Gion Festival Post-Festival Umbrella procession The festival is held for one month. The Gion Festival is a festival rituals at Yasaka Shrine, and the festival lasts for about one month, starting with the "Yoshi Shrine" on July 1 and ending with the "Epidemic Shrine Summer Eve Festival" on July 31.

✨ \ New Articles / ✨ A fantastic temple floating on the lake, Ukimido in the Temple of the full moon in Shiga Prefecture. A popular photo spot 📸 where the superb view of Lake Biwa and historical romance intersect Why don't you take your time to experience an extraordinary space surrounded by silence with videos and photos?

\Until August 31 (Sun)/ 📅✨ Collaboration project ⛸️ with figure skater Kazuki Tomono from Sakai City Sakai City Sanpaku MAP distribution & Stamp Rally is being Held in! 🗺️📍 Sakai City, in collaboration with Shueisha non-no, is holding in a Stamp Rally and distributing the Sakai City Sanpaku MAP as a collaboration project with figure skater Kazuki Tomono from Sakai City. Those who complete the Stamp Rally will receive a limited photo card of 📸🎁 Mr. Tomono Held in until Sunday, August 31. Please take this opportunity to visit us! 💖

🎉 Premium Meals Ticket ~Osaka-Kansai Expo Held In Commemoration~ Meals tickets worth 6,000 yen per book are sold for 5,000 yen! (Premium rate: 20%) ✨ It can be ♪ used at about 50 stores around Sakai Station 💡 Enjoy 🍽 your Meals at a great price 📅 Use period: Thursday, August 7, 2025 ~ Tuesday, September 30, 2025 🛒 Sales Information 📍 ・ Sales location: In front of Sakai Station South Exit "Hinodeya" 🕔 ・ Sales date and time: August 4, 2025 (Monday) ~ August 6, 2025 (Water) 17:00~20:00 💰 ・ Purchase limit: Up to 50,000 yen per one person 🔎 For details, search for "Sakai Ekimae Shotenkai"! https://www.sakaiekimae.com//

【Sakai City Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property】Sumiyoshi Taisha Inn Intongu Shrine Exorcism Shinto ritual ✨ 🗓️ Date & Time: August 1 (Fri) 6:30 p.m. ~ 7:30 p.m. 📍 Location: Sumiyoshi Taisha inn Intongu (2-1-6 Higashi, inn, Sakai-ku) The exorcism Shinto ritual of Sumiyoshi Taisha inn Tongu Shinto ritual Shrine is a Shinto ritual that takes place on the Mikoshi of Sumiyoshi Taisha in Sakai on the first day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and now on August 1, at the Iiga bori of the inn-in Tongu Shrine. 　Among the series of Shinto rituals that make up the Sumiyoshi Festival and Mikoshi Watami, it is a Shinto ritual that presides over "exorcism," which can be said to be the essence of the festival rituals, and is very valuable as a festival ritual that forms the basis of the beliefs and lifestyle culture of the people of Sakai. Don't miss this once-in-a-year opportunity! 🙏

Along with the songs and dances of Kawachi Ondo and Ezu Ondo, it is an ✨ event with a history of more than 100 years in which youth groups carry Float drums around the In the town Drums of more than 3 shaku are carried on poles, and about 20 to 30 people carry them on the procession. One of the features of the procession is to 👀 put people on the drum 🥁 Fukumachi Summer Evening Bon Dancing 🥁 Held in: Atago Park Date: Saturday, August 2 Time: ・ 17:00 ~ 17:40 Atago Shrine　 　　　・ Patrol in the In the town　 　　　・20:00~20:30 Drum hanging 　　　・10 p.m. Bon Dancing ends

The 17th Gasifest Sakai Higashi Natsu Festival 💡 Why don't you 🎐 enjoy a summer festival in Sakai Higashi? Annual event's summer tradition "Gasifest Sakai Higashi Summer Festival" will be ♪ Held in again this year A variety of Events will unfold on the stage of "Mina Sakai". You are also welcome to participate in a yukata robe! Please come and ✨ make summer memories 📅 Held in: Saturday, August 2, 2025 🕔 Events Schedule ・Bake sale: 11:30~21:00 ・Prestige: 12:00~17:30 ・Bon dance festival: 18:00~21:00 📍 Venue: Mina Sakai (Citizens Exchange Square in front of Sakai City Hall) * Use public transportation to come to the venue. 🔎 For details, search for "Gasifest"!!

It is a wind chime displayed in a temple in Sayo Town, Hyogo Prefecture. You can feel the coolness from your eyes and ears.

Gion Maiko Kaikan Kyoto, Kyoto-shi, Higashiyama-ku, Gion-cho, Minami-side, 570-2 The "Gion Flower Street Art Museum" opened in May 2024. While making use of the historical architecture as it is, various items (kimonos and ornaments) and information (individual names and stories of Training) related to the city of Gion and geiko and maiko are exhibited to convey their culture. In addition, for a plus fee, you can even Appreciation and commemorative photos of Kyoto dance by geiko and maiko!

📢 Sakai Tourism Concierge Recommendations ✨ "🌿 Let's experience history and culture at Sakai Risho no Mori!" 🌿 📍 Sakai Risho no Mori is a museum where you can experience the culture related to Sen Rikyu and Akiko Yosano, and 🔍 there are many ideas that both children and adults can enjoy! 🔍 Learn history with quizzes! In a quiz format, you can learn more about the history of Sen Rikyu and Sakai. Located in here is the "fun of learning with the five senses" through exhibitions and videos that cannot be found in history textbooks. 🍵 Experience the tea ceremony of "wabi-sabi" in the land related to Senrikyu! Sakai is Senrikyu's hometown of Township. In this area, you can enjoy an Authentic Chanoyu experience while feeling the spirit of the tea ceremony that Sen Rikyu loved. Learn about the heart of "wabi-sabi" and have a relaxing time in a quiet tea room. It is a special experience where you can feel the depth of the tea ceremony as well as the history. 🛍 Get Souvenirs of Sakai at the shop "Sakai Enan"! Items that make use of Sakai's traditional crafts are perfect for Souvenirs. There are many traditional × modern designs that are easy to use! Be sure to find the perfect merchandise for your style! 👨 👦 👩 👧 Enjoy ♪ a cultural experience for the whole family

Recommendations ✨ for Sakai Tourism Concierge "📍 A special moment 🍵 at Sakai City Tea House Shin-an, immersed in history and beauty" This is Azusa Nakase, the Sakai Tourism Concierge. At the tea house "Shinan" in Sakai City, I have 😆 experienced a Japanese space nestled in silence The tea room built by Ryodo Tsurugi, who was said to be a master of the number of odd houses, A beautiful blend of modernity and tradition. The moment I stepped in, I felt 😌✨ the stream of time slowly It is also possible to experience tea presentation 🍵, and you can ☺️ experience the culture of tea ceremony while enjoying matcha and seasonal sweets Tea can enrich your mind so much... 🍃 Please 🙌🏻 stop by on the way to sightseeing in Sakai https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/spot/detail/107...

Agricultural products direct sales shop Shun no Eki Kyoto store 76 Hachiman Minamiyama, Hachiman-shi, Kyoto Fresh vegetables and fruits Direct sales rooted in Kyoto "Shun no Eki Kyoto Store" You can buy vegetables and fruits at a very low price. Bread from various bakeries is also lined up. There is also meat and fish. Seasonings are also available. Car parking is also large and helpful.

Water Jingu Shrine 3-10-24 Hirose, ShimaHonmachi, Mishima-gun, Osaka The Water of this Water Nose Jingu Shrine is said to be the Water of the Imperial Palace, and you can drink it. Most spring water needs to be boiled, but here it seems that boiling is not necessary. And it's free! It is the only one in Osaka that has been selected as one of the "100 Famous Waters", This is quite delicious. Special visit to Water Jingu Shrine Cultural Properties A fusion of wind, light, and cultural properties Date & Time: July 26 (Sat) ~ August 31 (Sun) 18:30~21:00 *Held in only on weekends and holidays Entrance Fees 500 yen (special admission / 1 person) * Light rain cancellation Cancelled due to stormy weather Check it out on Instagram.

The Sakai Great Fish Night Market, let's get hot again this year! 🏮 The Sakai Tourism Concierge will participate in the Sakai Fish Night Market again this year! 🐟 I would like to liven up the fish auction and 🎵 stage with you! Please come to the Sakai Great Fish Night Market! We look ✨ forward to seeing you at the venue

👀 Special exhibition of incense sticks 📢 The birthplace of incense sticks! Sakai Incense Sticks Special Exhibition will be held in for a Limited Time! ✨ The method of making incense sticks in Sakai, which was introduced from China in the 16th century and spread throughout the country, is still carefully passed down 🥰 by craftsmen today Through the Aroma of incense sticks, you will come into contact with the origin of Sakai's craftsmanship and the traditional culture that lives in your life, and take this opportunity to experience the handiwork of craftsmen and the beauty of Aroma please🤗 📅 Held in: Friday, July 18 – Sunday, July 27 📍 Location: Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum 2nd Floor TAKUMI EXHIBITION * The application for the incense making experience on July 26 has ended. We look 👨 👩 👧 👦 forward to seeing you there

It is the eastern Temple of Kyoto Light up in autumn

Squid eaten on the veranda in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture is the best. This is summer in Japan

🪼 The world meets the power of Sakai. The Jellyfish Hall Collaboration Project is underway! ✨ In Sakai City, Sachiko Nakajima (musician, mathematics researcher, STEAM educator) is the producer of the Osaka-Kansai Expo's signature pavilion "Playground for Life Jellyfish Museum" and will use the Expo as an opportunity to Broadcasting ✨ the charm of Sakai both domestically and internationally * Search for "Playground of Life Jellyfish Museum"! 🔍 For details of Events and initiatives, please see the 🪼 Sakai City Home page

Summer in Japan is very hot, and it is quaint to visit the riverbed to escape the summer.

Yanagidani Kannon Yanggu Temple Kyoto, Nagaokakyo City, Jodoganido no Tani 2 Avalokitasvara, which is full of wide and deep compassion, and Yanagitani Kannon, which has a guardian deity that controls the power of Nature such as Nature worship, spirit worship, and ancestor worship, is a spiritual experience, and the Main Hall is designated as Shinsai Province Sacred Site No. 17, and Okunoin Temple is designated as Rakusai Kannon Sacred Site No. 10.

Nagaoka Tenmangu 2-15-13 Tenjin, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto A shrine where the god of learning is enshrined. The road on the water, the stone bridge, and the road to the Precincts are fun. There is also a Ume Plum Garden, and it is a shrine with many highlights.

Water Jingu Shrine 3-10-24 Hirose, ShimaHonmachi, Mishima-gun, Osaka "The Wind of Blessing" wind chime and the Car Square About 1000 wind chimes "Lucky Wind" have begun! Held in: July 1 (Tue) – September 9 (Tue) 2025 The sound of wind chimes, a summer tradition, was originally used for exorcism. It is a sound that exorcises the calamities that come on the wind and carries health and happiness. Please pass through the wind chimes and visit the Main Shrine. Look at the strips of wind chimes. The wind chimes express everyone's gratitude. Thereare when I think about gratitude again, I realize what is really important to me. Gratitude written by others can heal one's heart. Thereare times when your gratitude can help someone else. I hope that the spirit of gratitude will be able to help you. Strips are 500 yen (up to 2 sheets / There is a at the reception)

🎨 100 forms of connection between the soil and the heart. 〜A place where the present and future of Sakai pottery meet〜 📢 Collaboration ☺ between free works by members of the Sakai pottery world, tea ceramics and sencha ware works of Sakai ware, potters by four guest artists, animal-shaped earthen flutes of elementary school students, and member Haniwa About 100 works by exhibitors will be exhibited, and there is also a charity corner to support disaster recovery!

I was able to capture the scenery that makes me feel the old-fashioned atmosphere of Japan in the photo.

I was able to make good use of the front bokeh and photograph Nagahama Castle, which has an overwhelming presence.

I had an errand and early in the morning, and when I left the house at about 5 o'clock, I was able to take a picture of Hikone Castle standing against a golden background caused by the sunrise.

Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture Ikuta Shrine

Ikuta Shrine. Marriage Water Lottery. I was so fascinated by the scenery immersed in water that I hurriedly pulled up.

Warm compassion in a single skewer The owner of the storefront who stopped by suddenly. When you ask for mochi, they ask you how much you favorite, such as the amount of mitarashi and kina flour. A shop where you can talk kindly and cheerfully to school trip students, feel the care for customers, and enjoy mochi and smiles.

This is not a road to overlook or a shrine to look up to, but a path that I chose to gaze from "sideways" among the Inari mountains. The repeated torii gates along the way form a curve that slowly disappears into the distance between the forests, allowing people to silently step into a time and space where history and faith are intertwined. Color is no longer just decoration, but part of space: vermilion is like blood, forest green is like soul. This path may not be a stairway to the future, but a quiet flow of people in the deepest part of the spiritual world.