I have experienced ❄️ snowshoeing in Shiga Highlands
Activities that can be enjoyed even by those who do not ski or snowboard!
If you wear snowshoes, you can 😳 walk in areas that you can't enter during the green season and even on ponds! !️
The Torii (shrine gate) gate is ⛩ covered in snow
Have a snowy white field to yourself 👣 where no one walks
We also found 🐾 several footprints of animals such as rabbits and foxes
Impression ✨️ by all of them are valuable experiences
Why don't you experience snowshoeing that makes everyone from children to adults smile together?
It depends on the remaining snow, but it seems that you can ♪ enjoy it until around the May holidays
For details, check 👀 the Home page of the Shiga Highlands Nature Conservation Center.
https://shizenhogo-center.shigakogen.gr.jp/guide_winter/

Snowy Moominvalley ☃️

This is located in Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture
Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest Park.

Moominvalley with snow was a fantastic atmosphere 🤤
I'm 🤭 sure the hibernating Moomins are also enjoying it

❄️ Voting for "Winter Gokase 2025" is now open [❄️ until Sunday, March 16, 2025!] 】

Thank you all for submitting to the "Winter Hunt 2025"!

We regret to inform you that the staff of the Tourism Association conducted a strict first selection and selected 10 works 🙏✨ from all the entries

From these 10 works, we would like to 🤩👏 decide the winners by voting from everyone

From those who voted, 10 people will be selected by lottery to receive "Specialty products of Gokase Town", and 🎁💫 we ask for 🙇 ♀️ your cooperation

Here's 💡 how to vote
[Voting period: ~ until March 16, 2025 (Sunday)]
⚠️ Voting is limited to one vote per Account or one per person.

<If you vote from Instagram>
https://www.instagram.com/gokase_kanko/
・Please follow the Instagram Account of the Gokase Tourism Association.
・ Please select one of the 10 works featured in the post with the hashtag "#Winter Gokase 2025 Vote" and comment ✍ the photo number in the comment section of the post
⚠️ If you do not follow them, you will not be Subjected to the Giveaway Draw due to uncertainty in the exchange of messages. Please be careful.

<If you vote through Facebook>
https://www.facebook.com/gokase.kanko/?locale=ja_JP
・Please select one of the 10 works introduced in this post and comment the number of the photo in the comments.
・ Voting is limited to one time per Account.
⚠️ If you win the prize draw, you will be contacted via Facebook message. Please note that if you do not receive a reply for 2 weeks, it will be invalidated.

If you vote from < Home page>
・ Go to the "Winter Gokase 2025 Voting" page from the Gokase Tourism Association's Home page and New Topics (https://www.town.gokase.miyazaki.jp/kanko/ivent/1994.html)
・Click on the URL on the "Winter Gokase 2025 Voting" page to open the "Voting Form"
・Enter your e-mail address
・Please select one work from 10 works, put a check mark on that work, and send your answer.
⚠️ If you do not enter your email address, you will not be eligible for the Subject of the Prize Draw.

Please take a look at the applicant's original posts before voting 🤗

(1) Mr. @yamabico_san (2nd photo)
(2) Mr. @gokase_entertainment (3rd photo)
(3) Mr. @photo_ay_umi (4th photo)
(4) Mr. @mgm_1228 (5th photo)
(5) Mr. @eco9syu_sekiryo (6th photo)
(6) Mr. @goto0619 (7th photo)
(7) Mr. @fowafuwarin5 (8th photo)
(8) Mr. @thusandleavis (9th photo)
(9) Mr. @mas8787a (10th photo)
(10) Mr. @photo_ay_umi (11th photo)

We look 🥰 forward to your many votes

🎿 Ski Resort Final Events 🏂

Sunday, March 9 was the last business day ❄️ at Gokase Highland Ski Resort

In clear weather, a large lottery was held 🎁 from 11 o'clock

Gari cheered every time the winning numbers of the luxury premiums were announced, and the big draw ended 😆✨ with a big Gari

Visitors enjoyed the last Slope of the season immediately after the draw was 🎿 over

Gokase Highland Ski Resort ❄️ revived this season

Thanks to all of you, we have been able 😊 to operate safely until today
There is a very much 🥰
We look forward to seeing you again next season!!

[❄️ Winter Gokase 2025 application photo introduction ~ final time ~❄️]

Until 2/28, "#Winter Gokase 2025" 💡 was held in on the Instagram Account of the Gokase Tourism Association

This was the 🥹✨ last time we introduced the works that we submitted

Mr. @fowafuwarin5
Mr. @mas8787a
Mr. @mgm_1228
(in no particular order)

The long-awaited first appearance! Unoko Waterfall ✨ and wonderful works 👏 that captured the ski resort where there is still snow and the surrounding Nature

Thank you very much for your many applications 😭

It was a cold winter, but many of the winter photos were 😊☀️ somewhat heartwarming

Busan Shrine dyed in the color of snow

This is Busan Shrine in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture.
It is dyed in a snowy landscape and becomes 😊 a mysterious space

Rest Yuzu and Mount Fuji

Photographed in 🥰 the Komuro area of Fujikawa Town

There were still yuzu left on the tree.

Just when you thought it was going to be warm in March, it snowed again... 🗻❄️
In Yamanouchi Town, it happens every year, so the monkeys are not 😌 surprised
On such days, the best thing to do is ♨️🐒 to take a dip in the Hot Spring

Oyster snow and be careful of accidents while driving.

It is Tokachi Obihiro Airports
The scenery with the Hidaka Mountains in the background
I like it because it looks like an airport in Hokkaido.

In April, the temperature rises
Water vapor in the air also increases
It is also affected by yellow sand and PM2.5.
The scenery in the distance becomes hazy.

Frosty morning

【2025 Tangram Motto Winter Triathlon in Shinshu Shinano Town】Held in!
It is a [winter] triathlon that performs three events: running on the snow, biking, and cross-country skiing ☆
This year's event was held in with triathlon Olympia Yuichi Hosoda.
It was raining lightly, but all the players were doing their best!

【Superb view 🏔 within 10 minutes from Shinano Omachi Station】
2/27 Today is also sunny in Omachi City ☀️ Omachi Tourism Association Shinano Located inside 😌 Omachi Station on the JR Oito Line, so sometimes customers want to tell us Spot where they can go while waiting for the next Train and where they can see the Northern Alps. Today, I will introduce a Spot that will guide you at such a timeThe 🏔✨first is on the sidewalk of the Kosen Bridge at the end of the "Asahimachi" intersection on National Route 147The 🏔second is from the top of the "Asahimachi" pedestrian bridgeWhen 🏔 you stop by Omachi City, why don't you 😊 take a little walk around Shinano Omachi Station
⭐️ Sightseeing in Omachi City ⭐️
https://www.kanko-omachi.gr.jp/

Mt. Gokayama in the Snow
Snow piles up on the triangular-roofed gassho-zukuri house born from the wisdom of the Heavy snowfall area in the Aikura gassho-zukuri village in the snowy Gokayama of Echichu, and Impression by the wisdom of our ancestors who let the snow fall with Nature

Sunset in Arasaki
At dusk in Arasaki, where the wind blows and white waves rise, you can see Izu Oshima Island and Mt. Fuji faintly in the distance.

Sunset in Kushiro
Sunset on the Kushiro River and sunset on the Nusamai Bridge

Stars orbiting the North Star
Here at Nobeyama Highlands Elevation There are Nobeyama Radio Observatory National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Highlands of 1300~1500m. In winter, the air is clear and it is a perfect place for stargazing. Looking at the stars orbiting the North Star, you can't help but feel the profundity of the universe.

Dawn on the Nobeyama Highlands
Fuji and the Southern Alps seen from the Shinshu Nobeyama Highlands, the clouds hanging over the Southern Alps are dyed red by the Sunrise, and the sun is about to rise

Lost Landscapes

Kurama Station

Fuji Waiting for Dawn
Fuji at dawn seen from the Shinshu Nobeyama Highlands

Yatsugatake dyed in the Sunrise
Morgenroth of Yatsugatake seen from the Yatsugatake Observation decks Shishiiwa on a winter morning
At sunrise, it turns red from the top of the mountain, and as the sun rises, it gradually turns toward the base.

Temple on a snowy day

It was a snowfall that happened once a year
#Kyoto City
#Toji Temple
#Five-story pagoda

I came to Toyama for sightseeing, but unfortunately it snowed

If it's snowing, you can't just go out to see the snowy scenery, so you can walk from the hotel to the Takaoka Great Buddha

On a snowy night, while no one was around, the Light up Takaoka Great Buddha was quite handsome.

The 14th Teshikaga Photo Contest Winning Entries 4/5

This is the 14th Teshikaga Photo Contest.

In recent years, digital data and social media have become the mainstream, and the "Teshikaga Photo Contest" is held in a classic format in which printed works are selected. In addition, Mr. Takeshi Mizukoshi, a resident of Teshikaga Town, who is known as an international mountain photographer, will be selected as a special judge.

The 14th contest was held from November 1 to December 25, 2024, divided into four categories: "Starry Sky," "Sea of Clouds," "Activities (Experience)," and "Freedom," and 20 entries were awarded out of 154 entries!

Today, we would like to introduce 5 special prize winners! congratulations🎊
The next post will be the final installment. Please look forward to📸♪

✴︎Special Prize︎ ✴
"Waking up in the morning, in the middle of the rain" Hazuki Yamada
"As it was in ancient times" Masao Kainuma
"Completely frozen night sky" Masaru Village
"The Vitality of Nature" Tadashi Takeda
"Lunge" Toshikazu Yanagihori

【🏔 Spot 📷💨 in the Northern Alps】
2/25 was a sunny Omachi City from the morning, thanks ☀️ to radiative cooling and the temperature dropped to nearly 10 degrees below zero, it was a cold morning I ❄️ tucked my neck away and 🧣🧤 went around the shooting spot The 📷 snow-capped Northern Alps were shining in the blue sky I 🏔 would be happy ☺ if you could refer to it when you come to Omachi City　　　　　　　　　　　
⭐️ Omachi Tourism Association official website⭐️
https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/

This work was photographed near Omi Nagaoka, Shiga Prefecture, with Mt. Ibuki and the DisneySea (Fantasy Springs) wrapping bullet train.

[❄️ Winter Gokase 2025 application photo introduction ~ 6th ~ ] ❄️

Although it has become much warmer during the day, the cold in the mornings and evenings is still severe in Gokase Town 🥶
Thankfully, the application photos posted in "#Winter Gokase 2025" Held in on the Instagram Account of the Gokase Tourism Association have also accumulated, so we would like to introduce them 🙌✨

Mr. @donguri223103
Mr. @xitiannaiyang4
Mr. @goto0619
Mr. @irnoarkoa
Mr. @yamabico_san
@satoshi.misaki
Mr. @thusandleavis
Mr. @fowafuwarin5
(in no particular order)

Speaking of winter scenery, there are many in the Kuraoka area, but this time we also posted the snow scenery of Josenji Temple in the Sankasho areaEven 👏✨ in the same snow scenery, the fun atmosphere of the ski resort, the calm atmosphere of winter in the Kuraoka area, the sacred and quiet atmosphere of Josenji ... Each of them ☺️💫 has its own flavor and is wonderful

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There are only a few days left until the application deadline for this campaign, so ✨ please feel free to apply 🤗🎶 for a little winter photo

<How to apply> (Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025)
Follow the Gokase Tourism Association's Instagram (@gokase_kanko) and add the hashtags "#Winter Gokase 2025" and "#Shooting location (e.g. #Unoko Falls)" post 📸

Gokase Tourism Association Instagram Account
https://www.instagram.com/gokase_kanko/

* Thereare risks such as snow accumulation and icy roads. Please be careful ⚠️ to ensure safety and avoid accidents when shooting

[Saturday, March 25] Motorcycle and meat Events "RIDE & MEAT @UBUYAMA PLACE" Held in decided!
Admission is free. Kitchen Car, BBQ of meat, motorcycle test ride, etc., it is a day that you can enjoy on the stage of Aso in early Spring.
Location: UBUYAMA PLACE (formerly Ubuyama Ranch)　
Date: Saturday, March 25, 9:00-15:00 (In case of rain, it will be postponed to the next day)
Admission: Free

* Participants will receive a "Kumamon Sticker"!
* Manufacturers that can be test-driven
・YAMAHA
・BMW Motorrad
・Aprilia
・Royal Enfield
・MUTT
#UBUYAMAPLACE
#Spring Aso
#Yamanami Highway
#After open burning
#Ubuyama
#Aso is a sacred place for motorcycles
#Bikes
#Delicious Beef
#Spring Events
#Kids can also enjoy it
#Kitchen Car

~Ubuyama Midwinter Flea Market~
Held in on Sunday, February 23, the midwinter flea market was successfully completed with Many people Stalls and many customers coming.
Held in the event for the first time, and I think 😭 there were many points that we could not reach
We are very grateful that we were able to Held in the event with good weather thanks to everyone's cooperation.
Normally, I should have thanked each and every one of the Stalls, but I would like to take this opportunity to thank you.
Ubuyama is one of the most mountainous areas in Aso, There is a where the cold is severe.
Many people came to such a place and said, "It was fun," and it became a Minamoto of our energy.
Held in Events where we can connect with everyone like this.
There is a very much for taking this opportunity to thank all the Stalls and visitors.
#Ubuyama
#Kumamoto
#Aso
#Flea Market
#Midwinter