Photographed 1/1/25. It is Hanachozu of Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin. I took it from a different angle.

Photographed 1/1/25. It is Hanachozu of Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin. It is a New Year's specification. 🎍

📍Nakasendo This is the state of the Nakasendo (Magome Pass to Tsumago) on January 8, 2025 ❄ 1–3: Magome Pass 4: Isseki Tochi Teahouse 5: Pass Entrance 6–10: Male Falls and Female Falls 11: In front of Kooshinduka There is snow cover ❄ If you plan to walk the Nakasendo, please come prepared with full winter gear such as snow boots, gloves, a knit hat, and spare socks. In particular, take care on the pass and around Male Falls and Female Falls, where snow and ice are likely ⚠

📍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 ❄

The 59th Onuma Hakodate Snow and Ice Festival, a major winter Events in southern Hokkaido that has been going on for many years, will be Held in again this year! The jumbo slide made by cutting out the frozen Lake Onuma is Popular! !! Please come and visit us! 【Date and time】 February 8 (Sat) 9 (Sun) 10:00~16:00 [Place] Onuma Park Square (near 1023-1 Onuma-cho, Nanae Town, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido)

Photographed 1/1/25. After prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store. At the beginning of the year, you can sit down if you go as soon as the store opens. Royal Earl Grey Bouquet & Tea Latte and Royal Milk Tea Chiffon Cake. Everyone at the Bell Ring Street store was very helpful last year as well. Best regards again this year. 🙇‍♀️

Photographed on 12/28/24. It is the Torii (shrine gate) gate of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine and Kadomatsu. 🎍

Photographed on January 6, 24. CAFE ANDON's café latte and fig and prune carrot cake. The latte art is also lovely.

Yesterday, we visited CAFE ANDON. It's a hot sandwich with avocado shrimp. We would like to thank everyone at CAFE ANDON for their support over the past year. Best regards again this year. 🙇‍♀️

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

Today, I thought it was free, so I took a walk in Kawagoe, but it was quite crowded. This is the Ai sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

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

Photographed on January 3, 25. It is a one-year cheap sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. New Year's Day is full of colors.

Photographed on January 3, 25. It is a one-year cheap sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Snow Fairy Did you know that there is a snow fairy in Hokkaido? Its name is "Shimaenaga" Originally, this wild bird called Enaga resembled a long-handled ladle in appearance. The chief of the handle (e) → named Enaga In fact, there are long-tailed moths in Honshu, but this pure white subspecies of long-tailed moth only lives in Hokkaido That's why Hokkaido is called Shima. The long-tailed moth, which lives only in Shima→ was named Shimaenaga It is only called the snow fairy, and you will see it from the time when the leaves fall and the snow begins to fall For that reason, it is also called a bird that signals snow

Today was Tsubetsu Town's New Year fire brigade review! Held every January 5th, members of the Tsubetsu Fire Station and the Tsubetsu Fire Corps gathered together in full force. Even the fire engines were on display like this—quite a spectacle✨ Last year, Tsubetsu Town recorded zero fire responses. We want everyone in town to stay vigilant so we can keep that number at zero again this year💪

Fire Department New-Year Review Ceremony Today, Sunday, January 5, the fire brigade held its New-Year review ceremony at the Town Hall Parking Lot 🚒✨ The car thermometer read minus 4°C as we headed to the scene 😂 It was a freezing ceremony ❄️ Although I was fully bundled up and cheekily stood near the heater to take photos… The firefighters formed ranks with a poised, unfazed bearing that made them look truly impressive…👏 The squad training demonstration showed sharp, disciplined movements born of daily practice, which was extremely reassuring 🥹✨ The mass water discharge that followed sent colorful columns of water high into the sky and was incredibly powerful 🤩 They moved a fair distance to prepare before the discharge, and thanks to everyone’s perfectly synchronized, efficient actions it proceeded smoothly; I’m truly grateful for the fire brigade’s daily efforts 🙇‍♀️！ The ceremony concluded without issue after awards were presented to firefighting personnel, brigade members, distinguished contributors to firefighting, and families who support the brigade 🏆💫 To the fire brigade, who always protect our town and keep residents safe in their daily lives, thank you so much ✨

Photographed on January 4, 25. We asked LEC COFFEE. Lemonade and Sweet Potato Mont Blanc Pudding. The pudding is firm, topped with Sweet Potato and Mont Blanc, and is delicious. We look forward to working with you in 2025. 😊

Happy New Year. NPO Tsubetsu Tourism Association began its first working day of the year today. We look forward to your continued support this year. Snow fell and accumulated in Tsubetsu over the New Year holidays, requiring snowplows to operate. Although this season has less snow than usual, it has felt like a proper winter. The Ice Candle Festival is scheduled for February 1, so I secretly hope enough snow will fall before then to prepare for the event ❄️ We will do our utmost to promote Tsubetsu again this year! Thank you again for your support!

At Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I found a fortune teller for a beckoning cat.

The 59th Shimoda Onsen Daffodil Festival commemorative trading card is being distributed with excitement! [Distribution location] Tsumekizaki Amazake Hut [Distribution time] 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Feel free to ask and pick one up (≧▽≦)! They are appearing one after another at Shimoda City events and elsewhere.

Happy New Year! This year, too, we will share and publish tourism information about Nagiso town, so we appreciate your continued support ✨ Today, New Year smoke signals were raised across many parts of Kiso. A smoke signal, or noroshi, is smoke produced by burning firewood or gunpowder and raised high; long ago it served as a signal or landmark during wartime or emergencies. In other words, noroshi was a means of communication. The New Year noroshi event held every January 4 in Kiso began in 2007 at the call of the nonprofit organization Tsumago Ai Suru Kai to strengthen solidarity across the Kiso Valley and energize the region. The photos show the scene at the site of Tsumago Castle in Nagiso town, where leaves of Kiso’s five treasured trees—hinoki cypress and koyamaki—are burned to create the smoke 🌲 This year, too, the noroshi rose vigorously under clear skies. May 2025 be a year filled with smiles and many blessings... 🐍✨

Today, I took a walk in Kawagoe before work. It was crowded everywhere. This is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Roadside Station Iwanai Happy New Year 🐍 We look forward to your continued support this year Roadside Station Iwanai is open as usual from today. We look forward to welcoming everyone 😆

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

Photographed 1/1/25. This is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

It was around 6:30 this morning at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Today, I visited Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine to receive prayers for the New Year's Prayer for Good Luck. It is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine around 6:30 in the morning. Luckily, I was able to receive a Marriage Jade.

New Year Greetings Thank you very much for all your support last year. I look forward to your continued support this year. How did you spend the New Year? 😌 I hope the seasonal influenza and other circulating illnesses didn’t affect you. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead. 🙇‍♀️

Photographed 1/1/25. In front of the Honkawagoe Pepe, I was demonstrating the song. I had the lion head bite off my head, and I had Ebisu-sama swing the hammer.