Nice to meet you all! It is a Mori Tourism Association in Hokkaido.

We will send out tourist information of Hokkaido Mori Town through COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, so thank you! !!

First of all, I would like everyone to know where Hokkaido Morimachi is located.
Mori Town is a town bordering Uchiura Bay in the southern district of Hokkaido, about one hour from Hakodate.
There is little snowfall, and the climate is warm in Hokkaido.

Nutrients transported from Mt. Komagatake flow to Uchiura Bay, and the nutrient-rich seawater grows scallops, pollock cod, hairy crabs, button shrimp, and other seafood that represents Mori Town in Hokkaido.

A popular gourmet and specialty product in Mori Town, Hokkaido, which boasts seafood, is "ikameshi".
It is made using true squid, glutinous rice, and glutinous rice from Hokkaido, and slowly soaking in the taste with a special sweet and spicy sauce.
It is very popular at product exhibitions and ekiben competitions nationwide, and many people come to enjoy authentic kameshi in the birthplace.

Of course, the recommendations of Morimachi in Hokkaido are not only gourmet.
Next, we will introduce popular sightseeing spots.

● Komagatake, Hokkaido
It is a 1132-meter-high mountain shaped like a horse's back, and the climb takes about 1 hour, so beginners can rest assured.

● Oniushi Park
In the spring season, about 500 cherry trees decorate the park, and many people visit every year!
The 74th Morimachi Cherry Blossom Festival in 2023 will be held from Saturday, April 29 to Sunday, May 14. During the Sakura Festival, the cherry blossoms in Aobagaoka Park are lit up and you can enjoy the cherry blossoms at night.

▼Events
・Morimachi Cherry Blossom Festival Hanami Cosplay
・Morimachi Cherry Blossom Festival Outdoor Restaurant ~Traveling Kitchen Cruise Kitchen~
・ Uta Uma King Decisive Battle "The 4th Karaoke Scoring Battle" in Mori
・Spring night cherry blossoms fireworks festival
・Morimachi Cherry Blossom Festival Song Show

● Washinoki Landing Monument
It is the place where Enomoto Takeaki and Hijikata Toshizo of the former shogunate army landed during the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Restoration.
From here, we started our march to Hakodate.

● Nigorikawa Onsen
It is a hot spring resort located in the upper reaches of the Muddy River, and has 7 hot spring facilities, accommodations, and hotels. You can also enjoy a day-trip hot spring.

We will continue to introduce popular sightseeing spots in Mori Town!

Finally, we will deliver seasonal information on the coming warm season!
The cherry blossom season in Mori Town, Hokkaido starts at the end of April.
During the two weeks of this cherry blossom season, the popular event festival "Morimachi Cherry Blossom Festival" is held.
It is lively with events such as song shows, cherry blossom viewing cosplay, and cherry blossom fireworks festival on spring nights.

We will deliver information on Hokkaido Mori Town, which is full of fun ways throughout the year, so we look forward to your continued support!

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It is a town full of history "Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture".

Fujiidera City is located about 15 km southeast of Osaka City, and can be reached from Kansai Airport in about 1 hour and 10 minutes by train or 50 minutes by car.

The origin of the city's name is derived from the "Fujiidera" that exists in the city.
Katsurui-dera Temple was built in the latter half of the 7th century and is worshipped as the fifth temple of the 33 Kannon Sacred Sites in Nishikoku, and the main statue of the National Treasure Inui Urushi Senju Kannon is actually a thousand-armed Kannon statue with 1,041 hands, and is opened on the 18th of every month. In spring, beautiful purple wisteria flowers bloom on the wisteria trellis of the precincts.

In addition, Dōmyōji Tenmangu Shrine is a shrine located in Dōmyōji in Fujiidera City that gathers worship as a god of learning, and there are about 800 plum trees of 80 species in the precincts, and it is known as a famous place for plum blossoms.
The treasure hall in the precincts has a collection of national treasures and many valuable cultural properties, so please take a look.

In addition, Fujiidera City is famous for its Furuichi Kofun Cluster, a group of burial mounds built from the late 4th century to the middle of the 6th century.

The Furuichi Kofun Cluster consists of more than 130 burial mounds, including seven huge anterior and posterior burial mounds with a length of more than 200 meters, and together with the Mozu burial mounds in Sakai City Furuichi Kofun Cluster, it was registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site for the first time in Osaka Prefecture in the first year of Reiwa.

The shape of the burial mounds also varies.
◎ Keyhole-shaped "front and rear circle burial mound"
◎ A type of anterior-posterior burial mound with a shortened front part "Scallop-shaped burial mound"
◎ Rectangular "square tomb"
◎ The most common circular burial mound in Japan

Here are some of the burial mounds in Furuichi Kofun Cluster!
◎ Tsudoshiro Yamakofun
It is said to be the first huge burial mound built in Furuichi Kofun Cluster.
The length of the mound is 210 m, and in the Muromachi period, Oyama Castle was built using the topography of the burial mound.
At the nearby historical museum "Mahorashiroyama", excavated haniwa and earthenware are on display, so you can learn about the history of the burial mounds.

◎ Mausoleum of Emperor Chuai
Located about a 15-minute walk from Fujiidera Station, this huge burial mound is 245 meters long. Many cylindrical haniwa and figurative haniwa have been excavated from the mounds and hollows.
The burial mound is now covered with rich trees, and waterfowl gather in the surrounding moat, making it a spot where you can feel a relaxing time.

If you want to see the excavated items, we recommend IJsselschla Hall.
As an archaeological and history museum facility, the history exhibition room and the ancient archives room display many cultural properties, including the "Mizutorigata Haniwa", which is an important cultural property of Japan.
The exterior design of the building is based on the motif of a ship-shaped haniwa and shura excavated from Fujiidera City, and is characterized by the image of a ship that inherits history and sets sail into the future.

A recommended sightseeing plan for those who want to enjoy these burial mounds and shrines and temples together is the "Furuichi Kofun Cluster and Rokusha-ji Tour" held as a commemoration of Furuichi Kofun Cluster's registration as a World Cultural Heritage Site.
It is a collection of the mausoleum seals of the World Heritage "Furuichi Kofun Cluster" and the red seals of the venerable shrines and temples scattered throughout Fujiidera City and Habikino City, so you can enjoy sightseeing at Fujiidera Temple while feeling the history firsthand. Please try to collect all the red seals.

In this post, we mainly introduced the historical spots of Fujiidera City, but it is still only a small part of the tourist information of Fujiidera City.
We will continue to send out plenty of recommended information, gourmet information, event and festival information, so thank you!

Hello everyone! This is the Lake Mashu Tourism Association.
We will introduce many highlights and ways to enjoy Teshikaga in Hokkaido to everyone who watches the Cool Japan video!
First of all, do you know how to read "Teshikaga Town"?

This is read as "Teshikagacho".
Speaking of Hokkaido, Lake Mashu and Lake Kussharo are popular tourist spots visited by many tourists, but Teshikaga Town has Lake Mashu and Lake Kussharo.

Lake Mashu has deep blue water and is known as the Lake of Gods.
The blue surface of the water is called "Lake Mashu Blue" and boasts the highest transparency in the Japan and one of the best in the world.

To enjoy this beautiful lake, we recommend visiting the observatory.
Mashu Daiichi Observatory is the most popular observatory visited by 1 million people a year.
There is also a toilet and rest house in a large parking lot, so you can use it even for breaks.
The parking lots of the Mashu Third Observatory and the Uramashu Observatory are also free, and you can see the different faces of Lake Mashu.
From the Mashu 1st Observatory and the Mashu 3rd Observatory, if luck and weather conditions are good, the entire surface of Lake Mashu is covered with mist, and the accumulated mist can be seen as a "sea of clouds".

Lake Kussharo is one of the largest caldera lakes in the world and the largest caldera lake in Japan a lake where water accumulated in the crater after the volcano erupted.
There are many natural hot springs gushing out on the lakeside, so you can enjoy hot springs in open-air baths, saunas, and large hotels that make use of nature as it is.
In summer, you can also enjoy water sports such as camping, canoeing and yachting.
In Teshikaga Town, where nature spreads, you can also enjoy activities such as horse riding, golf, fishing, cycling, and dairy farming experience.

When you visit Teshikaga Town, please enjoy the specialties and gourmet food of Teshikaga Town.
There are many popular gourmet foods such as "Mashu Soba", which is said to be "phantom soba noodles" that are particular about quality, "Mashu Melon" that is in season in early ~ late August, potatoes packed with the blessings of the earth, "Mashu Pork" and "Mashu Wagyu" produced at Teshikaga's farm!

Teshikaga Town in Hokkaido is about 75 minutes by car from Kushiro Airport and about 70 minutes by car from Memanbetsu Airport, making transportation access convenient.
Please enjoy the great nature of Teshikaga Town.

From now on, we will deliver the charms and sightseeing information of Teshikaga Town, Lake Mashu and Lake Kussharo to everyone through the Cool Japan Video, so please follow us if you like!

How do you do! This is the Kimobetsu Tourism Association.
I would like to introduce the charm of Kimobetsucho, Hokkaido to everyone who watches the Cool Japan video.
This is my first post, so I will briefly introduce the history, sightseeing spots, and specialties of Kimobetsu Town!
In the future, we will introduce event information and recommended sightseeing spots in detail, so thank you.

Kimobetsu has a long history and is strongly influenced by Ainu culture.
The town's name is derived from the Ainu word "kim o betsu" mountainous river.
As the name suggests, Kimobetsu Town is home to 41 rivers of various sizes, including the Shiribetsu River and Kimobetsu River, and is located at the foot of Mt. Yotei, which is 1,898 meters above sea level, also known as "Ezofuji" because it is one of the 100 famous mountains and resembles Mt. Fuji, and is a town rich in nature that can be reached in about 1 hour and 30 minutes by car from Sapporo City.

The average annual temperature is relatively cold at 5.9°C, and even in areas with a lot of snowfall, snowfall of nearly 150 cm can occur, but agricultural products grown in a rich natural environment created by a climate with a large temperature difference between day and night are shipped to Japan Japan as a specialty of Kimobetsu Town, and have achieved rich development as one of the leading agricultural areas in Hokkaido.

In particular, "asparagus" is known as the place where full-scale cultivation begins in Japan. The magnificent size and crunchy yet soft texture and sweetness are exquisite, so please try the taste once!
In addition, Baron potatoes, which are of the best quality in the Japan, and corn, which has a strong sweetness, are also recommended as souvenirs.

In addition, "Roadside Station Boyo Nakayama" in Nakayama Pass has a restaurant where you can enjoy dishes made with local ingredients, including the famous "ageimo", and a shop selling local products.
From the inside of Kimobetsu Townspeople's Park, you can see both Mt. Yotei and Mt. Shiribetsu and feel the great nature of Kimobetsu Town.

In addition, in Kimobetsu Town, the "vacant house bank" system is actively being implemented as a migration initiative system carried out by the government.
This is an initiative to make effective use of vacant houses in Kimobetsu Town, and is used by people who wish to move or settle in Kimobetsu Town and those who stay regularly, leading to the revitalization of the town.
If you are considering moving to the rich nature, please take a look at the website of Kimobetsu Town.

Kimobetsu Town is a blend of rich nature, sightseeing spots, and history, and you can feel the slow passage of time.
You can get a pleasant peace away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Beautiful scenery that you have never known before, experiences you have never experienced before, and new encounters are waiting for you in Kimobetsu, Hokkaido.
We will continue to disseminate the charm of Kimobetsu Town, so please come and visit Kimobetsu Town!

Hello COOL JAPAN VIDEOS viewers.
This time Shakotan we would like to introduce Cape Kamui at the tip of the peninsula.

Cape Kamui, located a little over one and a half hours by car from Otaru, is designated as a Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park and is the only marine park in Hokkaido.

Just as the Ainu words "Shaku = Summer" and "Kotan = Village" came to be called "Shakotan", the summer scenery is wonderful, and the vivid blue sea has come to be called "Shakotan Blue".

If you walk along the 770-meter-long promenade "Charenka Path" from the parking lot of the cape, you can reach the tip in about 30 minutes, and you can see the surroundings 300 degrees from near the tip.
On the promenade "Charenka's Path" there is the legend of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

~Charenka Legend~
Charenka, the daughter of the chief who has strong feelings for Yoshitsune.
However, Yoshitsune left for the continent, and Charenka followed him to Cape Kamui, but Yoshitsune's ship went far offshore.
Charenka, who was grieving, threw herself into the sea with words of resentment, saying, "If you pass through here with a Japanese ship and a woman on board, you will capsize."
With sorrow and resentment, Charenka's body turned into Kamui Rock, and since then, whenever a ship carrying a woman approached the vicinity, it capsized, making Cape Kamui a place forbidden to women.
This rule continued until the early Meiji period.

There is still a "gate forbidden to women" on Cape Kamui, but now women can also go through that gate to the tip.
However, since Cape Kamui is originally a windy area, on days when winds of 13 meters or more blow, the gate forbidden to women is closed and it is not possible to go to the tip.

From June ~ July, the Ezo daylily flowers are in full bloom, and on foggy days, you can see a very fantastic scenery.

The cape, named Kamui, which means "god" in the Ainu language, has a very beautiful sunset and a superb view where you can feel the presence of the gods.

In 2004, the Shakotan Peninsula and Cape Kamui were selected as Hokkaido Heritage Sites.

It is a charming town "Assabu" located in the southern part of Hokkaido!

Hokkaido Assabu is focusing on migration and settlement, and we will help you make Assabu a new stage for your life!
In this first post, we will introduce Assabu's sightseeing spots, specialties, etc., as well as great deals on moving and settling in Assabu.

The Assabu of Hokkaido, which has a population of about 3,500, has low humidity throughout the year and abundant forests with moderate rainfall.
Since it is located in the south of Hokkaido, it is relatively warm compared to other areas in Hokkaido, and you can enjoy the atmosphere of the four seasons, and the weather is suitable for sightseeing and migration.

The highlight of Assabu is "Quail Dam Auto Campground Hatcham Forest".
The expansive green campsite is perfect for getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city and spending some quiet time in the great outdoors.
Gaze at the magnificent starry sky of Hokkaido and deepen your bonds with family and friends.
In addition, at the Tsuchibashi Nature Observation and Education Forest Reku no Mori, you can observe a wide variety of plants and small animals, and it is a spot that both adults and children can enjoy, such as field athletic recreation camps.

Don't miss the specialties of Assabu!
Assabu potato "Mae Quinn" is characterized by its unique sweetness and smooth texture, and farmers can enjoy the taste that has been painstakingly done.
In addition, Assabu's specialty "black bean tea" uses Assabu specialty large grain light black soybeans, which have rich flavor and excellent health benefits, which are loved by many people.
And Ezo Maitake mushrooms, a rare variety made only in Hokkaido, are characterized by their rich umami and high aroma, and can be used in a variety of dishes.
Although it will be easy, we have introduced the climate, sightseeing spots, gourmet and specialty information of Assabu!

Next, I will tell you about the migration and settlement information of Assabu.
The number of people who are considering moving to Assabu is increasing year by year.

Assabu has various systems in place to support migrants.
First, a migration experience program is offered, allowing you to experience life in the town temporarily.
Through this program, you can feel closer to the living environment and community of the town.

The Assabu also actively provides job information for migrants.
There are a wide range of occupations, from primary industries such as agriculture and forestry to the creation of new businesses that utilize local resources.
Migrants are provided with job placement tailored to their individual skills and experience, and can receive support to start a new career.

In addition, Assabu provides a variety of assistance schemes to support migrant livelihoods.
For example, there are substantial support to improve the quality of life, such as incentives for farmers, gifts for childbirth, and incentives for home ownership.

And Assabu nursery schools have a unique system called "Nursery School Study Abroad".
This program accepts families raising children who want to study at nursery schools from all over the country and temporarily spends time in the Assabu, so that the whole family can feel the vast nature, local life and culture.
Abundant nature, delicious food, a warm community and generous support await you.

Currently, many people want to move, but there is a problem that there is a shortage of housing such as vacant houses.
If there is anyone who can cooperate or help us to accept many immigrants and permanent residents with the aim of becoming "the most wonderful depopulated city in the world", please contact us!

In the future, we would like to send out great deals for Assabu migrants through this SNS!
Thank you in advance!

How do you do.
Niikappu Tourism Association.

Located in the central part of the Hidaka area in southern Hokkaido, Niikappu is an attractive town where you can enjoy the beautiful nature of the four seasons, unique sightseeing spots, and delicious gourmet food.
Niikappu is also known as a production area for famous horses such as "Hi Seiko" and "Narita Bryan", and it is also a cultural town where horses and music live together.

In COOL JAPAN VIDEOS's first post, we will introduce the charm of the thoroughbred and music town of Niikappu.

First of all, the weather in Niikappu is refreshing and pleasant in summer, and bitterly cold in winter, but there is relatively little snow.
In the four seasons of nature, you can refresh your mind and body.

At the Niikappu, you can enjoy fresh seafood and dishes made with local vegetables.
Please try local specialties such as peppers and asparagus, which boast the highest shipment volume in Hokkaido.
The bell pepper soft-serve ice cream sold at "Roadside Station Thoroughbred Road Niikappu" is also very popular.
In addition, the roadside station sells boxed sweets, cute horse goods, and handmade goods that are perfect for souvenirs, so you can experience the local taste and culture.

There are hotels in Niikappu where you can stay comfortably while watching the beautiful sunset over the Pacific Ocean.
Please spend a relaxing time in a quiet environment surrounded by nature.
There are also plenty of campsites, so you can enjoy the great nature of Hokkaido.
In particular, at the Judgekankan Forest Park, you can enjoy not only a campsite surrounded by nature, but also various activities such as Cape Judge with a view of the Pacific Ocean, a promenade, and field athletics.

In addition, the "Les Cords Museum", a tourist attraction that is irresistible for music lovers, exhibits antique records and musical instruments with historical value, and you can feel the historical value.
At the observation room of Yujun Tower in the center, you can enjoy the view of the Pacific Ocean and the city from a height of 25 meters above the ground while drinking coffee and other drinks, and spend a relaxing time by looking at exhibits such as souvenirs of racehorses produced in the Niikappu.

We will deliver information on Niikappu's attractive sightseeing spots, gourmet food, hotels, nature, etc. to everyone.