It is a lion dance with a 500-year tradition that is performed at Kinomoto Hachimangu Shrine in Wakayama! It is registered as an Intangible folk cultural asset and is performed on a danjiri made of bamboo. The lion himself shakes the bamboo, so it is characterized by a dance ✨ that makes you look at it while being nervous

🚢 From the Expo to Sakai on 🌊 the Myaku Myaku From the Expo site, take the Myak Myaku and fly to the old port! 🌟 Director Haniwa also embarkation the evening flight and enjoyed the boat trip to the 😊🛳️ fullest 🌆 At Roux at night... 🔵 Light up of the large roof ring of the Expo is up close from the sea! 🎡 Light up Ferris Car at Osaka Port ✨ Fantastic night view of the Sakai Izumi North Waterfront Industrial Area 💎 The Light up statue of the Dragon Goddess is also nearby. At that sight, Director Haniwa couldn't help but think of Earthenware Earthenware ... 💓 The breeze is pleasant on the sea, perfect for summer evenings! Sit back and enjoy the scenery. On the way home from the expo site without knowing the crowds 🎶 🎟️ Now is the time to take a night flight! Seats are limited, so advance reservations are recommended 🙌 Come and have 🌊 your own special Roux experience this summer 🔍 For more information and reservations, please visit the official website of Universal Roux (@universalcruise)!

🔶 A special exhibition "Ikude, Meiji Expo!" is being held in at the iron blacksmith house! 🔶 In conjunction with the Held in of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, the Iron Blacksmith Mansion is Held in the 3rd special exhibition "Ikude, Meiji Expo! ✨ Through the precious Documents that remains in the Inoue Sekiemon family, please take a look at the yellowtail of the struggles of iron blacksmiths who actively participated in the Sakai Exposition and the Domestic Industrial Exposition! ⭐ 彡 📅April 23 ~ July 21 (Closed on Tuesdays / The next day if it is a holiday) ⌚ 10 a.m. ~ 5 p.m. (Admission until 4:30 p.m.) 📍 Location: Machiya History Museum Inoue Sekiemon Family Residence (Iron Blacksmith House) 💰 Participation fee: (Adult) 500 yen (group discount and common ticket available) * Free for junior high school students and younger, those over 65 years old who have a Address in the Sakai City area, and those with disabilities and their caregivers. 👫 Capacity: None 📲Inquiry: 　(1) Cultural Properties Division (072-228-7198) 　(2) Pasona Joinus Co., Ltd. (About the facilities 072-224-1155 (Machiya History Tateyama Guchi Family Residence)) 🔎 For details, search [Iron Forge Inoue Sekiemon Struggle]!

Roadside Station Takano, a popular roadside station in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, will celebrate its 12th anniversary on April 12, 2025, and we have been able to enter our 13th year! ✨✨ To express our gratitude to everyone, we will Held in the "Roadside Station Takano 12th Anniversary Thanksgiving Festival". 【Events Name】Roadside Station Takano's 12th Anniversary Thanksgiving Festival Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025 and Sunday, June 8, 2025 9:00~17:00 【Place】Roadside Station Takano 【Address】〒727-0423 Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Koya-cho, Shimomonda 49 【Contents】 Hibagon and the others are also haunted! 🎪 Sales booth by shipper 🤝 "Roadside Station Collaboration" "Roadside Station Gourmet Booth" 🚔 "A large gathering of working cars!" Boarding experience & shooting! 🪪Let's make a JAF child safety license! 🍎 Unveiling of "2-day only" Sweets and new products! 🏕 Onidani Auto Camp "Wood chopping & bonfire experience" 🩸 Meiji Yasuda Life "Health Check Corner" (6/7 only) ⚠️ Cafe Restaurant Sorara "Eat-in Space" 【Vacation restaurant will be closed for 2 days】 And! With our daily gratitude to all of you... 🤖🤡🤹‍♀️ ◾️ For those who ◾️ purchase 2,500 yen or more at the Direct sales You will receive a "Garapon lottery ticket" to win a wonderful ○〇! * Distribution will end as soon as the Premiums are gone * Fun for more information as we keep you updated! Please come and visit us! Production and staff are looking forward to seeing you 💁 ♀️ 
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A ghost story 👻👀 in an kominka house Held in 👻 "Ghost Stories Told in Kominka" at Yamaguchi Family Residence We look forward to 🌈 your participation 📆 Held in Date: Saturday, July 12, 7 p.m. 📍 Location: Yamaguchi Family Residence (1-2-31 Higashi, Nishikino-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi) 💰 Participation fee: 1,800 yen (Yamaguchi family residence admission fee not included) 👫 Capacity: 40 people 📲 Applications/Inquiries: TEL/FAX: 072-224-1155 ✉ Email: info@sakai-machiyamuseums.com 🔎 For details, search "About the application for "ghost story meeting talking in an kominka""! 【Organizer】Sakai City Machiya History Museum Designated Manager 【Cooperation】Sachi Hamada, Sakai Yokai Art Festival Management Bureau

In Kyoto Prefecture, on the way to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, you pass a very small shrine, and the gardens in the shrine are very delicate and beautiful, and when you walk in, the whole atmosphere is a huge contrast with the outside environment. In my opinion, this place is a space with a classical atmosphere that is more representative of Japan and Kyoto, and I believe that people many years ago enjoyed the same scenery as us.

Held in in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture until Sunday, June 15, 2025! "Shobara Satoyama Open Garden 2025 Spring" Shobara Satoyama Open Garden is held annually in Springs and autumn, From a garden full of ideas to a Authentic Japan Garden, It is a Events where you can Visiting the site a garden where seasonal Flowers blooms 🌼🌹 For the latest information, be sure to check the Instagram of "Shobara Satoyama Open Garden"! ✅ Click here for Account ▽ 🌼 @satoyamaopengarden 🌼 【Events】Shobara Satoyama Open Garden 2025 Spring 【Address】Gardens in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture 【For inquiries, please contact】Rose Flower Conference Secretariat Shobara Tourism Promotion Organization (Shobara DMO) TEL 0824-75-0173 FAX 0824-75-0172 【Open Garden Precautions】 If the signboard at the entrance of each garden is "CLOSE", please refrain from visiting the site. Please do not enter private places such as homes and Toilet. Toilet, please Use the Inside the facility of the open garden Information Center or the public Toilet. * Use in gardens with Toilet signs. If you are coming by Car, please Use the designated parking lot Car. Please refrain from parking cars that may disturb the neighborhood. Visiting the sites with pets are basically not allowed. * Pets are allowed in gardens with a pet-OK mark. Be sure to keep it on a leash and keep it as short as possible Appreciation of the open garden is courtesy of the gardener. Visiting the site manners and be generous in expressing your gratitude. ◎ Latest information on Instagram!

This photo was taken many years ago, but it was one of the photos when I went to Yagi Castle, a mountain castle of the Sengoku period in Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is a low mountain with an Elevation of 330m, but it was surprisingly tough ... Scenery as a reward. I was healed by a world that felt like I was in a painting.

On the way to TOTTEI park with a photo buddy Representing Kobe, which suddenly caught my eye Tower🗼 If you look at it from a different perspective than usual Draws you in I felt a different goodness!

Scenery of Japan. Scenery of Japan people. Encounters of history in Kyoto. The heart of Japan is here. From Japan to the world. Welcome.

In the coastal forests of Wakayama Prefecture, the glowing mushroom Shiino Tomoshibitake emits a fantastic light.

Firefly season has begun.

Rokuson King Shrine Kyoto, Kyoto-shi, Minami-ku, Mibu-dori, Hachijokaku The birthplace of the Seiwa Minamoto clan. Dating back to Minamoto no Yoritomo, who opened the Kamakura shogunate, the ancestor Six Grandson King Ōkami eight generations ago is enshrined as the main God of worship, Amaterasu Ōkami is enshrined in the Aiden, and Hachiman Ōkami, the guardian god of the Minamoto clan. As the birthplace of Seiwa Minamoto, the Hoei Festival is held on October 10. Children in the form of priests, demons, and gods with bows and arrows parade around.

Local views. The sky changes with the time of day. Favorite color and favorite place. Nara Park is also nearby, so please stop by.

A photo of the sunset in Kizugawa City, my Township, where I was born. The rice fields Unfolds all over and you can see the beautiful sunset. Nara Park is also nearby, so why don't you stop by when you come for sightseeing? You can also touch history such as Joruri Temple and Fujiwara Kyo Ruins. I've always liked the scenery. I would like to share it with all of you.

📢 Only now! Special exhibition at ✨ Sakai City Tea House Shinan On Sunday, May 18th, the tea utensils used in the tea Events at the Iron Forge Mansion are 📍 on display at Sakai City Tea House Shin-an! 👀 ✨ The tea utensils on display are... The work of Takahiro Koga, a potter who holds up "anti-wabi-sabi"! Reinterpretation of tradition × flashy × studs = one-of-a-kind tea utensils 🔥 It will be on display until Water, May 28th! If you're in the area, be sure to check it out! 🚶‍➡️

🎨 Tea by Contemporary Artists' Tea Utensils in Shin-an 🍵 📢Held in a tea ceremony using tea utensils by contemporary artists at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo! 🎉 In order to enjoy the experience at the Expo in the city, you can ✨ Fun a standing tea ceremony using tea utensils by contemporary artists at 📍 Sakai City Tea House Shin-an for Limited Time until May 28 (Water) Fun ♪ with the tea utensils used at the Expo site

Carp streamers dancing in the Taisho River 2-11-2 Gakuen-cho, Settsu-shi, Osaka Municipal No. 24 Meeting Hall Carp streamers swimming leisurely over the Taisho River, which has become a tradition of Settsu City announcing the arrival of Spring. This year (2025), about 900 Carp streamers are coloring the blue sky. This Carp streamers is Implementation every year by the Citizens volunteer "Dream Opening Citizens Association". Carp streamers about 2 meters long are suspended on poles and ropes erected on both banks and flutter in unison in the Spring breeze is a sight to behold. It will swim over the Taisho River until Sunday, June 8th. (2025)

Osamu Tezuka Memorial Hall Hyogo, Takarazuka, Mukogawa-cho, 7-65 If you are a manga fan, I definitely recommend it. The nostalgic Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor, Firebird, etc. are on display in the Inside the Facility.

The northbound cars of National Route 176 running near Minami-Yashiro Station on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture. Dolls installed along the National Route in Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture have become a hot topic. Created by an art installations company, it consists of cans stacked on top of each other, with a doll dressed as a police officer in uniform sitting behind it, and even a car painted to look like a police car.

📢 Special Exhibition "Sakai's Techniques and Beauty: Red & Blues Coloring Crafts" 👀 📍 Let's enjoy the world of the image colors red ● and blue ● of the Osaka-Kansai Expo at the Sakai City Museum! - ● About 60 excellent exhibits that are worth seeing! 🍡🎤 Events are perfect for immersing yourself in the history and culture of Sakai City! ✨ 📅 Held in: May 20 (Tue) ~ July 13 (Sun) 9:30~17:15 📍 Location: Sakai City Museum, Daisen Park 🔍 For details, please search at "Sakai City Museum"!

🍶 "Rikyuzo" Sake Tasting Event Held In 🌸 Tasting various brands of Sake from Rikyuzo! Fun 🌸 not only for Sake lovers, but also for first-timers Please contact the staff about 🍶 the foods that go well with Sake and the relationship between Sakai's traditional culture and Sake 📅5/25 (Sun) 11:00 - 16:00 📍 Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum 🚃 3 minutes walk from the Hankai Line "Myokuni Temple-mae" For details, search 🔍 "Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum Rikyuzo"

🌸 Special exhibition and sale 🎏🌸 of Sakai May Koi Banner ✨ The beauty 🎏✨ of handwritten carp banners Held in a special exhibition and sales Events hand-painted by Takeshi Takada, the sixth generation of the Sakai May Koi "Takagi"! Please take this opportunity to 🎵 experience the beauty and technology of hand-painted carp banners, which boast a history of more than a century 📅5/16 (Fri) ~ 5/22 (Thu) 10:00-18:00 📍 Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum 🚃 3 minutes walk from the Hankai Line "Myokuni Temple-mae" For details, search 🔍 "Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum Koi Banner"

🎪 ✨EBISUJIMA CÔTÉ RIVIÈRE🚩 [Updated on May 16] On Sunday, due to the forecast of rain in the morning, the Held in time was changed from 12 o'clock to 17 o'clock. 🌿 Why don't you enjoy shopping for 🛍️ antique goods 🪑, Gourmet 🍽️ food, and DJ music 🎶 on the banks of the Ebishima River, where a relaxing time streams? ✨ 🔍 Check out @ebisujima.cote.rivi for more information.

🌹✨ The Birmingham Royal Ballet, one of Britain's two major ballet companies, is performing in Japan for the first time in seven yellowtails! ✨🌹 Gari is a plan 🩰 to enjoy a casual dinner (with appetizer platter, soup, main dish, bread, dessert, and one drink) at 🍽️ the restaurant "Sakai Terrace Salto" next to Fenice Sakai, and enjoy one of the world's one of the best ballet 📅 Held in day: 7/2 (Water) 🎭 "Sleeping Beauty" 3 acts 🎭 📍 Fenice Sakai Main Hall ⌚ Start 18:30 / End 21:30 🎫 S seats (1st floor) with Meals: 26,000 yen 🎫 Seat A (3F) with Meals: 22,500 yen 📅 Application deadline: 6/20 (Fri) 🔍 For details, please see the Sakai Tourist Guide website 💡 Why don't you enjoy the beautiful ballet and Sakai Meals that Britain is proud of with a special plan?

"Aragi Island", a rare round-shaped terraced rice field in Wakayama Prefecture Shot on DJI MAVIC 3 JAPAN Wakayama 2024/6 * Notification is required for the flight of Aragi Island. * 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

🎶 Rhythm of India 🇮🇳✨🎶 Six players of traditional musical instruments from India came to Japan. Playing the sitar, tabla, santoor, mridangan, sarangi, and sarod, this 🎶 is the first time you have played these six different instruments in Sakai! 👀 I don't think there will be many opportunities like this in the future. Please come and visit us 🎫 Admission is free, but advance registration is required! 🔍 For details, please check 😀 the official website of Fenice Sakai

🚴 ♂️ Tour of Japan 2025 Sakai Stage 🌿 One of the largest international cars road races in Japan Held in at Daisen Park Soba Tomb of Emperor Nintoku, a World Heritage Site! 📅5/18 (Sun) 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 📍 Daisen Park (JR Mozu Station 10 minutes walk) 🎥 There will be a live stream on the day! Free ✨ to watch For details, search 🔍 "Tour of Japan 2025 Sakai"

✨ Tea 🍵 Ceremony by Contemporary Artists' Tea Utensils -Art Tea Ceremony in Sakai 🎨- In Sakai City, at an event in Sakai that will be Implementation at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, Held in 🌿 a tea ceremony using tea utensils by contemporary artists 🎌 So that you can enjoy your experience at the Expo in the city, At tea ceremony-related facilities in the city, contemporary artists Held in a Events of Standing Tea and Tea Using Tea Utensils 🍃🍶 📲 For details, please see the Sakai City Home page

📢 "Even Two Sakai" Special Experience ✨ "Even Two Sakai" Special Experience 🍃 A special Limited Time experience that allows you to experience the history and culture of Sakai is now available! ✨ Would you like to have a memorable experience during your precious time together? 💕 📅 Implementation period: March 14 (Fri) ~ May 31 (Sat) 🚩 Experience Plan (1) Tea experience for two people ~With love for matcha~ (Sakai Risho no Mori) (2) Matcha art experience for two people ~It's not a latte, it's matcha~ (Tea House Tsubo City Tea Honpo) (3) Japanese sweets making experience for two people ~Making them while having a good time~ (Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum) (4) Precincts cleaning experience for two ~ Start the day at Otori Taisha Shrine ~ (Otori Taisha) (5) Romantic experience for two ~ Sakai Old Port Picnic ~ (AOINAPOLI UMISOBA (Sakai Old Port)) 🔍 For details, search for "Futari even Sakai" on the Sakai tourist guide website!