Hello 😃 This is Yamanashi Wine Kingdom Senga Falls shop. It was warm just a few days ago… where has spring gone?

Yesterday, snow fell in Shosenkyo Gorge, transforming the area into a winter scene ❄️
Senga Falls is also dusted with snow, creating a magical sight 🙃
This may be the last snowy landscape before true spring arrives.

Meanwhile, Yamanashi Wine Kingdom Senga Falls shop has already received wines that won prizes at the spring-themed Sakura Award 🌸 wine competition!

We have wines that won the top Diamond Trophy 🏆 from Maruki Budoshu, as well as other award-winning wines ☺️

Some wines are available in limited quantities, so please stop by Yamanashi Wine Kingdom Senga Falls shop when you visit Shosenkyo Gorge!

It’s still chilly, so we’ll keep the store warm and look forward to your visit 😌

Nagawacho Tourist Information Center will begin lending e-bike rentals called “Nagawa Cycle” for this season from Saturday, April 12.

Reservations opened on Wednesday, March 12!
Please make your reservation from the site below!
https://fd-system.tours/plan/?plan=plan000257

〇 Reception hours
9:30–14:00
〇 Usage hours
9:30–16:30
〇 Pickup location
Nagawacho Tourist Information Center (2424-19 Furumachi, Nagawacho, Chiisagata District, Nagano)

Meigetsu-in Temple in Kamakura, Famous for its hydrangeas

Autumn leaves in autumn are also a wonderful temple

The autumn view from the window of enlightenment is very cool

Before sunrise in autumn

An unexplored station that has gradually emerged

The appearance of Okuoi Kojo Station in Shizuoka was like a phantom beauty

Sakura Jingu Shrine is nearby, so I often go there, but the coolest time is on a rainy day

When you walk around the city, this figure suddenly appears

[About Bamboo Shoot Picking 2025 and Bamboo Cutting and Shredding Work]
Preparations are underway in the park this year to hold the bamboo shoot picking event again.

The day before yesterday, we carried out bamboo cutting and shredding work.
The cutting work involves thinning out old bamboo to expose the ground surface to sunlight. (Rising ground temperature is necessary for bamboo shoot growth.)

The cut bamboo has its branches and leaves removed and is fed into a shredder to make bamboo chips.
When spread on the ground, the bamboo chips become compost. This improves soil nutrition and helps produce tastier bamboo shoots.

Preparations are currently under way to hold this year’s bamboo shoot picking.
The event period is under consideration, but it is expected to run from around mid-April to early May.
Details will be posted on the Toyooka Tabi Jikan website by the Toyooka Village Tourism Association, so please check it for updates.
https://www.vill-nagano-toyooka-kanko.jp/tourism/experience/mikaku-02/5968/

I thought it wouldn't snow in Tokyo this year.
In March, the early-blooming cherry blossoms began to bloom, and then the snow fell.

Snowy scenery of early-blooming cherry blossoms at Sakura Jingu Shrine

Very cool scenery typical of Japan

【⛄️Snow-Dusted Omachi City❄️】
After yesterday’s snow, fukujusō flowers in the Shinko area of Miasa were nestled in the snow❄️The yellow blooms peeking out from the white snow create a lovely contrast🌼A few photographers were taking pictures📷✨The cityscape visible from Omachi Park also showed a light dusting of snow⛄️After the chill through yesterday, today’s sunlight feels pleasantly gentle☀️A few sunny days look likely😌That said, it may still be a little while before true spring arrives in Omachi City😌
🌼Spring Flower Update 2025🌼
https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/news/88859/
🌸Last Year’s Cherry Blossom Report🌸
https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/news/88713/

[🌸 Gokase Cherry Blossom Viewing 2025 🌸] From Thursday, March 20 to Sunday, May 11!

(Surely) with the last of the snow behind us, the season of flowers is finally approaching Gokasecho ✨ We’re running a spring Instagram campaign too 🤩🙌

Follow the Gokase Tourism Association account (https://www.instagram.com/gokase_kanko/) and post photos of flowers taken in Gokasecho to Instagram using two hashtags: #GokaseHana2025 and #dateofphoto (e.g., #March20) 🤳❤️‍🔥

Every day during the campaign, one person will win a mini set of Gokasecho specialty products 🎁✨
This time, amazingly!
During the nighttime illumination of Kijiya’s weeping cherry tree organized by students of Gokase Secondary School’s “Gokase Sakura Project” (March 23 [Sun]–April 16 [Wed] ※updated 4/2), entries featuring photos of Kijiya’s weeping cherry will have double the daily winning chance 😮✨!?

Plus! Outstanding entries will receive a gift box of Gokasecho specialty products 🤩👏
And even more! This time there will also be a “Gokase Sakura Project Award”…🤭🌟!?

Submitted entries will be featured on the Gokase Tourism Association and Gokase Sakura Project social media channels as they are selected 💡

[Period] From Thursday, March 20, 2025 to Sunday, May 11, 2025

⚠️Other rules are posted on the Gokase Tourism Association website. Please be sure to read them before applying. https://www.town.gokase.miyazaki.jp/kanko/index.html
⚠️Please take great care to avoid accidents while photographing.

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In spring in Gokasecho you can enjoy not only weeping cherry but also rhododendrons, akebono azaleas, and many other flowers 🌸
In the warm weather, how about a flower tour around Gokasecho 🤗?
We sincerely look forward to your participation ✨

From Monday, March 24, 2025 to Wednesday, March 26, 2025, snow-removal work will take place in the parking lot in front of Asahidake Visitor Center.
Therefore, the parking lot will be unavailable during the above period.

The Visitor Center will remain open as usual.

We apologize for the inconvenience during this period and ask for your understanding and cooperation.
We will announce completion of the work on the Visitor Center’s website as soon as it is finished.

Suzuka Forest Garden Light up 2025.03.15

Enjoy the weeping Ume plums in full bloom

It was raining lightly, so there were not many people.

Suzuka Forest Garden is a research Cultivation farm that aims to preserve and disseminate the "tailoring techniques" of weeping Ume Plum, which is one of the traditional horticultural cultures of Japan.

[Event Notice] 📍 Izanami Village, Okinawa Prefecture
Reiwa 7 Public Cleansing Festival (ku-jinushimii) — Once a year, the Tamaguden, which is unlocked only on this day, can be viewed ✨
Date and Time: Thursday, April 3, Reiwa 7 (10:00 AM)
Location: Nationally Designated Important Cultural Property Tamaguden
Organizer: Izanami Village
The public may participate, so you can witness this valuable ceremony and see inside the Tamaguden, which is unlocked only once a year.

https://www.izena-kanko.jp/detail.jsp?type=TopicsTopPage&id=104381&funcid=2&editMode=

🌿✨ Cleaning the shrine grounds for two 🏯🧹 – Start your day at Otori Taisha –

A special offering from the “Futari Demo Sakai” campaign! ✨
Enjoy the unusual calm of the shrine in the early morning and experience cleaning the historic Otori Taisha grounds (※). ✨
※If it rains, participate in a ritual prayer transcription experience

Join a Shinto priest for the daily sunrise worship called “Nippai,” hear an introduction to Otori Taisha, and receive a special “Omamori that helps you see ahead.” ⛩️🌿

📅 Dates: Friday, April 11 and Sunday, May 18
📍 Location: Otori Taisha
💰 Fee: 6,400 JPY per pair (2 people), includes two omamori
📢 Applications accepted until one week before each event date!
🌟 Experience a special chance to purify your heart at this historic shrine—join us!
🔍 For details and to apply, search “Cleaning the shrine grounds for two – Start your day at Otori Taisha”

【Flowering Information 1】Saitobaru
We would like to inform you of the flowering status of Saitobaru on March 19 (Water).
The rape flowers in Saitobaru have begun to bloom, albeit little by little.
Cherry blossoms are still in buds.
As in every year, it is expected to reach its best time to visit at the end of this month.

■ Information on Toilets and Car Parking in the Saitobaru Kofun Tumulus Group
Saitobaru Guidance CenterIn addition to the Toilet of Konohanakan Saitobaru there are six public Toilet in the Kofun Tumulus (Imperial Tomb Square, Takatoriyama Parking Lot Car, Takatoriyama Parking Lot, Kofun Tumulus Car Parking Lot, Kofun Tumulus Car Parking Lot 2, Kofun Tumulus Car Parking Lot 3, and Saitobaru Sports Park, so please Use those as well. (with multi-purpose Toilet)
* For details, please see the West City Tourism Association website.

Sakurajima Eruption
2025.03.07 Sakurajima Island had two eruptions at 16 and 17 o'clock
The photo shows Sakurajima at 17:38.

Metaseikochia trees in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture

We aimed for a day when it snowed.

It started snowing at dawn, and the Water of the Water on the road began to increase, and I was able to take a reflection shot.

This is a landscape photo taken when I visited Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture.
I thought the beauty of Lake Biwa peeking through the trees on a sunny day was the coolest, so I posted it for people who like landscape photography to see.
Best regards.
I'm not familiar with hashtags, so I'll add them as soon as I 😂 can

Shinshu High Yamazakura Festival

Takayama Village is dotted with Shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms) that are over 100 years old.
Led by the 600-year-old Tsuboi Shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms), Water the Shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms) of Mizunaka, the Shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms) of Akawa Kannon, the Shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms) of Nakashio, and the Edohigan cherry blossoms of Kurobe are called the Shinshu Five Great Cherry Blossoms of Takayama, and Events such as Cherry Blossom Trek Tour are Held in in conjunction with the good cherry blossom season.

Please take a look at the single cherry blossom that blooms quietly in the mountain village.

For more information on cherry blossom Information and Events, please check the Home page.

One week has passed since the ceremonial opening of MtMorotsukayama🏔️
Visitors participating in the stamp rally, which runs through Sunday, March 23, have been coming to the facility☺️
At Shiitake no Yakata, we are also displaying a timeline of the 40th MtMorotsukayama opening and distributing the pennants handed out at the opening🚩

Pennants are limited and given on a first-come, first-served basis, so hurry if you would like one🏃

We are also accepting entries for the stamp rally😆

#Morotsuka Village #Morotsuka #Miyazaki Prefecture #Morotsuka Village Tourism Association #morotsuka #morotsukavillage #miyazaki #miyazaki_countryside #MtMorotsukayama opening #pennant

Ooyama Cable Car
Notice: Restroom at Ooyama Cable Station Now Available
The restroom at Ooyama Cable Car's Ooyama Cable Station is now available for use.

This is the status of Ooyama as of the morning of Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Please note that the public restroom at the summit of Ooyama remains unavailable due to a frozen water supply pipe.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Access: From Odakyu Line Isehara Station, North Exit, Bus Stop No. 4
Take the bus bound for Ooyama Cable for about 30 minutes
Get off at the final stop and walk 15 minutes along Koma Sando to the cable car station

🕵️Solve the Mysteries of Sakai – The Spirit Kajira and the Vanished Legendary Blacksmith

A roving real-world puzzle game takes place in Sakai!🎉
📜A detective story set across Sakai as you search for the vanished legendary blacksmith🔍
Walk around Sakai city and unravel puzzles as you go🚶‍➡️
Those who clear the mystery receive a completion reward🎁‼

Whether with family, friends, or solo,
why not become the detective who solves the mystery?🕵️

📅Event period: Saturday, March 22 – Monday, October 13
📍Location: Sakai Ward, Sakai City, moat area
🔍For details, search for “Solve the Mysteries of Sakai – The Spirit Kajira and the Vanished Legendary Blacksmith”

【Oyanagawa River Valleys Fresh greenery trekking 🥰】

In early summer, you can enjoy fresh greenery in the Oyanagawa River Valleys
It has become a popular trekking spot.

In the Valleys, there are 10 bottles large and small Suspension Bridge and five waterfalls.
Yes, you can enjoy a walk casually.

Isehara Flower Report 2025.3.17
🌸 Flower Scenes to Enjoy in Isehara 💐
* Maruyama Castle Ruins Park (Shimokasuya 2168-2)
On the park's north side, a vivid carpet of rapeseed flowers and delicate Kawazu cherry blossoms 🌸 are in peak bloom together, creating a spectacular sight.
At the top of the stairs, the flowerbeds host a colorful mix, including Christmas roses.
Below the park, the almond trees' buds are swelling and will bloom soon.

* Hinata Yakushi (Hinata 1644)
The mitsumata shrubs beside the temple grounds are blooming with charming yellow flowers.

* Oyama New Trail
The deep pink Okame cherry blossoms 🌸 are now at their best.

Look forward to more updates 🎵

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Ooyama Cable Car
Notice: Restroom at Ooyama Cable Station Out of Service
As of Monday, March 17, 2025, the restroom at Ooyama Cable Station on the Ooyama Cable Car is out of service due to a clogged pipe.
For the latest information
please visit the Ooyama Kanko Dentetsu Co., Ltd. website.
https://www.ooyama-cable.co.jp/

Also, the public restrooms at the summit of Ooyama remain unavailable due to frozen water supply pipes.
Please use the public restrooms at Afuri Shrine Lower Sanctuary, Ooyama-dera, or the Ooyama Cable bus stop.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

The Okame cherry trees along the Ooyama Shindo are now in full bloom.
Their charming pink blossoms await your visit.

Access: From Odakyu Line Isehara Station North Exit, Bus Stop No. 4
Take the ‘Ooyama Cable’ bus for about 30 minutes
Get off at the final stop and walk 15 minutes along Koma Sando to the cable car station.

#Ooyama #Isehara #Sightseeing information #Ooyama Cable Car #Restroom out of service #Outing information #Spring sightseeing #Cherry blossoms #Flower viewing #Hiking #Trekking #Afuri Shrine #Ooyama-dera #Koma Sando #Odakyu Line #Isehara Station

It’s very windy and snowing heavily in Teshikaga today🌀
Please be careful when going out⚠️⛄️🌨️❄️

Discover a new way to travel! 🚗💨
Special site now live 🎉 Let’s feast around Tanzawa, Ooyama, and Miyagase! 😋
"#Gourmet Guri" Ken-O Yamanami #Gastronomy Tourism

The Ken-O Yamanami area—including Isehara, Atsugi, Hadano, Aikawa, and Kiyokawa✨—is rich in ingredients that have long been loved and that may stir your memories.
How about a trip that’s different from the usual? 🍽️

"Gastronomy" means deepening your understanding of the relationship between food and culture 📚
Through this experience, ordinary places might become special to you…💎

Check the special site now! 👉
https://www.atsugi-kankou.jp/site/yamanami-gastronomy/
Atsugi City Tourism Association

#Isehara #Atsugi #Hadano #Aikawa #Kiyokawa #Ken-O Yamanami #Tanzawa Ooyama Miyagase #Feast it all #Food travel #Local gourmet #Delicious discoveries #Taste of memories #Tourist information

Saitama's Kawazu cherry blossoms are also in full bloom 🌸

This is located in Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture
It is a row of cherry blossom trees along the Aoge Hori River.

Saitama's Kawazu cherry blossoms start 😊 here every year
The Kawazu cherry blossoms blooming along the river for about 1 km are a sight to behold

Toyooka City, Hyogo
It was cold at Kinosaki Onsen Self

Toyooka City, Hyogo
It was cold at Kinosaki Onsen Self

Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture You can experience various villages and various experiences while feeling like a Satoyama while in the city
Aina Satoyama Park