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"

Today, Sunday, January 12, the 40th Donton-yaki festival was held at Atami Sun Beach.
This annual event is a long-standing tradition jointly organized by the ten neighborhood associations of the eastern and central districts.
This year too, residents and tourists gathered to circle the piled New Year decorations called an ‘onbe’.
At 11:00 a Shinto ceremony was performed by Chief Priest Amemiya of Kinomiya Shrine, and after the ritual the priest lit the fire. The ‘onbe’ blazed up vigorously as everyone prayed for health, academic success, prosperous business, and protection from fires.
The photos look a bit dark, but it was actually sunny!
Tourists who happened to pass by also stopped to watch this traditional New Year event.

Shosuke's stance and attack are too strong.
Icicles also involuntarily this face 😲

Gokase Highland Ski Resort

I climbed up to Gokase Highland Ski Resort today to shoot some material📸❄️

At 7:00 this morning the temperature was a whopping -14°C🤣 It was such an odd kind of cold that it made me laugh🤷‍♀️ lol

That said, the slopes were in perfect condition ⛷️✨ The wind was light and the snow was powdery and dry 🤩

Local junior high students were here today as part of their school activities, and they were happily enjoying skiing and snowboarding 🥰

The view of the ski area under the blue sky is truly beautiful 🥹✨ It feels like another world, and staring at it makes you feel drawn in…😳

You can see the distant mountains stretching far away, and the view from Gokase Highland Ski Resort is exceptional 👏❗

Tomorrow, Saturday, January 11th, at 10:00 the long-awaited Paradise Course 1,000 m run finally opens 🤩 Can’t wait 💪

The Gokase Tourism Association is currently running the "Winter Gokase 2025" campaign on their Instagram account and collecting winter photos from the area 🤗

There are prizes, so when you visit the ski resort or travel there, please take lots of winter photos within safe limits and enter the contest 🙏✨

For details, see the post pinned to the Gokase Tourism Association Instagram profile page 💡

[🍁 Gokase Autumn Leaves 2024 🍁 Results Announcement]

Thank you for waiting‼️
Here are the results of “Gokase Autumn Leaves 2024” 🥳🎉

This time, the winners were chosen by votes from followers of the Gokase Tourism Association’s Instagram account 👏✨

Thank you to everyone who voted 🙇‍♀️💕

Now, let’s announce the results👇👇👇

[🥇 Gold Prize] Unoko Falls
Instagram: @san.shimako.1105 (second photo)
[🥈 Silver Prize] Josenji Temple
Instagram: @gokase_pan (third photo)
[🥉 Bronze Prize] Shirataki
Instagram: @niidome2110 (fourth photo)

Unoko Falls, Josenji Temple, and Shirataki… these representative Gokase autumn-leaf spots each took home an award 👏❗

Each entry highlighted the beauty of the scenery and revealed expressions different from usual—truly wonderful work 🥹✨

Congratulations to all the winners㊗️🥳🎉

And to everyone who submitted entries, voted, and took part—thank you so much😭❤️‍🔥

The campaign is still ongoing as “Winter in Gokase 2025,” so please join us 🥰 We appreciate your participation 💫

Strawberry picking has begun—now you can easily enjoy it in Kanagawa too!

https://www.kanagawa-kankou.or.jp/theme_list/strawberry

📍Momosuke Bridge and the shopping street in front of the station

Momosuke Bridge serves as a symbolic bridge of Nagiso, regularly used by local students from Sonan High School and neighborhood residents ✨
The snow-covered Momosuke Bridge looks powerful and striking.

After continuous snowfall since last night, the whole town has turned into a silver world!
You can enjoy the winter scenery ❄

Frozen Winter Phantom: Taushubetsu River Bridge Taxi Plan❄

The Taushubetsu River Bridge on Lake Nukabira in Kamishihoro Town is a concrete arch bridge from the former Japanese National Railways Shihoro Line and is registered as a Hokkaido Heritage site.🚂
Its appearance evokes the ruins of a European aqueduct.😀

Would you like to walk out and see the Taushubetsu River Bridge shining on the snowy plain this winter?
You will walk across the frozen lake for about 4 km (approximately 2 hours 30 minutes).🎵
Reservations are being accepted now, so if you are interested, please contact us!!😊

For inquiries, contact Hokuto Taxi.🚕
☎️0155-67-5681 (9:00–17:00)

\ 2 special Soba noodles restaurants in Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture /

When you come to Fukui Prefecture, the dish you want to eat is Soba noodles.
In February 2021, the online media "Netorabo" conducted a "prefecture ranking where Soba (buckwheat noodles) is delicious", and Fukui Prefecture was by far the first place.

This time, we would like to introduce two Soba noodles restaurants in Echizen Town where you can eat delicious Soba noodles.

◎Enjoy Echizen pottery, gentle Soba noodles|Juwari Soba Daikonsha

Soba noodles shop in Echizen Pottery Village "Juwari Soba Daikonsha".
You can taste 100% Soba noodles, which are made from 100% genSoba from Fukui, and are made with stone-ground homemade flour.
Utsuwa is, of course, "Echizen pottery".

The Soba noodles served in a Echizen Pottery bowl in a tasteful Japan house makes you feel very elegant.

One of the popular Soba noodles at Daikonsha is "Kurumi Soba noodles"
Soba noodles that do not use any animal products in the soup stock and can be enjoyed even by vegans.
Since it was cold, I received a warm "warm walnut".
The fluffy walnut-flavored soup goes well with Soba noodles.
I thought it would be sweeter, but it was easy to eat.
"Pure chicken Soba noodles" is a combination of delicious pure chicken and firm broth and is very delicious.

For dessert, I also received the restaurant's mother's recommended "Black Honey Soba Dango" and "Soba Scraping Zenzai".
It is much softer and chewier than the Soba noodles I know.
And it was as satisfying as a child's fist.
But since it is Soba noodles, you can eat it easily.
It is a Soba noodles restaurant that is very gentle on the body and mind.

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★ Juwari Soba Daikonsha
Business hours: (Weekdays) 11:00-15:00 (Weekends and holidays) 11:00-17:00
Regular holiday: Monday (the next day if it is a holiday), temporary closure
Location: 〒916-0273 120-3-20 Osohara, Echizen Town, Nyū District, Fukui Prefecture
TEL： (0778)32-3735
URL：https://www.soba-daikonya.com/
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◎ Founded, Showa 29 (Showa 29), Soba noodles with full volume|Menbo Shingetsutei

Founded in 1954 (Showa 29), the smiling staff welcomes you cheerfully.

"Noodles" using Local spring water and buckwheat noodles
"Dashi" using katsuto from Kochi Prefecture and Rishiri kelp from Hokkaido
"Ingredients" that are particular about condiments

Because it is a restaurant that has been around for a long time, you can enjoy delicious Soba noodles that you are particular about.

I received a limited quantity of "Jumbo shrimp ten grated daikon soba"
Because it is called jumbo, it is too big to fit in a bowl of Soba noodles.
The batter is crispy and this alone is very satisfying.
Soba noodles are also firm and aroma.
Both zaru Soba (buckwheat noodles) and warm Soba noodles are really delicious.

"Shrimp Tempura Egg Toji Soba (Buckwheat Noodles)" is also full of volume. The shrimp heaven is also large and there are plenty of eggs.
In addition, the Soba (buckwheat noodles) menu is very substantial.
All of them seem and be satisfying.

There are many small size Soba noodles for children and side menus, so it is a restaurant that you want to come to with your family and friends.

I also tried the staff's recommended "cold guy with sesame seeds".
It is as soft as regular tofu and has a lot of sesame seeds in it, which is very flavorful. The children were flattened in no time.

It is a homely Soba noodles restaurant where cheerful staff welcomes you.

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★ Menbo Shingetsutei
Business hours: (Weekdays) / [Lunch] 11:00~14:30 (LO14:00) [Evening] 17:00~21:30 (LO21:00)
(Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays)/11:00~21:30(LO21:00)
Regular holiday: Monday *Holidays will be transferred to the next day.
Location: 〒916-0147 14-21 Echizen Town, Nyū District, Fukui Prefecture (diagonally in front of Echizen Town Town Hall)
TEL：0778-34-0170
URL：http://www.singetutei.jp/
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Soba noodles and warm people
This time, I went around two Soba noodles restaurants in Echizen Town with my husband and family.

All of the Soba noodles restaurants are attractive and delicious in their own way.
Ingredients, well-thought-out recipes, and an atmosphere that suits each of them.
But more than that, I and something that makes the Soba noodles delicious.
The desire to entertain the guests who come to visit.
The desire to convey the charm and taste of Fukui and Echizen Town.
The "feelings" of the people in the restaurant were conveyed through the Soba noodles.

To feel the delicious Soba noodles and the warmth of the people involved in the Soba noodles, please visit the charming Soba noodles restaurant in Echizen Town.

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This Account is the official Account of the Echizen Tourism Federation (DMO ECHIZEN).
We are delivering the latest information and seasonal topics of Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture.

👇 Information is also being broadcast on each social media
◎ Instagram / ECHIZEN_COLORS(@echizen_colors)
https://www.instagram.com/echizen_colors/
◎ Facebook / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://www.facebook.com/echizenkankou
◎X / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://x.com/e_kankou

👇 Tourist information in each language can be found below.
◎Echizen tourism Navi
https://www.town-echizen.jp/en/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-CN/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-TW/
◎후쿠이 현 에치젠 쵸 관광 정보｜
https://www.town-echizen.jp/ko/
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★ Let's visit the scenic Spot of Echizen Narcissus!
★ Introducing 5 recommended shooting spots

The Echizen Coast is one of the three major cluster of trees in Japan*, with an area of 60~70ha, the largest cluster of trees in Japan. When it is in full bloom, a carpet of pretty white Carpet of flowers Unfolds all over the steep slopes along the Coast.

However, the area is so large that it is surprisingly unknown Spot photographing the daffodil Cluster of trees.
Therefore, if you know, I would like to introduce you to the superb view Spot of Echizen Narcissus.

1. Cape Echizen Narcissus Land

First of all, let's start with the Standard Cape Echizen Daffodil Land.
First of all, it is a recommended spot for tourists.
There is also a promenades are maintained on the premises, so you can enjoy a walk while enjoying the Aroma of daffodils.
There is also the second store of the famous restaurant "Kani Kanitei" where you can enjoy delicious seafood dishes.
It's nice to walk many and get hungry and eat delicious seafood dishes many.

Click here for the location of Cape Echizen Daffodil Land (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bx8d6G4HyLiDi6GQ7

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2. Rishigadaira Senmaida Narcissus Garden

Only here in Japan!? Speaking of which, it is Senmaida by the daffodil field of Rishigahira.
It is said that the terraced rice fields were opened from the Sengoku period to the Edo period, and they were converted from rice cultivation to daffodil cultivation, and became terraced rice fields with daffodils, which are rare in Japan.
The spectacular view of the terraced rice fields in the open valley is a masterpiece.

Click here for the location of Nashigadaira Senmaida Narcissus Garden (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ogQXKjQpk9V4SBdAA

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3. Rishigahira Park

It is said to be an unexplored area of daffodils, and the superb view point that is often used on posters is the Rishigahira Garden. It is not possible to go by car, and it is a superb view that spreads out after walking along the promenade through the village where the Nashigahira Senmaida Narcissus Garden is located, which I introduced earlier.
* Thereare some places along the way where your feet are bad, so please be careful.

Click here for the location of Rishigahira Park (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CJJxrvZqGaZpWrPj6

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4. Rishigahira Plateau

A scenic spot in Echizen Coast, a superb view overlooking Spot Kocho Gate.
It is a place where you can take daffodils along with the sunset, and many photographers are looking for photo opportunities at sunset during the sunny day.

Click here for the location of the Rishigahira Plateau (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RfRCEcg7LdVyRzFn6

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5. Nashigahira Plateau View Spot

The highest view Spot in the Nashigahira Plateau.
It is one of the landscapes where the charm of Echizen daffodils is condensed, with a large panorama of the Sea of Japan below, the slopes of daffodil fields, and the rock surface of Kocho Gate.

Click here for the location of the Nashigahira Plateau View Spot (GoogleMAP)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9S7T1cFrVPMfdz7R7

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These are the 5 recommended Spots of the Winter tradition "Echizen Narcissus" that represents Fukui Prefecture!
The Access Located in in a very bad position, so it is recommended to rent a car or Use a taxi.

Check the flowering status of Echizen daffodils here!

○ [Echizen Daffodil Flowering Status Guide] | Echizen Sightseeing Navi
https://www.town-echizen.jp/pages/?id=7

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This Account is the official Account of the Echizen Tourism Federation (DMO ECHIZEN).
We are delivering the latest information and seasonal topics of Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture.

👇 Information is also being broadcast on each social media
◎ Instagram / ECHIZEN_COLORS(@echizen_colors)
https://www.instagram.com/echizen_colors/
◎ Facebook / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://www.facebook.com/echizenkankou
◎X / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://x.com/e_kankou

👇 Tourist information in each language can be found below.
◎Echizen tourism Navi
https://www.town-echizen.jp/en/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-CN/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-TW/
◎후쿠이 현 에치젠 쵸 관광 정보｜
https://www.town-echizen.jp/ko/
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On New Year's Day 2025, my family and relatives visited Kyoto.
I took a picture of the back of a parent and child holding a child in the Kamogawa River in the evening and watching the long quiet scenery together, so I took a picture.
Wishing you a good year!

White Silver Sangi Railway

Fujiwara Towns, Inabe City, Mie Prefecture

Landings of Echizen Snow Crab in 2025!

Echizen Snow Crab fishing until March 20th!
Enjoy 3 months of luxury!

○ Echizen Snow Crab brand site
https://www.town-echizen.jp/echizengani/

#Echizen Snow Crab
#Snow Crab
#New Year
#Work Beginning
#Echizen Town
#Echizen Snow Crab town Echizen Town
#Echizen Town, the sacred place of Echizen Snow Crab
#Fukui Prefecture
#Hokuriku Shinkansen
#Fukui Prefecture Tourism
#Hokuriku Tourism

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This Account is the official Account of the Echizen Tourism Federation (DMO ECHIZEN).
We are delivering the latest information and seasonal topics of Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture, Echizen Town.

👇 Information is also being broadcast on each social media
◎ Instagram / ECHIZEN_COLORS(@echizen_colors)
https://www.instagram.com/echizen_colors/
◎ Facebook / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://www.facebook.com/echizenkankou
◎X / Like! Echizen Loco Trip
https://x.com/e_kankou

👇 Tourist information in each language can be found below.
◎Echizen tourism Navi
https://www.town-echizen.jp/en/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-CN/
◎ Circumstances Fukui 縣 Echizen Town 景點
https://www.town-echizen.jp/zh-TW/
◎후쿠이 현 에치젠 쵸 관광 정보｜
https://www.town-echizen.jp/ko/
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Happy New Year everyone!
Best regards for your visit to Noboribetsu Bear Park again this year. 🎍🐻🎍
How will you spend your New Year's Day this year?
The bears' New Year is going 🐻💤 to be a sleeping New Year

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

A view from Enzansou
The first sunrise of the year with Mt. Fuji and the alpenglow on Mt. Tsubakuro
Wishing everyone a wonderful year ahead

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-dusted city with the Northern Alps beyond the skyline🏔
From the end of the year through New Year’s Day, snow fell and cleared repeatedly❄️ In Omachi, not only the mountains but the city streets wore a dusting of snow⛄️ This afternoon the clouds over the Northern Alps cleared, so I went to Omachi Park to take photos🏔 Snow is forecast again starting tomorrow; please take care with footing on cold mornings and evenings when you visit😌
Discover Omachi tourism🔽🔽🔽
https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/

This is the sea torii gate of Shirahama Shrine in Izu.
It’s a popular spot at any time, but especially during New Year many people came to pay their respects ⛩️

Happy New Year.
Warm New Year greetings from Tsukigase Plum Valley.

Tsukigase Plum Valley lets you take in at a glance the plum blossoms and the gorge, with the plum seen as the harbinger of spring.
Designated a Place of Scenic Beauty in 2020 and now marking 100 years, the Tsukigase Tourism Association, together with local residents, works to preserve this wonderful plum gorge so everyone can enjoy it.

The “Tsukigase Plum Valley Plum Festival,” starting on February 9, opens with the 40th Tsukigase Plum Valley Early Spring Marathon on its first day and runs through a variety of events up to the Spring Banquet on March 23, with preparations underway to welcome everyone.

We ask that you visit Tsukigase Plum Valley, which we have spent a year preparing, and offer this as our New Year greeting.

Noriaki Ida, President, Tsukigase Tourism Association

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

\New Year, First Sunset 🌅/
In 2025, Echizen Town will have a cloudy sky and occasional sunny days!

Compared to being buried in snow or having a blizzard, it was a day that was easier to Prayer First Pilgrimage to the Shrine, wasn't it?
In the Sea of Sea of Japan, where the sun sets over the sea, there is a wonderful glow through the clouds.

Are you lucky to see the sun set on the Horizon early in the new year?
Good luck to you.

Visit everyone a wonderful year.

Happy New Year!
I took photos of the first sunrise of the year from Atami’s coastal Shinsui Park again this year. It wasn’t very cold and there was no wind, so the conditions were perfect!
I waited in the Third Section before 6:00, and around 6:15 the horizon began to turn orange; light started to break through shortly after 6:50. Some trees were slightly in the way below, so I hurried to the Second Section and took more photos there. The first sunrise was truly beautiful.
As in past years, many local residents and tourists gathered early at Shinsui Park to photograph the first sunrise of Reiwa 7.

May Reiwa 7 bring an even better year for everyone.
Thank you for your continued support of Atami Onsen this year.

It is the ice bubble and the morning glow that formed in Lake Onneto. It was a very beautiful sight.

A café in an old warehouse in Otaru. The snowy landscape looks very good.

Ice bubbles that can be seen in a frozen Lake Onneto. Oyster and find the snow on your own.

Kirigamine Highlands in Nagano Prefecture

I was able to meet a beautiful frost in -5°C.

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

[❄️ Winter in Gokase 2025 ❄️] Until Friday, February 28, 2025!

Yes — winter too!! Instagram Campaign 🥳✨

After following the Gokase Tourism Association Instagram account (@gokase_kanko), post a wintery photo taken in Gokase town on Instagram with these two hashtags: #Winter in Gokase 2025 and #Date and place of the photo (for example: #Unoko Falls) 🤳❤️‍🔥

One winner will receive a Gokase specialty product every day during the campaign period 🎁✨
Plus! The best entries will receive a gift set of Gokase specialties 🤩👏

Entries you post may be featured on the Gokase Tourism Association’s social media and other channels 💡

[Period] From Monday, December 30, 2024 to Friday, February 28, 2025

⚠️ Other terms are posted on the Gokase Tourism Association website. Please be sure to read them before entering.
https://www.town.gokase.miyazaki.jp/kanko/ivent/1962.html

⚠️Please take care to avoid accidents while photographing.

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…Actually, the voting period for “Gokase Autumn Foliage 2024” is still underway, so I thought mixing them might be confusing and planned to announce this after the New Year, but…

I really want you to post New Year photos too 🥺🙏!!! I couldn’t wait and posted early 😂

We look forward to many beautiful winter photos of Gokase ☃️💕 Please keep the entries coming — thank you 📸🙏