the COVID-19 period.) At this site, a monument engraved with poems remains, composed by the miyārabi (island maidens) of the time who sang about Machigani after he left the island; the monument reveals that Machigani was both admired and loved by the island’s young women. Content of the monument “We wish we could have seen Machigani working more, wearing his short garment.” This poem expresses the maidens’ romantic longing for Machigani and their loneliness after his departure. *Machigani (Machigani) = the name of Shō En during his youth on Izena Island. *Kanamaru = the name Shō En used after leaving the island. *Shō En = the name he took when he became king. *Miyārabi = young women, maidens

History and Cultural Heritage of Izena Island from the Ryukyu Kingdom Era Vol. 2 “King Sho En’s Garden” — The Story of How a Farmer Became King of Ryukyu At 24, Matsugane (the future King Sho En) leaves the island. Pointing toward Okinawa Island, he holds an eeku (the local word for an oar) in his right hand. A bronze statue imagining his stance from that time stands there. Matsugane was driven away from the island because of a misunderstanding with the locals. Taking his wife at the time and his young brother, he crossed the sea in a small boat and reached the Ginama area in Kunigami, the northern part of Okinawa Island. He lived there for a while with his brother and wife and was cared for by local people, but after some time he set off for Shuri with his brother. He became a retainer of Prince Eiso, who was the younger brother of King Sho Kinpuku, the fifth king of the First Sho dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Around then he began using the name Kanamaru. Bright and hardworking from the start, Kanamaru soon gained recognition for his talents. Prince Eiso strongly recommended Kanamaru to King Sho Kinpuku, and in 1447 Sho En began his career as a servant with the low-ranking post called akadachi. Here Kanamaru demonstrated his abilities and rose through the ranks until he wore the yellow headband that signified high official status. In 1454, when Prince Eiso acceded as King Sho Taikyu, Kanamaru gained further favor and was appointed jitō (local lord) of the Nishihara magiri (district) in 1454. Five years later, at age 45, he assumed responsibility for the kingdom’s finances and foreign affairs, putting him on the verge of the Sanshikan, a ministerial post equivalent to a modern cabinet minister. However, fate shifted with the death of King Sho Taikyu. The seventh king, Sho Toku, proved a tyrant and plunged the country into sorrow. Kanamaru pleaded with him, but the king would not listen, so Kanamaru resigned and withdrew to his estate in Uchima. After King Sho Toku’s death, a coup by royal officials removed the crown prince, ending the First Sho dynasty. The officials then recommended Kanamaru as the next king. Convinced, he accepted and at age 54 became the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom under the Second Sho dynasty, known as King Sho En. Bronze sculpture by Mutsu Naka (Naka Mutsumi), a Japanese板版画 artist Kurayoshi Takara, Professor Emeritus, University of the Ryukyus *Both are notable figures from Izena Island.* *Matsugane (Machigani)* — the name used by Sho En during his youth on Izena Island. *Kanamaru* — the name Sho En used after leaving the island. *Sho En* — the name he took when he became king.

History and Cultural Heritage of Izanami Island during the Ryukyu Kingdom Era Vol. 1 “Mihoso Place: Birthplace of King Sho En” This is the site of the former residence where the man who would become King Sho En of the First Sho Dynasty—known locally as Nishinumachigani (North Matsukane)—was born in 1415 in the village of Moromi, Izena Village. Three kuba (screw pine) trees, three fukugi (Garcinia) trees, and three stones stand within the grounds. One of those three stones is said to contain his umbilical cord buried within it. This site was constructed while Sho Shin—his son and the third king—was on the throne. Right next to this mihoso house is a well called Shiohira Gaa (Sunjagaa). In Okinawan dialect, gaa means well. The well believed to have been used as the newborn bath for Matsukane, later King Sho En, when he was born in 1415 remains as it was at that time. Because these places mark the site of the house where a future Ryukyu king was born, they are regarded as sacred and stand among Izanami Island’s most important places of worship.

Mitakiji Temple, Hiroshima Recommended spots in Hiroshima #Mitakiji Temple 👈 One photo 📸 of the Taho Pagoda wrapped in autumn leaves from Mitaki Temple This low angle was 😊 quite good

The bell of the hour dyed in the magic hour This is located in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture 　　　　　　　　　　　"The Bell of Time" It is the most famous tourist spot in Saitama. It is full of people all year round, and the bell of the hour has become a symbol. Tangled up 📸 with Starbucks during magic hour Location: Kawagoe City, Saitama

Yutoku Inari Shrine, Saga Wind Chime Festival

Poppy field in the sky in Saitama This is located in Saitama Prefecture 　　　　　　　"Poppy Field in the Sky" Around May every year, 12 million poppies bloom at an altitude of 500 meters. Since it is on a mountain, it seems 😆 to be blooming in the sky Location: Saitama

The Big Buddha surrounded by cherry blossoms is also wonderful, but the Big Buddha surrounded by maples is also a Buddha. Takatori Town, Nara Prefecture Tsubohanji Temple

🏒The 12th Women’s Japan Ice Hockey League 2023–24 SMILE JAPAN LEAGUE Takes Place🏒 From Thursday, November 23 to Saturday, November 25, the second phase of the Women’s Japan Ice Hockey League was held at the nepia Ice Arena in Tomakomai City!🏒 Both teams played fiercely without giving an inch, producing an intense match that fired up the fans as well!😆✨ If you have never watched an ice hockey game, we highly recommend you give it a try!!🙌 Tomakomai City is also home to a professional ice hockey team called Red Eagles Hokkaido!!🦅 They are currently competing in the Asia League Ice Hockey 2023–2024 regular season, so if you have the chance or are interested, please search for Red Eagles Hokkaido!!💻🖱

Students from our school participated in an exchange meeting at an elementary school in Hachioji City. It was a very fulfilling day playing and studying togetherHachioji 😊 City is a city full of international student volunteers. Why don't you learn Japanese together in Hachioji?

Autumn leaves illuminated by the sunrise This is "Enkoji Temple" in Kyoto Prefecture It is also famous for its cute warabe jizo, but the garden also shines very brightly 🍁 during the autumn foliage season It was after the rain, so it was 😆 nice to see the rain reflected in the autumn leaves Location: Enkoji Temple, Kyoto

Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture Sunset Marina It seems that the sunset is famous, but ... Good daytime weather But it was good.