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

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

Toyooka City, Hyogo
It was difficult on the way, but I managed to take a picture of Kinosaki Onsen during the big cold wave aiming for the timing of the snowfall.

Toyooka City, Hyogo
It was difficult on the way, but I managed to take a picture of Kinosaki Onsen during the big cold wave aiming for the timing of the snowfall.

Tokiwa witch hazel, a flower that grows wild in only three places in Japan

We will introduce "Tokiwa Mansaku" from Mount Kodai, which is popular as a mountain where beginners can enjoy mountain walking with abundant mountain climbing routes.
Tokiwa is an evergreen tree that bears leaves all year round.
It is said that Mansaku represents the wish for a full harvest in the Harvest Festival.

Where can you meet the flowers of Tokiwa witch hazel that grow wild in Japan?
Mount Kodai, Arao City, Kumamoto
Ise Jingu, Mie Prefecture
Shinza, Kosai City, Shizuoka
It is said that there are three places.
Best time to visit is from mid-April to late April every year.

【Spot Information】
Mount Kodai
Mount Kodai Car parking lot, toilet available
Kumamoto Prefecture Arao City Kaba 2773-595
0968-63-1421 (Arao City Tourism and Cultural Exchange Division)

#Mt. Mount Kodai #Arao Genic #Tokiwa Witch Hazel #Kyushu Mountains #Kyushu Nature Trail #Low Mountain Hike #Climbing #Mount Kodai Trail Running #Arao City #Kumamoto

Photographed on March 15, 25.
It is a cold scarlet cherry blossom of the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine direct meeting hall.

Photographed on March 15, 25.
In the Shingashi River behind Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, Kawazu cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

📍 Cafe Yoridokoro InaVillagegasaki Main Store
〒248-0024 Kanagawa Prefecture Kamakura City InaVillage Gazaki 1-12-16

Breakfast in Enoshima is egg-covered rice from the Famous "Cafe Yoridokoro".
The fluffy Renge and golden egg yolk are the best One of a kind.
Of course, the Dried fish I ate with it was also delicious because I could feel the taste of the fish.
Cafe Yoridokoro InaVillagegasaki Main Store also has terrace seats where you can watch the view of Enoden running in front of you while eating The Japan breakfast.
It's a special breakfast that I don't make at home, but if I can afford it next time, I'll try to make it myself・・・・・ Squid it's difficult ...

【Cotton Cafe】Relaxing, yarn spinning experience 🧶

Today, I would like to introduce ☺️✨ the "Cotton Cafe" held on the third Saturday of every month at the former Kuraoka junior high school "Kuraokakura"

Feel free to Use the café only.☕💕
You can 😌 order delicious homemade cakes and drinks

Today's cake was a cake with kumquat jam and a cake 🍰✨ with apple jam (I had a lot of it, but it was 🤤 insanely delicious)

Everyone was having a relaxing time 🫶 while enjoying reading and chatting

Of course! There is a fee, but you can 🧶✨ also experience yarn spinning

Pick up cotton seeds with a "cotton gin"
↓
Use a tool called a "hand carder" like a large slicker brush to adjust the stream of fibers.
↓
When wrapped around a winding stick, a bundle of cotton called a "pony" is formed 😌☁️, which looks like a fluffy cocoon
↓
If you pull this out little by little with a tool called a spindle and twist it, you will get 😳👏 a magnificent thread as shown in the first photo

It seems that 💡 you can adjust the thickness of the finished yarn by twisting the fiber and the amount of force

You can make it thinner or thicker, or try to spin a single yarn with various thicknesses... There are There are fun of spinning your favorite yarn If 🤗✨ you are interested, please try 💪 it

When you visit Cotton Cafe, you don't need to make a reservation or anything, so 👌 please feel free to stop by and enjoy 😌🌿 your own time

【Date & Time】3rd Saturday 13:00~15:00
【Place】Kuraoka Kurara (Staff Room)
〒882-1201 5929 Kuraoka, Gokase-cho, Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture
【Reservation】Not required
【Fee】Yarn spinning experience 1,500 yen, cotton (with seeds) 400 yen

🚴 ♂️ Tour de Yatsugatake 2025🚴 ♂️

Thank you very much for your many entry There is a 🙇🏻 ♀️

The entry deadline for the Tour de Yatsugatake is tomorrow 16th ❗️
We are still recruiting, so if you have not entered, please 🚴 ♂️💨 hurry
The secretariat is located at the Roadside Station Yachiho Highlands.

* Entries are being accepted with the second QR code!

Today, I attended the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival.
The Kawazu cherry blossoms on the Shingashi River were in full bloom. 🌸

It is said to be the best bloom in the last 20 years
I have seen the Ume Plum of "Kazahaya no Sato".
As you can see. If you don't see it, it's a loss!

Tsu City, Mie Prefecture Prefecture "Kazahaya no Sato"
2025/3/8

I have experienced ❄️ snowshoeing in Shiga Highlands
Activities that can be enjoyed even by those who do not ski or snowboard!
If you wear snowshoes, you can 😳 walk in areas that you can't enter during the green season and even on ponds! !️
The Torii (shrine gate) gate is ⛩ covered in snow
Have a snowy white field to yourself 👣 where no one walks
We also found 🐾 several footprints of animals such as rabbits and foxes
Impression ✨️ by all of them are valuable experiences
Why don't you experience snowshoeing that makes everyone from children to adults smile together?
It depends on the remaining snow, but it seems that you can ♪ enjoy it until around the May holidays
For details, check 👀 the Home page of the Shiga Highlands Nature Conservation Center.
https://shizenhogo-center.shigakogen.gr.jp/guide_winter/

【Hokuriku Shinkansen Iiyama Station 10th Anniversary Events】Announcement ㊗️🎉 of the appearance of Okomin
2015 (Heisei 27) the 10th anniversary of the opening of Iiyama Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen on March 14 this year! !️
Held in a commemorative events on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the 🚄⭐️ business
A large number of local characters from Shin-Etsu Nature Township will gather, and you can 🐻️ meet Alkuma and Okomin
Please come and join us!
●Held in Date & Time: Thursday, March 20, 2025, 2025 (Reiwa 7) (2025) 9:30 a.m. ~ 3:30 p.m.
●Held in: JR Iiyama Station, Tourism Exchange Center other
https://www.city.iiyama.nagano.jp/.../10thanniversaryevent
https://www.city.iiyama.nagano.jp/soshiki/kikakuzaisei/kikakuchosei/info/10thanniversaryevent?fbclid=IwY2xjawJA27tleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeTgqGasghXjIsA5dmG73xXlgDvlz8ofjgfa8hHFuQKc2bGPETguOrU7OA_aem_pCpCqNvP5IWIL93HMi6MDQ

【Yudanaka Station Hot Spring Kaede no Yu Notice of Bath Fee Revision 🍁 】

Thank you very There is a much for Use "Kaede no Yu Hot Spring Yudanaka Station" on a daily basis.
In addition to the recent rise in fuel costs, prices of all products continue to rise.
Our Facility has also made efforts to reduce costs, but it is difficult to maintain current prices.
Therefore, we will revise the bathing fee from April 2 (Water).
Thank you for your understanding and understanding.

* Regular holiday is Tuesday, April 1.
* Please note that when applying the Town residents discount, you may be asked to present an official certificate (driver's license, My Number Card, insurance card, etc.) that can confirm There are Address.

Snowy Moominvalley ☃️

This is located in Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture
Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest Park.

Moominvalley with snow was a fantastic atmosphere 🤤
I'm 🤭 sure the hibernating Moomins are also enjoying it

📍 Akibayama Main Shrine Akiba Shrine (841 Ryoka, Spring Town, Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka)
【Overview】
Deep in the mountains of Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, at an elevation of 866 meters, is Akibayama Main Shrine Akiba Shrine.
Mt. Akiba is called Mt. Shintai, and it was founded in the 2nd year of Wado (709 AD).
It is the Main Shrine of Akiba Shrine, which has more than 400 companies nationwide.

----------------

and Lower Shrine and Upper Shrine, the photograph shows the "Torii (shrine gate) of happiness" in the Upper Shrine.
Akibayama is also very famous as the god of fire prevention, and as a local in Hamamatsu City, I am very indebted to him.
Even as a child, even if you don't understand the kanji "Akiha-san!", the sound is familiar to your ears.
In fact, when I was mentally ill, the first thing my mother brought me to for a change of pace was the Lower Shrine in Akibayama.
(Actually, he wanted to take me to the Upper Shrine, but considering my physical strength and physical condition, he decided to go down to the Lower Shrine.) ）
That's how important the shrine is to me.

Now that I have moved to Tokyo and am living happily, this photo was taken when I stopped by early in the morning on my way back to my parents' house.

In fact, on this day, when I arrived at the Car parking lot in Akibayama, I and trouble that my Car was about to break down.
However, fortunately, I was able to reach the cars parking lot without stopping in the middle of the slope.
In addition, in the restroom of the Car parking lot, I was able to collect the Water used for the worst first aid, and on the way back, I was able to go down and slide safely into the car parts store while cooling the engine.
Akibayama helped us with this as well. That's how I feel.

----------------

It may be difficult to visit because of the distance from Hamamatsu Station on the Shinkansen, but I have no regrets about going. It is a shrine that can be affirmed.
If you're lucky, you may be able to see a sea of clouds or as far away as Enshu Nada.
As for me, I recommend visiting in the morning.
It's a place ☺ where the air is clean, there are few people, and your mind is calm.
【！ Caution! Please refrain from destroying the scenery of the shrine, polluting it, or causing inconvenience.

Equipment: Nikon D850
Editing software: Adobe Lightroom

Photographed on March 10, 25.
This is as-is from Motomachi 1-chome.
It is "Exorcism Totoro". Benefit.

📍 Hakone Owakudani
Owakudani is located in the Hakone area of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
Owakudani was formed by an Eruption about 3,000 years ago.
It is one of the few spots in Japan where you can feel the earth alive up close with the smell of sulfur and the smoke that rises.
On this day, there were a few clouds, but since the Elevation of Owakudani is high, I was able to see Mt. Mount Fuji and Lake Ashi very beautifully without obstruction.

Equipment: Nikon D850
Editing software: Adobe Lightroom

📍 Tama River Sengen Shrine
The shrine is located a 2-minute walk from Tama River Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line, Tama River Line, Meguro Line, Namboku Line, and Mita Line.
The God of worship is the god who protects the mountain greenery, Princess Kibana Sakiya.

This photo shows the entrance to the shrine (approach to the temple).
Since it was the Time Slot / Time of Day when the sun was setting, the photo created a solemn atmosphere.
The sunset that you can see at the end of the climb is very beautiful, and it is one of my favorite shrines.
【！ Caution! Please refrain from destroying the scenery of the shrine, polluting it, or causing inconvenience.

Equipment: Nikon D850
Editing software: Adobe Lightroom

❄️ Voting for "Winter Gokase 2025" is now open [❄️ until Sunday, March 16, 2025!] 】

Thank you all for submitting to the "Winter Hunt 2025"!

We regret to inform you that the staff of the Tourism Association conducted a strict first selection and selected 10 works 🙏✨ from all the entries

From these 10 works, we would like to 🤩👏 decide the winners by voting from everyone

From those who voted, 10 people will be selected by lottery to receive "Specialty products of Gokase Town", and 🎁💫 we ask for 🙇 ♀️ your cooperation

Here's 💡 how to vote
[Voting period: ~ until March 16, 2025 (Sunday)]
⚠️ Voting is limited to one vote per Account or one per person.

<If you vote from Instagram>
https://www.instagram.com/gokase_kanko/
・Please follow the Instagram Account of the Gokase Tourism Association.
・ Please select one of the 10 works featured in the post with the hashtag "#Winter Gokase 2025 Vote" and comment ✍ the photo number in the comment section of the post
⚠️ If you do not follow them, you will not be Subjected to the Giveaway Draw due to uncertainty in the exchange of messages. Please be careful.

<If you vote through Facebook>
https://www.facebook.com/gokase.kanko/?locale=ja_JP
・Please select one of the 10 works introduced in this post and comment the number of the photo in the comments.
・ Voting is limited to one time per Account.
⚠️ If you win the prize draw, you will be contacted via Facebook message. Please note that if you do not receive a reply for 2 weeks, it will be invalidated.

If you vote from < Home page>
・ Go to the "Winter Gokase 2025 Voting" page from the Gokase Tourism Association's Home page and New Topics (https://www.town.gokase.miyazaki.jp/kanko/ivent/1994.html)
・Click on the URL on the "Winter Gokase 2025 Voting" page to open the "Voting Form"
・Enter your e-mail address
・Please select one work from 10 works, put a check mark on that work, and send your answer.
⚠️ If you do not enter your email address, you will not be eligible for the Subject of the Prize Draw.

Please take a look at the applicant's original posts before voting 🤗

(1) Mr. @yamabico_san (2nd photo)
(2) Mr. @gokase_entertainment (3rd photo)
(3) Mr. @photo_ay_umi (4th photo)
(4) Mr. @mgm_1228 (5th photo)
(5) Mr. @eco9syu_sekiryo (6th photo)
(6) Mr. @goto0619 (7th photo)
(7) Mr. @fowafuwarin5 (8th photo)
(8) Mr. @thusandleavis (9th photo)
(9) Mr. @mas8787a (10th photo)
(10) Mr. @photo_ay_umi (11th photo)

We look 🥰 forward to your many votes

🎿 Ski Resort Final Events 🏂

Sunday, March 9 was the last business day ❄️ at Gokase Highland Ski Resort

In clear weather, a large lottery was held 🎁 from 11 o'clock

Gari cheered every time the winning numbers of the luxury premiums were announced, and the big draw ended 😆✨ with a big Gari

Visitors enjoyed the last Slope of the season immediately after the draw was 🎿 over

Gokase Highland Ski Resort ❄️ revived this season

Thanks to all of you, we have been able 😊 to operate safely until today
There is a very much 🥰
We look forward to seeing you again next season!!

[Light of Life Project in Gokase Town]

On Saturday, March 8th, I visited 🤗 the "Light of Life Project in Gokase Town" Held in at the Gokase Town Welfare Center

This Events is an Events 😌 that has been going on since 2011, the year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, despite a four-year period of self-restraint due to the Coronavirus pandemic

It was a beautiful Events that reminded ✨ us of the people in the disaster-stricken areas caused by the earthquake and other disasters that occur in various parts of Japan, and hoped that we would never let it fade away and cherish our lives

A donation box was set up at the venue to collect donations for the reconstruction of disaster-stricken areas, and each of the visitors cooperated with ☺️ the donation

Stalls selling delicious light snacks and cute miscellaneous goods were also available, and the venue was 🥳 crowded

On stage, hosted by the organizer G Music Taino Corps, there are a lot of 🤩✨ fun programs such as singing and dancing

There were also many songs that carried thoughts on disaster-stricken areas, making it a 😌👏 program unique to charity Events

At the end, there was an ensemble of "Flowers Bloom" in which the visitors and 🎶 together with the song

At the end of the Events, there was a lighting ceremony of wax balls created by the children, and all the visitors and a moment of silence in the venue surrounded by gentle light.

I hope that the thoughts from Gokase Town will reach the disaster-stricken areas ... 🙏

[❄️ Winter Gokase 2025 application photo introduction ~ final time ~❄️]

Until 2/28, "#Winter Gokase 2025" 💡 was held in on the Instagram Account of the Gokase Tourism Association

This was the 🥹✨ last time we introduced the works that we submitted

Mr. @fowafuwarin5
Mr. @mas8787a
Mr. @mgm_1228
(in no particular order)

The long-awaited first appearance! Unoko Waterfall ✨ and wonderful works 👏 that captured the ski resort where there is still snow and the surrounding Nature

Thank you very much for your many applications 😭

It was a cold winter, but many of the winter photos were 😊☀️ somewhat heartwarming

Photographed on March 8, 25.
LEC COFFEE's black latte and tiramisu.

【Notice of temporary Closed due to repair work of public Toilet】

The Sunayu Public Toilet located in the parking Car lot of Lake Kussharo and Sunayu will be temporarily Closed from Monday, March 17, 2025 to Friday, March 21, 2025 due to repair work.

Closed period: Monday, March 17, 2025 at 8 a.m. - Friday, March 21, 2025
Location: Miruwa, Teshikaga Town, Kawakami-gun, Hokkaido Sunayu Car Parking Lot
Public Toilet repair work is dangerous, so please refrain from using or trespassing.

It is scheduled to be open as usual from March 22nd, but the schedule may change depending on the status of construction. If there and any changes, we will inform you on this site, so please check back from time to time.
In addition, parking is Use even during the public Toilet Closed period, Car parking lot.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused during the Closed period.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Today, in #Mishima City. I wish I had one.
#Genbei River and #Hasunuma River
（2025/03/13）

Photographed on March 8, 25.
This is LEC COFFEE's black latte.
It's a stunning latte art.
I like it. 😊