The Koumi Line at the foothills of Mt. Yatsugatake
The JR Koumi Line is a Highlands line car that runs at the highest elevation point in Japan.
On the line connecting Kobuchizawa Station on the JR Chuo Main Line to Komoro Station on the Shinano Railway
The section from Kobuchizawa Station to Shinano Kawakami Station goes at the foothills of Mt. Yatsugatake
The view from the Car window is also beautiful in the Highlands row Car section
Between Kiyosato Station and Nobeyama Station on the way Elevation there is a 1375m JR Railway Highest point crossing and
Nobeyama Station is the railway station at 1345.67m, the highest elevation in Japan.
The photo is in Goshodaira between Nobeyama Station and Shinano Kawakami Station
I took a picture of the small sea line going at the foothills of Mt. Yatsugatake.

This is the Nobeyama Highlands at the foothills of Yatsugatake Higashiyama
It is a highlands where the silver Yatsugatake spreads out in front of you

Fuji at sunrise seen from Lake Yamanaka Panorama
First, the summit of Mt. Fuji is dyed red by the Sunrise, and gradually it is dyed into the foothills
The peaks of the distant Southern Alps are dyed red and morning visits. It's a crisp morning.

New Spring Fuji seen from Oshino Hakkai
Frost remains in the shade, and it is a refreshing morning.

Seven Miles of Snow Coverage
Snow piles up on the pines like cotton candy
I like it.

It is the only sea route on the Tokaido Highway that connects Miya inn and Mulberry inn, and it is said that it was so named because the distance was 7 miles (27.5 km).

Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture "Seven Villages"

January 1, 2025
First sunrise.

On days when the cold is severe
Because the water temperature in the river is higher
A fog called a qi storm is generated.

It's fantastic and beautiful, isn't it?

Wakamasu Bread 🥖 @wakamasu_bakery (Instagram)

A regular customer visited Wakamasu Bakery, a shop that he frequents.　From grandfather to father to the current owner, it has been a bakery for three generations, moving from the shop in Ina at the time of its founding to Suwa, and has been running for a total of 99 years!
　Now, he is making bread 🍞 with his father and the owner of the shop The shop started with the owner's great-grandfather's generation, There is a Wakamasu Bread is Ina, and the shop is related to the soul food "milk bread" of Nagano Prefecture!!
　Thereare the pops in the store include product descriptions and details such as "domestic wheat" and "unroasted sugar sudakito" (100% sugarcane sugar, which is rich in minerals)! The "Milk Ball" that the regulars love is also famous, and it seems 🥖 that there are many regulars who ask for this much
・ A popular product from the past, "Milk Ball" with milk cream in soft French bread
・ The owner's recommendation, "cream bread" with plenty of homemade custard cream
・ Recent popular product, "Croque Monsieur" sandwiched between homemade béchamel sauce, ham, and cheese
・ 4 types of sandwiches and 2 types of cooked bread are available.

◎ Wakamasu bread
📍 4-11-10 Kogan-dori, Suwa City
☎ 0266-52-3488
◎ Business hours: 8:00 ~ 16:00
◎ Business days : Thursday, Friday, Saturday
◎ Home page : https://www.instagram.com/wakamasu_bakery/

Regular customer addicted to Wakamasu Bakery’s Milk Ball! Owner’s Great-grandfather began Wakamasu bakery in Ina. Wakamasu bakery was established 99 years ago. After that, his son (owner’s grandfather) moved to current location in Suwa city. Today, owner and her father making a bread.
This is just between you and me! Actually, Wakamasu Bread related to Gyu-nyu Pan(Milk cream Bread).
Now a day, owner using domestic wheat and Sudaki Tou (Japanese sugar, it has so much mineral). She particular about for raw materials.
These are regular selling list.
・Regular customer want to Milk Ball.
・Owner's recommendation is Cream bread with homemade custard cream.
・Recent trending item is croque monsieur with homemade béchamel sauce and ham and cheese.
・Four kinds of sandwiches and two kinds of cooked breads.

◎ Wakamasu bread
📍 4-11-10 Kogan Street, Suwa City
☎ 0266-52-3488
◎ Business hours: 8:00 ~ 16:00
◎ Business days : Thursday, Friday, Saturday
◎ Homepage : https://www.instagram.com/wakamasu_bakery/

The 59th Onuma Hakodate Snow and Ice Festival, a major winter Events in southern Hokkaido that has been going on for many years, will be Held in again this year!
The jumbo slide made by cutting out the frozen Lake Onuma is Popular! !!
Please come and visit us!
【Date and time】
February 8 (Sat) 9 (Sun) 10:00~16:00
[Place]
Onuma Park Square (near 1023-1 Onuma-cho, Nanae Town, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido)

It is Located in in Hagi Towns, Shirakawa Village, Ono District, Gifu Prefecture
It is a gassho-zukuri village in Shirakawa Township and Gokayama.
It was really beautiful during the Time Slot / Time of Day when the lights of the houses start to light up from evening to night. 💕
(୨୧❛ᴗ❛)📷 ☃️❄️

White Silver Sangi Railway

Fujiwara Towns, Inabe City, Mie Prefecture

Happy New Year🎍

Thank you all for 🙇 ♀️ your continued support this year
This is Nagashima Spa Land in Mie Prefecture.
Held in New Year's Eve fireworks every year, and you can play until 3 a.m. only on New Year's Day.

Be sure to 🤤 visit on New Year's Eve this year

Snow Fairy
Did you know that there is a snow fairy in Hokkaido?
Its name is "Shimaenaga"
Originally, this wild bird called Enaga resembled a long-handled ladle in appearance.
The chief of the handle (e) → named Enaga
In fact, there are long-tailed moths in Honshu, but this pure white subspecies of long-tailed moth only lives in Hokkaido
That's why Hokkaido is called Shima.
The long-tailed moth, which lives only in Shima→ was named Shimaenaga
It is only called the snow fairy, and you will see it from the time when the leaves fall and the snow begins to fall
For that reason, it is also called a bird that signals snow

Happy New Year

Happy New Year🎍
Thank you for your continued support this year.

First sunrise of the year from Sumiyoshi Shrine in Kuwana City
Period, the sun rises from inside the Torii (shrine gate).
It's still okay for a while.
Impression by all means.

2025/1/2 Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture "Sumiyoshi Shrine"

Nagashima Spa Land New Year's Eve fireworks 🎆

Happy New Year 🙇 ♀️
This year, we started with fireworks.

Best regards again for one 🙇 year

A view of the morning mist dyed in orange.
A group of buildings covered in haze due to the beautiful sunrise and radiative cooling on a cold morning.

Shot on DJI MAVIC 3
Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture 2024/12

* Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Comprehensive Flight Permit has been obtained.
* Notification of flight plan and preparation of flight log book

I went to House Ten Bosch for Christmas.
It is an illumination that won the top prize (the best in the world) at the International Illumination Awards 2024.
You can experience an authentic European Christmas in Japan!

Located in in Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture
It is Ginyama Hot Spring.
Ginyama Hot Spring has a retro scenery that makes you feel as if you have traveled back in time. Light up at night during the snowy period 🌨️ was breathtakingly beautiful. ( ੭•͈ᴗ•͈)੭📷✨♨️🌃 ☃️❄️

Kamisuwa Hot Spring Winter Accommodation Campaign

This is the ninth year!　Kamisuwa Hot Spring Winter Accommodation Campaign!　12 facilities belonging to the inn association offer carefully selected supreme plans at a great price!!　

★ Accommodation at great value
(1) Accommodation Use tickets (from 10,000 yen) that can be Use at Kamisuwa Hot Spring ryokan hotels as a thank-you gift for Suwa City Furusato Nozei are available, so please pay taxes wisely this winter from your favorite navigation site and save Use.

(2) NEXCO's Japan speed travel Drive plan, which includes a 10,000 yen Accommodation common ticket and about 50% off expressway Fee. You can apply from the Home page of NEXCO CENTRAL Japan.
Product name Kamisuwa Hot Spring Drive plan with common accommodation ticket

★ Guests who stay during the period will receive a gift by lottery.
　Prize A: Accommodation subsidy voucher Used at Kamisuwa Hot Spring worth 10,000 yen [50 people]
* Delivered with 2 5,000 yen tickets Expiration date: January 31, 2026 (Reiwa 8) (planned)

Prize B 2025 (Reiwa 7)August 15 Held in Suwa Lake Festival Fireworks Display on Lake Suwa Admission Ticket [15 pairs, 30 people]
* Seats are scheduled in front of the Suwa Lake Geyser Center

We hope that you will take this campaign as an opportunity to patronize Kamisuwa Hot Spring!!　The Hot Spring of the upper Suwa will last for a long time after bathing!! (It's my opinion of the gluttonous Kasai...) In Suwa, let's refresh the fatigue of 2024 and start ♨ 2025 happily and energetically

Gluttony Kasai's "Recommended Sightseeing Course in Winter"
・ Suwa Gokura drinking comparison sake brewery tour ⇒ Kamisuwa Hot Spring ・ Accommodation ⇒ Suwa Grand Shrine First Pilgrimage to the Shrine ⇒ Eels for cold soil in the Suwa region

★ Kamisuwa Hot Spring Winter Accommodation Campaign HP　

https://kamisuwa-onsen.com

There are also details, so please check it out!

It is a winter view of Kamo Shrine in Keihoku, Kyoto.

Impression when I arrived at Kamo Shrine by walking alone in the mountains where there was quite a bit of snow.

After Prayer, I forgot about the cold for about two hours and took pictures with enthusiasm.

December 21 to 25
In Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido
Christmas Drone Show
Held in.

The ending is also fireworks Gari
The venue was Gari excited.

Kyoto Prefecture Miyama Karabuki no Sato Snow Festival
It was a pity that there was no snow, but I wanted to take a panoramic view of the village of Miyama, so I climbed the snowy mountain alone
Next time, I would like to see snow on the roof, but if that happens, there will be even more snow on the mountain side.
Is it dangerous to climb snow? 🤔

Miyama Karabuki no Sato Snow Festival
It was a pity that there was no snow, but I wanted to take a picture of the whole view of the village of Miyama, so I managed to climb the snowy mountain alone and took a hard picture.
Of course, since it was a snowy mountain, there was no road, and it was almost a cliff climb, but 😅 on the way back, it was pitch dark and I managed to descend the mountain while getting lost on the way. 😌

Japan Garden at Kinosaki Onsen Yutoya Ryokan A magnificent pine tree in the garden is covered with 😯 snow

Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
No matter how many times you come here, you will be healed 😌♨️

Japan Garden of Kinosaki Onsen Yutoya Ryokan
A magnificent pine tree in the garden is covered with 😯 snow

2024.12.03 Maruyasu Tanakaya Main Store

On this day, the gluttonous Kasai was again lured by the sweet Aroma and said, "I visited the main store of Maruyasu Tanakaya.

The person who took time out of his busy schedule to talk to us was Mr. Tsuchihashi.
There and a main store near the Suwa Lake, and there are two stores in the Suwa City of Kamisuwa Station, one in front of Kamisuwa Station. The company was founded in 1929 in front of Kamisuwa Station as Maruyasu Tanakaya. This year, it is a confectionery and cake shop that boasts a history of 95 years.
Speaking of Maruyasu Tanakaya? It is a "cheesecake entremet" that can also be ordered!! It seems that the beauty advisor Chizu Saeki introduced it as a more well-known opportunity. Cheesecake entremet itself is a flagship product that has been loved for 40 years. It is also shipped nationwide, so I hope that people from all over Japan will be able to enjoy it!

Maruyasu Tanakaya has a strong image of Western confectionery, but when it was first founded, it made Japanese sweets. The recipe from that time is still being used in "Yokan"! It is made with red beans and azuki beans carefully selected from the fact that we have been wholesaling Rice, so please enjoy yokan!
Mr. Tsuchihashi's recommendation is the country of ⇒ Shinano!! Gastronomical delicacies with chopped chestnuts in Butter castella and wrapped in lemon cream with a refreshing aroma! It has been loved for about 50 years, likened to the prefectural song "Shinano no Kuni" that the people of the prefecture love! Also, on the side, the ♪ country of Shinano is ~ 十州にぃ~ The old country name of 10 provinces is on the side of the packing paper!! I love this wrapping paper so much that I use the packing paper of the previous model as a teaching material.

Maruyasu Tanakaya There are a variety of sweets, so there is also an eat-in space! Everyone, please invite your friends to tea time and enjoy it.

★ Maruyasu Tanakaya Main Store
📍 3-1421-1 Takashima, Suwa City
☎ 0266-52-0126
◎ Business hours: 10:00 ~ 19:00
◎ Regular holiday : Closed on Wednesdays
◎ Online shop : https://www.suwa-tanakaya.jp/products/list
◎ Home page: https://www.suwa-tanakaya.jp/

Today, I went to “Maruyasu Tanakaya Main branch”. They have another branch close to Kamisuwa station. They started in 1929. So, this year 95 years!!! Many Japanese traditional sweets shop has long history. This day, Mr. Tsuchihashi Managing Director talk to me.
Their shop’s famous product is “Cheese Cake Entreme”. It been loved for 40 years. Many media and magazine were coming in to the spotlight for Cheese Cake Entreme. They have online shop therefore, nationwide shipping. Please enjoy in your home.

I imaged Maruyasu Tanakaya making western sweets just like Cheese Cake Entreme. But it was wrong… At the beginning their shop, it was Japanese Traditional sweets shop. Yokan (sweet bean jelly) is as it was then.
Mr. Tsuchihashi’s recommendation is “Shinano no Kuni”. It is butter sponge cake inside chopped finely chestnut. Finally, Lemon cream covered it. Sounds so yummy, right? Definitely!!!

They have many kinds of sweets. If you come to Suwa city. Please try them! I bet you like!

★ Maruyasu Tanakaya Main Branch
3-1421-1 Takashima,
Suwa-shi, Nagano pref
☎ 0266-52-0126
◎ Business hours: 10:00 ~ 19:00
◎ Regular holiday: Closed on Wednesdays
◎ Online shop : https://www.suwa-tanakaya.jp/products/list
◎ Homepage : https://www.suwa-tanakaya.jp/

https://www.suwa-tanakaya.jp/products/list
https://www.suwa-tanakaya.jp/

Come to 🎄 Cocoon for Christmas the day after tomorrow

This is Saitama New Central Tokyo in Saitama City, Saitama prefecture.
Held in Christmas market until December 25th, the day after tomorrow.

Be sure to 🥹 visit

It's 🤤 almost Christmas

Christmas market 🎄 Held in in Saitama New Central Tokyo

It is up to 25 days, but it is decorated with a nice tree

In the factory on a winter morning, the air is clear and clear, and you can take more beautiful pictures.

Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture
2023/1

Sapporo night view in winter
I have been photographing the night view of Sapporo with snow piling up in a world of -7°C
While the accumulated snow created a sense of loneliness somewhere, I felt the warmth of the cityscape that gradually lit up