Sunday, July 7 Sunset Village Kids Festa ~Tanabata Festival~ Yesterday, 7/7 (Sunday), the collaboration event "Sunset Village Kids Festa ~Tanabata Festival~" was Held in at the Wind Hall in Gokase Winery ? ? ? ??✨ and the Sunset Village Promotion Conference and the Child-Rearing Support Center It's like a wind hall ... The wind was quite strong, but it couldn't have ?☀️ been a sunnier day It doesn't matter! The children are full of ?✨ energy There was a water play booth set up at the venue! Fire water guns in the pool, fly various soap jade, play with water balloon yo-yos... It was a great success from morning until the end of the ?? event At the stage presentation, I moved my body with the music in rhythmics, sang together in a mini concert, read Picture books and watched and listened seriously to the Panel Theater with great interest ... The hula dance in a special collaboration with the Local brass band "G Band" was also a great Gari ?? Restrooms available were also available for wind instruments, percussion instruments, and koto, and the children were ?? very excited about the live instruments that they rarely touch It was ??? very crowded with Mr./Ms. Stalls such as BLANCO ice cream Mr./Ms. Stalls from the neighboring Yamato Town, drinks and food that both children and Adult are happy with, and fun raffles On the second floor of the cool wine hall, a photo exhibition and photo session Mr./Ms. Midori Tsunoda were also Held in, and ? she took ?✨ a Mr./Ms.lot of photos of the wonderful and new scenery of Gokase On the same floor, there was a nursing room and a rest room, and it was ?? friendly to small children In the afternoon, all the visitors wrote their wishes on strips of paper and tied them to the bamboo, and the bamboo, ? which had been naked, was decorated with vivid colors, and it seemed ?✨ that and ? heart was washed by the gentle requests with a lot of individuality At the venue, which was designed to be comfortable for parents and Mr./Ms., the children who played to their heart's content were drenched from head to toe and went home ?? with smiles of great satisfaction ? Places and opportunities where children can smile and enjoy themselves to the fullest are precious, and ?✨ it was a great day that I ??? wish there would be more and more wonderful events like this

Famous for "Japan's best shutter point" (?) The night on the Takabocchi Highlands is different! Take a look! This photo!! A little beauty for the scenery If you don't see it live, it's a loss! Family, friends, lovers, no matter who you go with, there is no waiting for Impression! I don't want to go anymore~

It's dark outside because of the Ume plum rain, but the gorgeousness of the hydrangeas stands out! This is a temple called Jokoji Temple in Kamisaijo, Shiojiri City, and is also Famous as Camphor Tree Temple.

July 7 ~ July 9 Iwauchi Shrine Annual Grand Festival Held in The Iwauchi Shrine Annual Grand Festival is a festival that is familiar to the Locals as a "Inai Festival". As the Yoimiya Festival on the 7th, the Japan Festival on the 8th, and the Return Festival on the 9th, the portable shrine is passed on the 8th and 9th. Saruta Hikomei and Uzu Memei are appointed from the Honkai at the age of 42 that year. On the 9th, the national highway was completely closed to traffic, and the sight of two portable shrines running up the "Shrine Slope" at once is sure to take your breath away. Town Intangible folk cultural assets's "Akasaka Guy" is also a highlight. You can check the detailed schedule on the Iwauchi Shrine website. Don't miss this once-a-year opportunity!

Photographed on July 6, 24. It is the wind chime of Kawagoe Hachimangu. ? The strips are also wonderful.

Photographed on July 6, 24. It is the wind chime of Kawagoe Hachimangu. ?

Photographed on July 6, 24. It is a wind chime on the edge of Kawagoe Ichiban Street.

Arch of the Milky Way Shot in Tsumekizaki 2024.07.05 The three images are combined into a panorama.

It is the Tanabata Festival of Hofu Tenmangu Shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The entire Tenmangu area is vividly decorated with strips of paper and wreaths, and at night, the "Hikari no Sai Garden" is set up to light up the umbrella artwork, and the corridor is enveloped in a fantastic atmosphere.

Photographed on July 6, 24. It is a wind chime on the edge of Kawagoe Ichiban Street.

Photographed on July 6, 24. Next to the Coedo Resona Terrace, there is also a rim musubi wind chime.

Today, Saturday, July 6, three Beaches in Atami City opened to the sea at once. At Atami Mr./Ms. Beach, a safety prayer ceremony was held by Kumiya Shrine with the attendance of related parties. After the safety prayer festival, swimming starts at 9 o'clock! The children who gathered were presented with hand-held fireworks. Enjoy the waters of Atami this summer! Beaches opening period / July 6 (Sat) ~ 8/25 (Sun), 2024 【Atami Mr./Ms. Beach】Atami City East Coast Town 【Nagahama Beaches】Kamitaga, Atami City 【Ajiro Hot Spring Beaches】Atami City Shimotaga * Atami Mr./Ms. Beach Water Park will be open on July 13 (Sat) ~ 8/25 (Sun), 2024.

The "Flower Shobu Garden ✨" in Nishiki Onuma Park in full bloom The park is ✨ open until 7 p.m. until Monday, July 15

It is a wind chime at the edge of the ticket gate of Hon-Kawagoe Station. ? From today, at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, the Rim Musubi wind chime has begun.

If you climb the hill in the cicada rain, drenched in sweat, the green carpet Unfolds below. Train in summer colors moves energetically through it. Come on! Train-kun! Shooting location: Ato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture "Funahira Mountain"　

Photographed 7/4/24. It is a Marriage Benzaiten Festival of Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin. There are a wonderful relationship with all of you.

Fireworks at Nagashima Sparland Fireworks festivals in various places have a long interval between launches, but the fireworks here are intensive for about 30 minutes without a break, and I am always excited! Furthermore, since this is an amusement park, it is attractive to take pictures with Roller coasters. Mie Prefecture Kuwana City Nagashima Town

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Visited the store on July 2, 24. After Prayer to Tokyo Daijingu Shrine, we visited Mr./Ms. want to mannma. This is a breakfast set of 鹹豆漿 (soy milk soup), flea rice cakes, rice cakes (Taiwanese-style rice balls), and pineapple cake.

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Shopping and Souvenirs】Barba House "Baba House" on the premises of Miyazaki Chabo. Here you can buy Tea from Miyazaki Chabo and sweets from Baba Club. 〇Inquiries 〒882-1202 4805-4 Mulberry Nouchi, Gokase Towns, Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture Phone number: 0982-82-0211

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Shopping and Souvenirs】Gokase Winery Wine Hall At Gokase Winery, all Mr./Ms. of the Local Cultivation farmers use 100% of the grapes grown while facing the harsh but rich Nature. The "Wine Pavilion" where such proud wines are available The popular NO.1 Niagara is Aged in a tank, and the "Niagara Premium" with its calm aroma and mellow taste is limited to the wine hall. 【Business hours】9:30~17:00 【Store holiday】Year-end and New Year holidays 【Inquiry】Phone number: 0982-73-5477

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Shopping and Souvenirs】Special Product Center Gokase Along National Route 218, on the border of Miyazaki Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefectures, "Specialty Center Gokase" Fresh vegetables made by farmers Mr./Ms. Specialty Products and Local in Gokase In the town are lined up. At the Shokudo, you can enjoy "Gokase Udon noodles and buckwheat noodles" with a whole honeydew stewed Yamame grown in Gokase, and "Tokuhor Bowl" that won the Grand Prix in the Miyazaki B-class gourmet contest. 〇Business hours 【Shop】9:00~18:00 【Shokudo】11:00~16:00 〇Regular holiday 【Shop】Open open all year 【Shokudo】Year-end and New Year holidays 〇Inquiries Phone: 0982-82-1400 Fax: 0982-82-1252

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Mountaineering and Trekking】Mt. Karasutake Mt. Karasudake located at the northern end of the Mulberry Nouchi district The view of the top of the mountain is 360 degrees, and you can enjoy a magnificent view. In May every year, "Azalea Festival" is Held in.

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Mountaineering and Trekking】Mt. Kabagi Towering in the center of the Mulberry Nouchi district, it is called "Shiroyama" because a mountain castle called Kabagidake Castle was built in the old days, and it is familiar to the local people. With Mt. Masugata in the east, the view is wide from north to south, west, and south, and the mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is known as a representative mountain in Mulberry.

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Mountaineering and Trekking】Mt. Masugata "Mt. Masugata" in the Mulberry Nouchi district The view of the summit is open 360 degrees, and you can see mountains such as the Aso Mountains, the Kuju Mountains, Mt. Soba, and Mt. Unzen, as well as the Valleys of the Gokase River. You can also observe the starry sky at night, but be careful because the road to the top of the mountain is steep and there are no street lights.

[July 2024 Kiso Festival] Kiso will be the festival Information of July, which will be held in various places. Starting with the famous Mikoshi (portable shrine) roll in Fukushima, Kiso Town, you can enjoy colorful festivals in various places. Please come and visit us! ♦July 12 (Fri), 13 (Sat) Yabuhara Shrine Annual Grand Festival (Kiso Village Yabuhara) A powerful festival in which two lions, male and female, perform a dance of two lions, male and female, on the stalls of making << total Cypress trees. >> ♦July 13 (Sat), 14 (Sun) Higashiyama Shrine Summer Annual Grand Festival (Nagiso Town Midono) <portable shrine parade carrying a portable shrine while singing a song. > ♦July 14 (Sun), 15 (Mon) Susao Shrine Festival (Okuwa Village Nojiri) << they carry their portable shrine and Parade Town, and at the end, they are led by the flame of torches to enter the mountain. >> ♦July 22 (Tue), 23 (Wed) Mizunashi Shrine Festival (Mikoshi (portable shrine) roll) (Kiso Town Fukushima) << "Sosuke! Kiso's strange festival that excitingly sprees Mikoshi horizontally and vertically with a shout. fireworks will also Gari on the 22nd. >> ♦July 23 (Wed), 24 (Thu) Wachipo Shrine Summer Annual Grand Festival (Tsumago juku) <<, with a shout of "goodbye to Gemo", the portable shrine parade the Shukuba. >> ♦July 26 (Fri), 27 (Sat) Deer Shrine Festival (Okuwa Village Suhara) <<, the fierce pushing of the portable shrine with the shout of "Let's give it to you, let's put it back" is a sight to behold. >> ♦July 27 (Sat) Cypress trees summer festival (Agematsu town) << in preparation for next year's Sacred Tree Festival, we will hold a fireworks festival with Mikihiki. >> ♦July 27 (Sat), 28 (Sun) Ontake Shrine Annual Grand Festival (Otaki village) << "Three Swords Dance" and dances by priestesses are Dedication. >> Information about the Festival is also Publication on the Home Page "Kiso Valley Torippu"!

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Mountaineering and Trekking】Mt. Gion It is said to be the birthplace of Kyushu Island, where fossils from 430 million years ago were excavated in the process of present-day Kyushu emerging from the sea and becoming land due to tectonic movements. Period when the mountains are open, you can enjoy flowers such as Akebono azalea in full bloom. Restrooms available are partly rope-based.

【Miyazaki Prefecture Gokase Towns Traditional Performing Arts】Usu Drum Dance The Usu Drum Dance, which is danced during the Great Autumn Festival of Gion Shrine, was Dedication on the 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar in ancient times, so it is also called "Kunchi Odori" and has been danced for more than 400 years. It is said that it began when the Heike clan, who had been driven out of Kyoto and continued to wander in exile, danced in the village of Kuraoka on their way to the unexplored mountain village of Shiiba, while surviving the glamorous capital of Kyoto. The dance, which shows a dignified demeanor in elegance, remembers the hearts of the people of the capital and is Dedication to the annual autumn festival of Gion Shrine every year. < legendary thing>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the first year of Bunji (1185), at the end of the Minamoto War, the remnants of the Taira family, who were defeated in the battle of Dannoura, escaped the pursuit of the Minamoto clan and continued to flee to the hinterland, reaching the village of Kuraoka, and on the way to Mt. Shiiba, they left the weak, women and children in the mountains near Kuraokanami due to the bad road in the deep mountains. In the second year of Genkyu, the Kamakura shogunate did not relent in its pursuit of the remnants of the Heike family, and ordered Nasu Daihachiro Munehisa to hunt down the clan that had fled to the Kyushu Mountains. It is said that Nasu Daihachiro's party, which entered the village of Kuraoka to go to Shiiba after receiving the order, realized that the Heike villagers who remained in Kuraoka had no will to fight, and held a dance of the Kuretsu Doshu to comfort them on the long journey, abandon the luxury of the winners, and take pity on the losers. ‐--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is said that the dance at the time described above became the basis of Kuraoka's Usu Drum Dance, and it remains in its current form after rising and falling with the times and moving several times. Dancing to the Drums and Hooks shows a dignified demeanor in elegance. In recent years, the Gion Shrine Usu Drum Dance Preservation Society has inherited the dance with the cooperation of children and Ujiko (shrine parishioners) of Gokase Nature School. Usu Drum Dance Date... October 9 of each year

【Gokase Towns, Miyazaki Prefecture Traditional Performing Arts】Kuraoka Bar Jutsu The school of Kuraoka Bar Jutsu is "Daisha-ryu", which is said to be a military method opened by Marume Kurato (Higo Sagara Domain), one of the four heavenly kings of Shinin-ryu, and is also called Shinkage Daisha Mujo-ryu, and there is a first look at Kuraoka in the early Edo period, but after that, it passed through Umamihara and Shiiba Village Omae, and was taught to the people of Kuraoka again at the end of the field. There are two types of sticks used in the Kuraoka stick technique: a long rod of 6 shaku 2 inches (about 188 cm) and a half stick of 3 shaku (about 91 cm). As a general rule, there are more than 30 types of katas, such as a long stick and a half-stick strike, a stick and a sword, and the type that uses a sword is usually called a "white blade". The Kuraoka Bar Art Preservation Society Dedication the "White Blade" at the Annual Grand Festival of Gion Shrine in the summer and provides Tradition guidance to students of Kuraoka Junior High School.

【Miyazaki Prefecture Gokase Towns Traditional Performing Arts】Murono Yoi Kagura The Murono Yoi Kagura of Sankasho Shrine is said to have been transmitted from the Mulberry Uchi Shrine Kagura and Furutono Shrine Kagura of the Iwato Kagura lineage during the Meiji period. The dance of the sake strainer has become a merry dance of a peasant couple. In the mid-Meiji period, in order to dedication Kagura to the festival of Mt. Mt. Konpira in the center of the Murono and Akaya districts, Mr. Suke, the first Kaimin of the Murono district, Tradition Kagura was handed down from Furutono, and it continues to this day. After a Period hiatus, they were reunited and the request of Kagura Dedication for the penetration ceremony of the Tsubana Tunnel in 1972 (Showa 47). Murono Yoi Kagura's schedule... 2nd Saturday of December