📍 Mt. Gotokuji
It is a temple of the Soto School in Setagaya Ward.
Gotokuji Temple is famous for its many beckoning cats.
If you just bought a beckoning cat, don't leave it here and take it home without Squid. (laughs)
Of course, they are cute, but the number of beckoning cats is so large that it is a spectacular sight.
In the Precincts, there are mini beckoning cats not only here but also in various places, which was fun like finding a hidden mouse at a certain theme park!

Equipment: Nikon D850
Editing software: Adobe Lightroom

❄️ 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

[❄️ 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

Photographed on March 8, 25.
LEC COFFEE's black latte and tiramisu.

View from a commercial facilities in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.

Godaigo's "MONKEY MAJIK" streamed into my brain.

Sunrise and Enoshima

Photographed on March 8, 25.
This is LEC COFFEE's black latte.
It's a stunning latte art.
I like it. 😊

Choukokuji Temple during the fresh greenery season. Looking at the Buddha statue that emerges in the green light reflected in the hall is refreshing.

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

-Samurai Sword Trial Cutting
You will learn how to use a sword and become aware of your self-respect and the responsibility of carrying a deadly weapon. At that time, you will be allowed to wear a serious sword.
You will try your hand at sword cutting with a samurai sword. Experience the best cutting edge in the world.

#samuraisword #bushido

I took a picture of Nagasaki-kunchi held in Nagasaki City at a venue called Ryokusho. I took this photo because I wanted to be able to feel the power I felt with my eyes in the photo.

Breather Save Spot
Save Spot in the Central Tokyo that can be seen from Shibuya, don't you 🍀 wonder what lies ahead* ゚

Jewel night view of Tokyo
The night view of Tokyo seen from Shibuya Suka Squid, this city, which is always diverse and dazzling, will shine ✨ even brighter in the future

Photographed on March 8, 25.
It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.
I have a cold, and I am in bed.
It's the change of seasons, so please take care of your body. 🤒

The only souvenir that can make you feel "Japanese".

Calligraphy has a delicate sense of beauty, and the subtle changes in fine lines, dots and shading enhance its beauty.
There is also an aesthetic sense of stillness, and it is important to keep the mind quiet and focused when writing. It is also essentially about basic manners, such as sitting upright, keeping a straight back and holding the brush upright. The fan, which is still familiar to Japanese people as a tool that appears at milestones in life, and calligraphy on hanging scrolls, which are traditional Japanese works of art, are very popular among foreigners, as they are decorated in an appropriate manner and can be displayed in tokonoma (alcove) and other places.
#kakejiku #kanji #wabisabi #snuvenir

Tokyo Tower and Kawazu cherry blossoms 📸

This is the Kawazu cherry blossoms taken from the front of Azabudai Hills in Tokyo.

Tokyo is in Best time to visit.
It is crowded with many foreigners.

Samurai Calligraphy

Resignation is the last character to be written in this world in preparation for death.
Calligraphy is a beautiful part of Japanese culture, but before you experience it, imagine it. Before you experience it, imagine that you are about to say goodbye to this world.
You will be dressed in kimono or hakama like a samurai.
#kanji #Calligraphy#performance

This is Momo Minamoto Township!

It was started by the people of the Kine district to liven up the area, and now as many as 2,000 weeping peaches are blooming. In the center, a pond and a weeping peach is projected, and those who visit it Gari a voice of admiration. The best time to visit seems to be mid-April next year.

Ena City, Gifu Prefecture "Kineshi Weeping Momoen"
*Last year's photo

Photographed on March 8, 25.
It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Zen Etiquette and Manners

Calligraphy has a delicate sense of beauty, and the subtle changes in fine lines, dots, and shading enhance its beauty.
There is also an aesthetic sense of stillness, and it is important to keep one's mind quiet and focused when writing. In addition, it is essentially important to perform basic manners, such as sitting upright, keeping the back straight, and holding the brush upright.
#Calligraphy #teaceremony #Zen

Photographed on March 8, 25.
It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

-Samurai Calligraphy Experience
When a samurai foresees his death, he looks back on his life so far and writes his last characters in this world with a brush.
Each kanji character has its own meaning, so please learn what meaning the last character left behind has.
#Calligraphy #kanji #kimono

【Trial Slashing】
Try your hand at sword cutting with a real Japanese sword!
Experience the world's best cutting performance.

This time, you will try cutting a rolled straw

#samuraisword #katana #teaceremony

Today at breakfast, I visited Mr. 168.
It is a soy milk and onion egg sandwich. It's freshly made.
All of the Taiwanese breakfasts look delicious, so I get lost every time. 😊

The Kawazu cherry blossoms in Kawazu Town were 🌸 in full bloom

This is a row of Kawazu cherry blossoms that are in Best time to visit in Kawazu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Please 😊 visit to see the 4km long Kawazu cherry blossoms

Photographed on March 8, 25.
It is a weeping Ume plum from Naritayama Kawagoe Betsuin.
It is in full bloom. 🌸

Photographed on March 8, 25.
This is Hanachozu of Chuin.

Original scenery of Japan
Aso's crossing along the Okuaizu-Tadami River
River fog streams thinly on the surface of the river, and mountains approach the village behind the rice fields, and fog rises
Japan's Farming villages continue to protect small rice paddies inherited from their ancestors
How many more years can we see?

Photographed on March 8, 25.
It is the red Ume Plum of the Middle Hospital.

Photographed 3/1/25.
It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.