VOICE Comes to Nishiokoppe! About a month ago I found myself listening to “24-Hour Myth” and waiting eagerly for the live show. When the concert finally began, even songs I heard for the first time drew me in with the guitar tones and soaring vocals. Nearly two hours flew by in an instant! Partway through, during a song that imagined the feelings of salted salmon roe, the audience joined in at a certain part, and the whole venue felt united. By the final act, the applause and cheers never stopped… The excitement was palpable. It was their first Nishiokoppe live in five years. I’m already looking forward to the day the two of them return!!

"The 40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival Introduction of Vendors 4" For 3 days from 10/27~10/29, the "40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival" will be held on the 3rd floor of the MEGA Don Quijote Tomakomai store. We will introduce the vendors before the event! 【Shikisha Co., Ltd.】 There are a variety of annual outlet sweets. Although it is a product that is separated or has an irregular shape, we will provide it at an affordable price.

"The 40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival 3" For 3 days from 10/27~10/29, the "40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival" will be held on the 3rd floor of the MEGA Don Quijote Tomakomai store. We will introduce the vendors before the event today! 【Karinzu】 It is a long-established confectionery store that has been around for 100 years. We manufacture and sell sweets that are kind to the body using local ingredients such as blue honeysuckle, including cheese yokan, a popular product that is often introduced on TV. On the day of the event, it is on limited sale at Abira Roadside Station, and Degoichi will also be on sale, so please stop by to enjoy the specialties of Abira!

"The 40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival Introduction of Vendors 2" For 3 days from 10/27~10/29, the "40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival" will be held on the 3rd floor of the MEGA Don Quijote Tomakomai store. We will introduce the vendors before the event! 【Delicious Butcher Shiraoi Store】 "Delicious butcher shop" in Shiraoi It is a farm-directly managed frozen meat specialty store. We have brand beef such as Shiraoi Wagyu beef and Shiraoi Piricarouge at reasonable prices. We are also waiting for you to prepare 100% Japanese black beef hamburgers, which are very popular at the store.

"The 40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival 1" For 3 days from 10/27~10/29, the "40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival" will be held on the 3rd floor of the MEGA Don Quijote Tomakomai store. From today, we will introduce some of the shops that will open at the festival, so please keep an eye out! 【Tomakomai Sogo Keizai High School Marketing Club】 　Hello! This is the marketing club of Tomakomai Sogo Keizai High School. We are working with the goal of "making Tomakomai yakisoba the soul food of the city." This Tomakomai yakisoba contains miso-flavored sauce, sticky noodles made from 100% Hokkaido wheat, and Tarumae spring water pork powder. You can easily make it at home, so please buy it!

fireworks festival of Urayasu. Yesterday was in ☔️ a downpour. This is a large flower 🌸 taken with a mobile phone camera

The advance lottery application deadline for some venues of the Tomakomai Cosplay Festa, held on Saturday and Sunday, November 4–5, is tomorrow, October 23, at 1:00 PM!! 🙋‍♀️ If you wish to participate, please be careful not to forget to apply!! 📢⚡ Tickets are also on sale and proving popular! 😊✨ For details, please see the Tomakomai Cosplay Festa website! 💻

Yadoku Garden illumination Event Star Light 2023 in Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture You can walk around It is recommended because it is not so crowded on weekdays.

Brass Ensemble Mini Concert On the evening of Friday, September 29, a mini concert by the Nishiokoppe Junior High School Brass Band took place at Morino Bijutsukan "komu". This time, three third-year students each performed a solo. Trombone and trumpet players produced beautiful tones alongside images projected on the wall. The drummer spun the sticks and showed off elegant hand work. The third-year students recently retired after the school cultural festival. Well done and thank you for your hard work! #Nishiokoppe Village #Brass Band #Nishiokoppe Junior High School Brass Band #komu #Morino Bijutsukan #Moon Viewing #Toy Theater

On October 19, the 75th Hokkaido Firefighters' Convention was held, and the tourism association sold a 20-cm-diameter 'mega anpan'! This was specially commissioned from Tokachigawa Onsen Daiichi Hotel and is not available for regular sale. It's a rare, almost legendary bun that may occasionally make an appearance at events. ✨

During the Gokamachi Festival. The biggest festival in the Gyotoku area?! From 1-chome to 4-chome, it is said that the mikoshi goes around in the Honshio area. Autumn is a festival! in Gyotoku

🧚‍♀️ Here’s an update on Tomakomai Cosplay Festa! 🧙‍♂️ Tickets for Tomakomai Cosplay Festa, taking place on Saturday, November 4 and Sunday, November 5, are now on sale!! 🎫😆 Applications for various event participations have also opened, so please apply early!! 🙋‍♀️ For details, please see the Tomakomai Cosplay Festa website!

Asakusa Entertainment Show in Iwanai Tickets now on sale to great acclaim 👏 Sunday, October 22, 2023 Show starts at 2:00 PM, doors open at 1:30 PM Come to Iwanai-cho for this special chance 😆 You can also buy tickets online via Tickets for LINE 👌 ☆ Performers Obon Kobon Shinjuku Cowboy Akira Fujii Nezucchi U-ji Kouji

⚾ We are displaying a signed illustration board from Ace of the Diamond! ⚾ Tomakomai is a “sports town” visited by many athletes for training camps. ⚽⚾🏐🏒🎾🏓 For the Tomakomai Sports Festival held yesterday, we received this illustration board from Yuji Terashima, the creator of the hugely popular manga Ace of the Diamond ✨😆 It is on display at the information desk, so please take a look! 💁‍♀️

On Sunday, October 15, we held a sightseeing training tour for the townspeople. It is held every year with the aim of experiencing the tourism resources of the Engaru Town where you live and conveying its magnificence to both inside and outside the town. The main part of this year's tour is to visit the obsidian outcrop "Akaishiyama Hachigosawa Outcrop" in the Shirataki area. This outcrop deep in the mountains snows early, so it was the last visit of the year. The participants were overwhelmed by the dynamic outcrop of Hachigozawa and moved by the beauty of the autumn leaves. I would like to continue the tour to experience the treasures of Engaru Town.

Today is the first day of the grand festival, which is held once every three years! The five areas of Hongyotoku 1-chome, 2-chome, 3-chome, 4-chome, and Honshio, which were the center of Gyotoku in the Edo period, were bustling for the first time in six years! ☺️

Potato digging A potato field tended as a hobby. After October began, about seven of us gathered on a holiday and went to dig potatoes! First we removed the weeds and leaves lying on the soil, then used digging forks to unearth the potatoes carefully without piercing them. After digging them up, we left them in the sun for a while to dry their skins, then sorted the potatoes by size—large and small—and put them into bags before loading them onto the truck. My leg muscles still ache even after two or three days (laughs). It felt great to work up a good sweat after such a long time!

The 40th Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival was held! Date & Time: October 27th Fri ~ 29th Sun 10:00~17:00 Venue: MEGA Don Quijote Tomakomai 3F The Higashi Iburi Bussan Festival is a festival where you can feel the food culture of the Higashi Iburi region of Hokkaido. A large collection of specialties and specialties of the Higashi Iburi area Tomakomai City, Shiraoi Town, Atsuma Town, Abira Town, Mukawa Town that are perfect for the taste of autumn! 16 stores opened, four more than last year We will send out store opening information later!

A large-scale illumination event "BALLPARK FANTASIA" will be held at Yokohama Stadium! Large-scale illumination event at Yokohama Stadium "BALLPARK FANTASIA" will be held! DeNA Co., Ltd. and Yokohama Stadium Co., Ltd. have decided to hold their fourth large-scale illumination event "BALLPARKFANTASIA" in December 2023. "BALLPARK FANTASIA" is an initiative that started in 2020 with the aim of effectively utilizing facilities and parks during the off-season of professional baseball and becoming the starting point for the creation of liveliness in the Kannai and Kangai areas in the future as part of the development of a bustling city centered on sports to realize DeNA's mission of "Delight beyond imagination for each individual." The number of visitors has increased with each event, and the content of the event has expanded from illumination events at night to entertainment events that can be enjoyed throughout the day, including daytime, creating a lively atmosphere in Yokohama Stadium and the surrounding area. 「BALLPARK FANTASIA」 ● Event Name: BALLPARK FANTASIA ● Venue: Yokohama Stadium / Yokohama Park ● Period: Saturday, December 9 – Sunday, December 17, 2023 ● Organizers: DeNA Corporation, Yokohama Stadium Corporation ● Admission: Free *Charges may apply depending on the time zone and area.

Karasu no Pan-ya San at Nishiokoppe Village The picture book "Karasu no Pan-ya San" Have you all read it? To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its publication a "Satoshi Kako Reproduction Original Art Exhibition" was held at Komu Museum of Art and on September 24 during the exhibition period bread making from the picture book took place. Following the illustrations, participants tore off portions of pre-fermented dough, rounded them, and shaped them. When the baked bread arrived children peered in with excited faces to see how the bread they made had turned out. Finally, they drew patterns with chocolate pens and it was complete! The two who made the saw-shaped bread and the daikon-shaped bread let me take a collaborative photo with them!^^! After the event I quietly let my imagination run wild, wondering, "What sort of bread shape would make people happy?"

Gyotoku Mikoshi - Meaningful Momiko 1 The lower one below this is ☺️ to express gratitude to the god of the earth. October is the rush of festivals! !️

The Hokkigai Festival, returning for the first time in four years, will be held on Sunday the 15th! 🥳🎉✨ Some autonomous buses on the 15th have been partially canceled due to expected crowds. 🚌 Please take note in advance! 💁‍♀️

　"2023 Engaru Love Food Fair" is being held at 26 restaurants in the town from October 1st ~ 31st. 　This fair is a project where you can taste original dishes using "Shirataki jaga" potatoes harvested in the Shirataki area at each store, and this year is the 14th time. 　In the Shirataki area, where "Shirataki Potato" is harvested, the altitude is 400 meters, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, so Hokuhoku potatoes with a high starch value are harvested. In addition, there are only 8 farmers that produce "Shirataki potato", and it is a rare and valuable potato that is distributed almost only in the town. 　While preserving the goodness of the ingredients themselves, please ♪ enjoy the "Shirataki potato cuisine" ingenious and ingenious of each store at Engaru Town.

\\\\｜｜｜｜／／／ ★☆ First Headline Show ☆★ ／／／｜｜｜｜\\\\ The group "Atarashii Gakko no Leaders," who appeared at TOMAKOMAI MIRAI FEST, have launched their first headlined show, "Atarashii Gakko no Leaders' Extracurricular Class"! 🎊✨🥳 The premiere episode is available for one-week catch-up streaming on TVer, Abema, and Paravi!! 📺⚡⚡

Guided stroll through the Flower Park Roadside Station Nishiokoppe Kamu features an attached Flower Park. On Saturday, September 23, we held an event in which participants explored the grounds with a gardener guide. This event has run for about five years, and this year’s edition invited visitors to enjoy the autumn natural garden. Autumn blooms such as asters, persicaria, and fujibakama (Eupatorium) add color to the park. It’s not only the flowers—apparently the trees and shrubs are grown with great care, and spots where grasses of different hues stand side by side are especially striking. I was surprised that about three people maintain the large Flower Park, and I’m excited to see how the plants planted in recent years will look five or ten years from now. The Flower Park remains open through October. Why not come and relax among the plants as you refresh from your travels?

[October Events] Summer has passed and a hint of autumn is starting to drift through Nishiokoppe. How is it in your area? Today we bring you information about October events 📢 1) Friday, October 6 — Starts at 18:30 The puppet troupe Pook comes to Nishiokoppe Village! A puppet theater circle formed within the village, Doremi, serves on the organizing committee, and they will be waiting for everyone at the venue. Location: The large hall at Hotel Morimu Tickets are on sale. 2) Saturday, October 7 — 13:30–16:00 For those who want to warm up by a bonfire For those who love roasted sweet potatoes Join us around the bonfire at the BBQ house behind Hotel Morimu! 3) Saturday, October 7 — Starts at 18:30 An acoustic guitar concert by Chuuei Yoshikawa! Don’t miss guest performances by village residents. Location: The large hall at Hotel Morimu Admission: ¥2,000 (free for junior high school students and younger) 4) Saturday, October 14 — Starts at 18:00 Twin artist duo VOICE is coming! Enjoy light bites and all-you-can-drink while you watch. Location: The large hall at Hotel Morimu Ticket price: ¥4,000 *Application deadline: October 10* 5) Sunday, October 15 — From 11:00 At Burari Cafe We will host finger yoga, lunch, and an aroma session! A soothing space awaits here＿＿. Please reserve lunch by the day before! Aroma and yoga require no reservation. 6) Saturday–Sunday, October 28–29 Greenwoodworking workshop! Jam spoons or butter knives, small plates, curry spoons Why not try making one of your favorites with your own hands? Location: Komu Museum of Art 7) Saturday, October 28 — 10:00–12:00 As a Halloween event we will hold craft bag making and a puppet show! There will also be time to walk around hunting for sweets. Location: Community Center and Library October, the season of school cultural festivals, brings even more events!! Please come and fully enjoy autumn in Nishiokoppe.

👕Autographs from artists who performed at Mirai Fest are on display!🧣 We received wonderful autographs from the artists who appeared at Mirai Fest held in September!!🤩✨ They are displayed inside the Tomakomai Tourist Information Center, so when you visit Tomakomai, please stop by the information center too!!🙋‍♀️ We look forward to many visitors!!🎈🎈 [ Tomakomai Tourist Information Center ] ≪ Address ≫ 053-0022 1st floor, Friend Building, 5-11-5 Omotecho, Tomakomai City, Hokkaido ( ※ The bus stop is a useful landmark🚌 ) ≪ Hours ≫ 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ≪ Phone ≫ 0144-34-7050

The Yakachi River in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, is a fantastic sight where more than 3 million red spider liliies trees grown by local people are covered with a bright red carpet over a total length of about 1.5 km. In the midst of such a red spider liliies in full bloom, a mock wedding ceremony and bride procession event was held. The smiling faces of the two people were a wonderful event.

Kinchakuda Manju Shaka Festival This year, the flowering was delayed due to the heat, but it is finally close to full bloom. As expected, it is the largest manju flower colony in Japan. It was a masterpiece.

Giant Sand Sculpture ★ Senrihama Nagisa Driveway ★ Illuminates at night until around November