Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, December 14th, the 56th Hiroo Hair Crab Festival will take place😊 This is a gourmet event where you can savor plenty of Hiroo’s fresh seafood!! The main attraction is a live sale of boiled hair crab prepared in a two-meter cauldron!! You can also enjoy a hair crab speed-eating contest and delicious stalls offering snow crab miso soup, deep-fried shishamo smelt, seafood curry, and more🎵 At the direct-from-producer market you’ll find seasonal hair crab and shishamo, autumn salmon and hachikaku (sagefish), vegetables, and specialty products from Hiroo as well as local specialties from our sister cities Memuro Town and Saikai City in Nagasaki Prefecture, so please stop by if you like😀 The event’s finale is a fun raffle where Hiroo specialty products are awarded by lottery😍 Come and enjoy the flavors of the season🎶 It’s getting colder, so please dress warmly for the day🤗 https://hiroo-kanko.jp/2025/12/01/56-keganimatsuri/...

[Reihoku Sunset Marche] December Announcement📣 This is an announcement for the Reihoku Sunset Marche in December♪ 👀Highlights of this Sunset Marche👀 ❣Reihoku Sunset Marche sells agricultural products, processed goods, and prepared foods from Reihoku, and this event marks its first anniversary since it began🎊 To celebrate the first anniversary, we will hold a lottery for the first customers who spend 700 yen or more! A Veg Check screening that awards health points will also be available, so please come by❣ We look forward to seeing you😊 Don’t forget to bring your own shopping bag🛍✨ [Planned produce for sale] ・Turnips🫜 ・Pumpkin🎃 ・Cabbage ・Cucumbers🥒 ・Rice (new harvest)🌾 ・Red leaf lettuce (sunny lettuce) ・Potatoes🥔 ・Garland chrysanthemum (shungiku) ・Zucchini ・Daikon radish ・Carrots🥕 ・Chinese cabbage ・One-character scallion (wakegi) ・Green peppers🫑 ・Beni Haruka sweet potato ・Spinach ・Mandarin oranges🍊 ・Mizuna ・Cherry tomatoes (Aiko, fruit types) ・Lettuce 🥦🍅🥕🍠🥬🧅🫑🌽🌶🫛🍆🫚🥔 Reihoku Sunset Marche [Date] Sunday, December 14, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM ※Veg Check screening: 12:30 PM–3:30 PM [Location] Amakusa Reihoku Tourism Association (Reihoku Town Product Center facility: 4535-1 Kozufukae, Reihoku)

Hashi Watashi Fest running through Saturday, November 29 An event to help you learn more about and fall in love with Sakai City's central moat-ring area Hashi Watashi Fest is back this year✨ Take on the stamp rally visiting shops and facilities within the moat-ring area! Show the map or your card to receive discounts, gifts, and other perks🎁 A market will be held at the former Sakai Fire Station on Saturday, November 29♪ Various events will take place across the moat-ring area as well🎉 ★Stamp rally and perks available from Saturday, November 1 through Saturday, November 29 ★Hashi Watashi Market and prize drawing 📅 Saturday, November 29, 11:00–16:00 📍Former Sakai Fire Station (Ichinocho-nishi 1-chome 1-27, Sakai Ward) This autumn, explore Sakai's moat-ring area and experience its appeal😊✨ 🔍Search for “Hashi Watashi Fest” for more details! 🔗 https://cango-sakai.com/free/5th-cango-fes... https://cango-sakai.com/free/5th-cango-fes...

Commemorating the Osaka-Kansai Expo: Kofun Summit 🌈 🔴In honor of the Osaka-Kansai Expo🔵, we will explore the value and appeal of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group from an international perspective🌏, comparing them with sites such as Petra in Jordan and India’s stone tombs. Attendees on the day will be entered into a lottery to win hot air balloon ride tickets✨ Please be sure to apply❁❁❁ 📅 Date and Time: Saturday, November 29, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM 📍 Venue: Fenice Sakai Large Hall (2-1-1 Onihashi-cho, Sakai Ward) Admission: Free Capacity: 1,700 people (first-come, first-served application) 💁 For details, search for "Kofun Summit"! 🔗https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/.../r07/r07kofunsummit.html... ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ 🔷 Concurrent Special Exhibition and Kofun Goods Sale (no registration required) Location: Fenice Sakai Galleria Time: 12:00 PM–4:30 PM 🔶 Concurrent Children’s Theater Park (no registration required) Location: Fenice Sakai Onihashi Park Time: 11:00 AM–6:00 PM 💁 More details here 🔗https://www.fenice-sacay.jp/event/31242/... #Osaka #Sakai #Sakai City #Sakai Higashi #Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group #World Heritage #Kofun Summit #Kofun #haniwa #Haniwa Division Chief #Fenice Sakai #Kofun Goods #Expo #Osaka-Kansai Expo #Post-Expo https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/kanko/rekishi/sei/samazama_torikumi/r07/r07kofunsummit.html...

Event Announcement📣 The 30th Churui Dontokoi Village Festival will take place 😊 The program opens with a Nauman drum performance, followed by Tsugaru shamisen by the Ishiguro Group, the Jibasan-ders Stage Show, a mimicry act, and a popular song show—an array of lively stage performances to enjoy 🎵🎵 You can also try firefighting experiences, see a police car display, and savor Churui specialties such as lily bulbs and Wagyu beef on sale, so there’s plenty of local gourmet to enjoy!! The finale features a prize lottery and a bread-throwing event 😍 Bring your family and friends and come join us 🤗 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–14:00 📍Location: Special venue in front of the Naumann Elephant Memorial Museum, Churui (event proceeds in light rain) https://www.town.makubetsu.lg.jp/kankosangyo/kankoevent/event/15185.html...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, October 19, the Sarabetsu Furusato Hall will host the “Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival”! 😊 The Great Harvest Festival invites many visitors to savor local flavors while promoting Sarabetsu’s agricultural and livestock products and specialty goods. 🎵🎵 Celebrating the bounty of the land, Sarabetsu’s most delicious offerings come together!! The JA Sarabetsu Youth Division will sell produce such as May Queen potatoes, onions, azuki beans, and burdock, and will offer popular collaborative menu items, collaborative sweets, and the craft beer “Sarabetsu Furue-ru.” 🥔🧅🫘🍺 Sarabetsu Agricultural High School will sell student-made sweets, including nata de coco panna cotta called “Sarakotta,” and a new product, “Saranouban Curry.” 🍛 At the food booths, the Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division and various vendors will offer special dishes made with local ingredients. Highlights include Sarabetsu wagyu steaks and the proud large-pot dish “Sarabetsu Wagyu Mushroom Soup,” supervised and demonstrated by Chef Mabuchi of Mugine. 😍 There’s more to enjoy: a gourmet stamp rally, a prize lottery, and a big-eating and talk live show by Angela Sato, among many attractions! A dog run will be set up in one corner of the venue. Please use it responsibly under your own supervision, observe manners, and refrain from bringing dogs into the food booth area—cooperation with the rules is appreciated. Packed with fun activities, the Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival is a perfect outing—please come with friends and family and join us at the venue! 🤗 📌A temporary free round-trip shuttle bus will run from the Town Hall parking lot to the venue for your convenience. 🚌 (9:30–14:00) 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–14:00 📍Location: Special event area at Sarabetsu Furusato Hall 📌Inquiries Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival Executive Committee, Secretariat TEL: 0155-52-2211 (inside Sarabetsu Furusato Hall) https://www.sarabetsu.jp/sightseeing/event/shukakusai/...

Event Announcement 📣 The 23rd Shihoro Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 19, 2025 😊 Enjoy an autumn market selling agricultural and livestock products, processed goods, and local specialties, along with the Shihoro Taste Market offering Shihoro beef loin cut steaks, oshiruko (sweet red bean soup with mochi), and udon, plus all-you-can-fill bag deals for potatoes and onions to savor the flavors of fall 🧅🥔 The festival also features a timed challenge to eat an exact weight called the “Eat and Match the Weight” game, a “Eat and Win!! Grand Lottery,” the Calbee Quiz Rally, and many other attractions 🎵🎵 *For each meal purchased at the Shihoro Taste Market, you will receive one lottery ticket.* We look forward to welcoming many visitors 🤗 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–13:30 📍Location: Shihoro Town Rural Sports Park, Special Event Area 📌Contact Shihoro Harvest Festival Executive Committee TEL: 01564-5-5220 (Shihoro Town Hall Industrial Promotion Division) https://www.shihoro.jp/tourism/detail.php?content=1111...

Event Announcement📣 This year marks the 50th Autumn Harvest Festival, the "Umaissho Shintoku Daisetsu Festival" 😊 Enjoy the annual all-you-can-pack fresh local vegetables, a fruit sale from our sister city Higashine in Yamagata Prefecture, Shintoku’s specialty soba and grilled meat, plus stage shows and a lottery while savoring local ingredients 🎵 The stage show features a performance by the Shintoku Junior High School Brass Band and special appearances by artists connected to the town!! Local shops and a kei-truck market will also set up stalls to liven up the venue alongside the stage shows. Please come and enjoy this family-friendly event for all ages in the green setting of Kutchan Park 🤗 Date and Time: Sunday, October 5 — 10:00 to 14:00 Venue: Kutchan Park A free round-trip shuttle bus will operate 🚌 ※Free shuttle buses run from in front of the Shintoku Town Community Center and JR Shintoku Station. Departure: From Shintoku Town Community Center 9:30 / JR Shintoku Station 9:35 Return: From Kutchan Park 14:15 https://shintoku-town.net/spot/taisetsu-matsuri/...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, October 5, 2025, the special north-side venue of Roadside Station Nakasatsunai hosts the "Roadside Station Fair"! 😊 Experience pony-drawn carriage rides, street performances, and a wide range of hands-on and exhibition booths plus workshops!! We offer many popular programs, including the ever-popular "All-You-Can-Fill Fresh Vegetables" bag, a fun raffle, and "Peetan’s Rock–Paper–Scissors!" 🎵 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, 10:00–14:00 📍Venue: Roadside Station Nakasatsunai, north-side special venue 📌Pony carriage rides (paid) 📍Fee: 200 yen per person 📍Times: 10:00 — 60 people, 11:10 — 40 people 📌All-You-Can-Fill Fresh Vegetables (paid) 📍Price: 300 yen per bag ※One bag per person 📍Times: 11:00 and 13:00 — 70 bags available each session on a first-come, first-served basis 📌Fun Raffle Receive one coupon for every 500 yen spent at participating stores; two coupons allow entry to the raffle. 📍Raffle Time: 10:00–13:50 📍Participating Stores: Roadside Station tenants and Roadside Station Fair vendors (including food trucks) You can also enjoy local autumn flavors at the Autumn Harvest Market and from food trucks 🍁 Bring your family and friends and come visit Roadside Station Nakasatsunai 🤗 https://kankou-nakasatsunai.com/information/information-5852/...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, October 5th, 2025, Minori~mu Festa Otofuke 2025 will take place😊 This event centers on the concept of local production for local consumption!! The program is packed with attractions, including menus made from local ingredients, sales of the town’s proud farm products and processed goods, and hands-on activity corners where visitors can participate🎵 On the SPECIAL STAGE SHOW, Yamanai Kagura, a folk performing art from Karumai Town in Iwate Prefecture—which marks its 40th anniversary as a sister town with Otofuke—will come to perform!! Stage events also include a music live by Yasuhiro Kazama, a performance by Otofuke High School’s dance club, and a character photo time😍 In the food area, you can enjoy safe, delicious farm products, local specialties, and carefully crafted menu items made with agricultural and livestock products from Otofuke Town🍴 If you shop at the stores listed below by 2:00 PM, you will receive one raffle ticket per ¥1,000 spent (one draw per ticket) and can join the fun raffle. You might win wonderful prizes such as a Tokachigawa Onsen accommodation voucher!!✨ 📍Food and regional products corner 📍Paid hands-on activity corner 📍Roadside Station Otofuke stores 📍Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden Please come and enjoy this event full of the town’s specialties🤗 https://michinoeki-otofuke.jp/xo_event/xo_event-4362/...

Event Announcement📣 Experience all of Shihorocho at once at the major event “Chō Kamishihoro: Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Lifelong Learning & SDGs Festival.”😊 The whole town becomes the venue. Across multiple sites, locals will host participatory events like the Kamishihoro Tug-of-War, an SDGs Quiz Contest, and a Prize Draw, while residents present performances such as Naitai Kogen Taiko and the Shihoro High School Brass Band.😍 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, 9:30 AM–5:00 PM 📍Venue: Throughout the town (four venues plus shopping street and roadside) held simultaneously 1️⃣ Roadside Station Booth (Location: Roadside Station Kamishihoro) Packed with fun events. 2️⃣ Fureai Park Booth (Location: Shihoro Town Fureai Park) Enjoyable SDGs activities including a digital SDGs quiz rally. 3️⃣ Wakka Booth (Location: Shihoro Town Lifelong Learning Center Wakka) Try e-sports, join interactive games, visit the children’s play corner, and watch cooking demonstrations. 4️⃣ Shopping Street and Roadside Booth (Location: Shopping street along Prefectural Route 337) Featuring Kamishihoro Information Center, Hareta (Lifelong Active Town Kamishihoro), Machi no Gallery humi, and Kamishihoro Marche. In addition, at the Nippo-no-Ie Backside Town Land venue, related local companies will exhibit and there will be a joint electric vehicle display and test-drive event. 📌Free shuttle buses will run between venues. 🚌 Roadside Station Kamishihoro ⇔ Kamishihoro Information Center ⇔ Hareta ⇔ Tokachi Shinkin Bank ⇔ Fureai Plaza 📍Departures from Roadside Station Kamishihoro: every hour at :00 and :30 between 9:30 AM and 5:30 PM. 📍Departures from Fureai Plaza: every hour at :15 and :45 between 9:45 AM and 3:45 PM. Note: the final departure is at 4:30 PM. 📞Contact Shihorocho Chamber of Commerce and Industry TEL: 01564-2-2339 https://town.tonxton.com/event/kamishihoro-fes2025/...

Event Notice 📣 Garlic from Tokachi-Shimizu ranks first in Hokkaido for shipment volume 😊 “The 7th Tokachi-Shimizu Garlic and Meat Festival 2025,” an event celebrating the garlic-producing region, is coming soon!!! You can enjoy grilled meat and a variety of garlic-based dishes, and the garlic grab is a big hit 🎵 📍Date: Saturday, October 4th, 2025, 10:00–15:00 📍Venue: Hokuren Shimizu Sugar Factory Plaza (Kita 2-jo 8-chome, Shimizu, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido) 📍Admission: Free (food and BBQ require separate tickets) 📌Tokachi young beef BBQ set tickets are also on sale 😍 📍BBQ set includes 350 g Tokachi young beef plus garlic pork skewer and Tokachi-Shimizu garlic ajillo! Includes chopsticks, plates, and sauce. 📍Advance ticket: ¥1,800, Same-day ticket: ¥2,000 📍Ticket outlets Tickets are on sale at Shimizu Town Hall Agricultural and Forestry Division, Shimizu Town Hall, Mikage Branch Office, JA Tokachi-Shimizu Main Office Planning Room, JA Tokachi-Shimizu Mikage Branch, Shimizu Chamber of Commerce, and Ticket Pia. A lottery with luxurious prizes for BBQ ticket holders will be held (drawing starts around 14:00) There are plenty of activities and events for children, including fire truck and police car rides and a Self-Defense Forces Type 96 wheeled armored vehicle ride experience. Enjoy a special day filled with the toasty aroma of garlic and the savory flavor of Tokachi young beef! 🧄🧄🧄 We look forward to seeing you there 🤗 https://portal.ja-shimizu.or.jp/news/346/...

Event Announcement📣 On September 28, the 50th Urahoro Furusato Minori Festival will be held at Urahoro Forest Park! This is a grand harvest festival celebrating autumn’s bountiful grains. The program features a kayō show by guest singers, a comedy live, a stage show with HBC characters Monsuke and Uraha·Horoma, plus a mochi toss (minori-maki), autumn-fish catch-with-hands, and a raffle with chances to win local specialty products — there’s plenty to enjoy! You can also savor seasonal ingredients at food stalls and browse a corner showcasing Urahoro’s specialty products. Come enjoy the autumn harvest and seasonal flavors — we look forward to seeing you!🤗 📍Date and Time: Sunday, September 28, 2025, 10:00–15:30 📍Venue: Urahoro Forest Park 📍Shuttle Bus: Urahoro Town Hall – Urahoro Forest Park, 9:00–15:30 (running as needed) 📞Inquiries: Urahoro Town Tourism Association TEL: 015-576-2181 https://www.urahoro.jp/administration/?content=2760... https://urahorokanko.jp/blog/topics/921/...

Event Announcement 📣 On Sunday, September 28, the 44th Shikaoi Town Hometown Industry Festival will take place at a special venue at Roadside Station Shikaoi. 😊 The stage program features performances and dances by four groups, including the Kodomoen Shikaoi drum corps, and two shows of the popular anime "Kimi to Idol Precure♪" character show at 12:00 and 13:50. 🎵 Other highlights include a thrilling grand lottery with luxurious prizes and agricultural product sets, plus a guaranteed-win fun Garapon raffle where winners can get Shikaoi beef steak sets—there’s plenty to enjoy!! At the Local Produce Fair, you can taste Shikaoi beef steak and okonomiyaki loaded with Shikaoi cabbage, take part in a fill-your-bag carrot and potato sale, and buy specialty items such as milk, dairy products, and buckwheat flour. 😍 We will again offer many local specialties, including a wide selection of agricultural and livestock products, and we look forward to welcoming you. 🤗 📍Date and Time: 10:00–15:00, September 28, 2025 📍Location: Special venue at Roadside Station Shikaoi 📞Contact 44th Shikaoi Town Hometown Industry Festival Executive Committee TEL 0156-66-4035 (Shikaoi Town Hall, Agricultural Promotion Division) https://www.town.shikaoi.lg.jp/oshirase/3395/...

Event Announcement 📣 The 49th Kashirin Park Festival will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2025 😊 This autumn industry festival lets you savor the flavors unique to Taiki, a town with both mountains and sea!! This year’s HBC Radio live recording guests are Mariko Nagai and Shinya Kono and Hitoshi Fujio from Oklahoma 🎵 The program is packed with favorites like the annual Wagyu Festival and the Aki-aji (autumn salmon) Grab, food stalls featuring Taiki’s delicious offerings, dairy product sales from Snow Brand Megmilk, which has a factory in Taiki, and a fun raffle 😍 📍Note: Entry to the Aki-aji Grab is by lottery. Lottery tickets will be distributed between 9:00 and 9:30. Also, the event may be canceled depending on fishing conditions. Please understand in advance. There are kid-friendly activities too, including a stamp-art workshop to make a Taiki drawstring bag, a woodworking class, and a bounce dome ✨ Come enjoy Taiki’s seasonal flavors in Kashirin Park, surrounded by the town tree, kashiwa (oak)!! We look forward to seeing you 🤗 📍Date and Time: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM 📍Location: Kashirin Park (held rain or shine) https://visit-taiki.hokkaido.jp/tp_detail.php?id=424...

Event Announcement 📣 On Thursday, October 30th this year, the Doto Expressway will mark its 30th anniversary since opening, and we will hold a commemorative event for the Tokachi-Shimizu IC to Ikeda IC section 😊 The event will feature stage shows by local groups along the route, character greetings, a photo panel exhibition covering the 30 years since opening, and a grand lottery with prizes for 30 winners, including accommodation vouchers for Tokachigawa Onsen!! 📌Stage Shows by Local Groups Along the Route 📍10:10–10:30 Calligraphy performance by the Calligraphy Club of Obihiro Hakuyo High School 📍10:50–11:20 Local hero show of Obihiro City 📍11:30–11:50 HIP HOP dance show by the JOYFIT Dance Circle 📌Special Guest: Talk Session with Hiroyuki Morisaki 📍13:00–14:00 We invite Hiroyuki Morisaki, a member of the theater unit TEAM NACS, for a talk session themed “30 Years Since Opening: Toward the Future.” 📌Character Greeting 📍NEXCO East Japan’s manners-promotion characters Manaty and Ikanzame will appear, along with Ushikun, the mascot of the Obihiro Tourism & Convention Association, and Onigiri Shian, a local VTuber from Kushiro who also serves as a COOL Kushiro City tourism ambassador. They’ll be visiting—please take photos with them! 🎵 📌Grand Lottery with Luxurious Prizes 📍Among visitors on the day, 30 winners will be chosen by lottery to receive luxurious prizes. 🔸Tokachigawa Onsen accommodation voucher (worth 50,000 JPY) 🔸Tokachigawa Onsen day-use bathing tickets 🔸Pair tickets to see the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (for the game on September 22, 2025) Other regional gourmet items from along the Doto Expressway will also be available 😍 *Lottery participation tickets will be distributed on the day.* 🎵 Date and Time: Monday, September 15, 2025 (public holiday) 10:00–15:00 Venue: Tokachi Plaza, 1st Floor Atrium and Large Assembly Room Please come with your family and friends!! We look forward to seeing you 🤗 https://www.e-nexco.co.jp/pressroom/hokkaido/2025/0808/00015203.html...

★☆★Announcement: Gyaana Festival 2025★☆★ That hot summer festival that colors the end of summer in Morotsuka is back... ＼“Gyaana Festival 2025 – Matsuri Kyo”／ This year it will be held on Saturday, September 13th! 📅 Date and time: Saturday, September 13th, 4:00 PM–8:00 PM (scheduled) 📍 Venue: Morotsuka Village Sports Park, Yu Yu Playland and the baseball field 💰 Admission: Free Field attractions ・Morotsuka Gourmet Food Court ・Kids’ fish-catching event ※ If you join the fish-catching event, please bring your own bags or cooler boxes. Program ・Local performing arts show ・Performances by village elementary and junior high students ・Stage performance by Tatsuo Kamon ・Grand raffle ・Fireworks finale 👘 Special perks for visitors wearing yukata or traditional Japanese clothing! 🎟️ Raffle tickets will be handed out at the reception desk on the day, one per person. 🌦️ The event will go on in light rain. In severe weather, the scale will be reduced and the event will be held at the Central Community Center. 🌀 If typhoon effects are expected, the event may be canceled. The final fireworks burst close to the venue for a spectacular view 🎆 Let’s enjoy the end of summer together with energy and smiles 😊 “Gyaana” is a Morotsuka dialect word meaning “energetic”!

Event Announcement📣 The 29th Churui Furusato Bon Odori Festival will be held 😊 Along with the dancing, you can enjoy costumes filled with many creative ideas at this Bon dance event 🎶🎶 Luxurious prizes await the winners 🎁🎁🎁 On the day, children’s Bon Odori and the Churui Ondo are open to everyone, so why not take this chance to join in and dance? 🤗 Also, this year there will be a fish-catching event for elementary and junior high school students before the festival, so please join enthusiastically 🎵 📍Date and Time: Thursday, August 14, 2025, from 6:00 PM ※ The event will go ahead in light rain. It may be canceled in severe weather depending on conditions. 📍Venue: Churui Fureai Center, Fukujyu Special Event Area 📍Event Schedule 5:00 PM – Fish catching (for elementary and junior high school students) ※ Those wishing to participate should come to the main tent between 4:30 PM and 5:00 PM. 6:00 PM – Food and stall area opens Distribution of fun raffle tickets begins (one per person, first 1,000 people) 6:30 PM – Children’s Bon Odori (participation prizes available) 6:45 PM – Churui Ondo 7:00 PM – Solo dance performances (general participation) Costume contest (individual and group categories) 8:20 PM – Fun raffle Bread toss http://www.makubetsu.jp/kankobussankyokai/?p=8557...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, August 3, 2025, the town of Taiki will host the 34th Rekifune River Clear Stream Festival 😊 The Rekifune River Clear Stream Festival began after the Ministry of the Environment praised the Rekifune River flowing through the town as "Japan’s cleanest river." The festival celebrates the gifts of nature and invites everyone to enjoy a summer day by the clear stream in a major seasonal event!! Date and Time: Sunday, August 3, 2025 Location: Riverbed upstream of Taiki Bridge on the Rekifune River During the day you’ll find plenty of stalls and hands-on activities for children!! 📍Bouncy dome 📍Firefighting experience 📍Yamabe fishing 📍Gold panning experience (fee required) ※The gold panning takes place in the river, so we recommend bringing boots, water shoes, sandals, or other footwear that can get wet, plus a towel. There’s even more to enjoy, including dance and live performances, a PET bottle rocket contest, the Tokachi Blue Sky Lady talk show, and a fun prize lottery 🎵 In the evening, the festival reaches its climax with the Perpune Fire Festival, where towering pillar torches seem to reach the sky, followed by an impressive fireworks display. 📍Perpune Fire Festival: from 6:00 PM Legend says that if a pillar torch falls toward the mountain side it brings a bountiful harvest, and if it falls toward the sea it brings abundant catches. 📍Fireworks Display: from 7:30 PM (postponed to August 4 in case of rain) Join this summer tradition, shake off the heat, and enjoy a wonderful time😍😍 https://visit-taiki.hokkaido.jp/tp_detail.php?id=419...

Event Announcement📣 The annual beer garden “Tarunama Beer Aya” returns to Honbetsu on Saturday, July 26th 🍺 Along with beer, a wide selection of alcoholic drinks such as chu-hai and sake will be available 😊 Local foods will be lined up so you can enjoy gourmet bites with your drinks 🎵 The program is packed with attractions, including a performance by the Yoshitsune Taiko drummers and a HIPHOP dance show by local children!! A raffle may award luxurious prizes like travel vouchers and hot-spring hotel stays 🎁🎁 Grab a beer and beat the summer heat with us～🎵🎵🤗 Date and Time: Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 15:00 Venue: Parking lot in front of Honbetsu Town Hall Contact: Honbetsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry TEL: 0156-22-2529 https://www.town.honbetsu.hokkaido.jp/sightseeing/fes/details/beerfes.html...

Event Announcement 📣 On Saturday, July 26, Tokachi–Shimizu Town will host the Seiryu Festival 😊 This beloved event returns for its 47th year!! The stage program is packed with YOSAKOI dance, jazz dance, and performances by Shimizu and Mikage Middle School brass bands, among others!! A bingo tournament and a fun prize drawing could award luxurious prizes!? You can also ride in and see working vehicles such as aerial work platforms and patrol cars on display!! The Chamber of Commerce Women’s and Youth Divisions, the Shimizu High School Sanroku Club, and local restaurants will host booths so you can enjoy regional gourmet treats 🎵 📌Date and Time: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 12:00–20:30 📌Venue: Event plaza next to JR Tokachi-Shimizu Station *In case of severe weather, the event will be postponed to the following day 📌How to participate in the prize drawing Only those who purchase the advance “Lucky Coupon with Lottery Ticket” usable at the Chamber of Commerce Youth Division booth are eligible. 📌Inquiries Seiryu Festival Executive Committee (Shimizu Town Chamber of Commerce) TEL: 0156-62-2208 It’s been hot lately, so please take care of your health and enjoy the summer festival 🤗 https://www.town.shimizu.hokkaido.jp/section/08/details/47.html...

Event Announcement📣 How are your plans for this weekend? Makubetsu Summer Festa 2025 will take place on Sunday, July 20th🎵 Alongside dance, light rock music, and taiko drumming, there will be games for children and food stalls serving delicious local treats from Makubetsu😁 A grand lottery offers luxurious prizes, including paired travel vouchers!! The festival’s climax will be about 3,000 fireworks that will fill the night sky with brilliant gold😍 Come enjoy the summer festival with friends and family🤗 📌Date and time: Sunday, July 20th, 2025, 1:00 PM–9:00 PM 📌Location: Makubetsu Town Sports Park, special event area 📌Notes * Bringing pets is prohibited. * The entire sports park is smoke-free (including electronic cigarettes). * Grilling and BBQ inside the sports park are prohibited. http://www.makubetsu.jp/kankobussankyokai/?p=8545...

Koinobori Sports Day 🎏 & Azalea Festival 🌸 On May 5th, the event was held in District 8: Koinobori Sports Day and the Azalea Festival. Under a clear sky where koinobori raised by local volunteers drifted gracefully, the sports day took place in the morning.👟 The program offered activities that people of all ages could enjoy, and both adults and children competed with smiles.😆✨ In the afternoon, the venue moved to the gymnasium for a quiz contest and karaoke competition.🎤 The day ended with a much-anticipated raffle, and the whole event was lively from start to finish.😍

[May 3] Kurara Festival 2025 A Golden Week fast start💪💨 On May 3, Constitution Memorial Day, Kurakura Kurara in the former Kuraoka Junior High School hosted the Kurara Festival 2025🥳 The weather could not have been better that day☀️✨ The venue bustled with many food and drink stalls, fortune-telling, relaxation services, crafts, and a flea market. About 300 visitors came, making it a very lively day🤗🌟 Because it was quite warm, shaved ice was hugely popular🍧💕 (Adults seemed to prefer alcohol🍺?) In the courtyard, Nani.loa HULA studio performed hula dances🌺 A special guest performance featured the vice principal of Kuraoka Elementary School singing passionately, which electrified the crowd😆🔥 The raffle offered many luxurious prizes, and smiles were everywhere☺️✨ Although a new festival that started last year, Kurara Festival has already become a beloved event both inside and outside the local community👏💡 Everyone is already looking forward to next year💕