Night cherry blossom illumination is now on near Iwanai Shrine Street and Kunsuien! This is a new event starting this year🌸 Also, today, April 29, a tour of Kunsuien will be held. Kunsuien is one of the villas owned by wealthy merchant Ichitaro Umezawa, who served as Iwanai’s first mayor. It features a single-story wooden house built around 1920 (Taisho 9) and a Japanese garden developed between 1897 (Meiji 30) and around 1913 (Taisho 2). Full restoration began in fiscal 2021 (Reiwa 3), and the work is finally complete this year! A pre-opening runs from April 30, 9:00–17:00. Illumination of this site also starts on May 3, so please enjoy it together with the night cherry blossom lighting. If you visit Iwanai-cho, please be sure to stop by.

Tulips are a timeless beauty. With their vibrant colors, graceful shapes, and subtle fragrances, they have become one of the most beloved flowers in the world. During my visit to Toyama, I went to the Nyuzen flower field, one of the largest tulip fields in Japan. The field boasts a fantastic backdrop of Snowcapped northern Alps.

Koyasan Trail: In the Yagiyama settlement (Yaki-yama) upstream of the Iwashina River, people once burned the mountain to clear land, so it came to be called “Yaki-yama.” From that settlement, a three-kilometer walk into the mountains brings you to a hidden, tranquil realm where sheer cliffs of strange rock rise along a mountain stream. This place is called Koyasan. Long ago it served as a practice site for shugendo ascetics of Shingon esoteric Buddhism, and many stone Buddhist statues stand here. ☆A legendary site linked to a famous priest☆ There is even a legend that Kobo Daishi once visited this place but left because the smell of fertilizer from nearby fields was impure and the valley was not deep enough; he later went to Kishu (Wakayama Prefecture) and established Mount Koya. Supporting that tale, a practice site called “Enma Shingyo” on the cliff’s mid-slope once enshrined a statue of Kobo Daishi, though it has since been relocated to Eizen-ji Temple in Yagiyama. In the late Edo period, a monk named Taizen trained at Enma Shingyo, traveling to nearby villages to perform prayers. His reputed spiritual powers earned him the honorific title O-Daishi, and his devotees grew to some 200 people. When he left the area, he left sutras and priestly robes with the local Taguchi family as mementos. The family preserved a written box inscription noting that Taizen was from Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture), that he visited in the first year of Tenpo (1830) to enshrine a likeness of Kobo Daishi, that he stayed in retreat for about a year, and that many followers gathered. Another tradition says that during the Kenkyu era (1190–1199), the priest Mongaku also stayed here in retreat; when he tried to leave after completing his training, wild roses tangled in his robes and would not let him go. Mongaku then returned to the rock cave and continued his practice. Since then, locals have called those wild roses “Mongaku roses.”

It's a pity that the leaves and cherry blossoms were in a very nice place in Hyogo Prefecture, but next year

Cherry blossoms in Unkawa, Inami Town, Hyogo Prefecture It was 😀 fun to go on a date with the two of you for the first time in a long time

Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture "Tamoyan Sakura" It seems that it will be beautifully maintained with the cooperation of the local community, and it will be 😌 promoted such as Google maps from now on

Cherry blossoms in Unkawa, Inami Town, Hyogo Prefecture This place is always healing, and it was 😌 crowded with many people on this day

In the past, I often saw astragalus fields dyed pink, but recently I have seen them less and less. At that time, I found a place where the astragalus and the yellow flowers blooming in the field were blooming together, and I took a picture. I hope that this kind of scenery will remain forever as a spring landscape in Japan.

Cherry blossoms 🌸 that you can't see anymore The school 🥺✨ building was demolished a while ago and can never be seen again

Despite being adjacent to Tokyo, Saitama prefecture is often overlooked by tourists. However, this prefecture has a lot to offer with its mesmerizing natural beauty. Currently, Kita Asaba Sakura Zutsumi is gaining attention, thanks to photographers who have captured its beauty. I visited this place last year, but this year, I witnessed the astonishing view of the pink sakura rows against the backdrop of the snow-capped mountains.

Sakura Tsuzumi Corridor in Ono City, Hyogo Prefecture The water in the rice field was reflected and beautiful 😌.

Ayabeyama Ume Plum Forest, Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture There is 😀 a superb view of Ume plums as far as the eye can see here

Ayabeyama Ume Plum Forest, Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture The Ume plum juice here for a short time is also delicious and highly recommended 😀

Ayabeyama Ume Plum Forest, Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture A famous place where Ume plums are in full bloomI have visited this place several times in spring, and the scent of the Ume plums and the view of the sea from the hill are the best 😀

It is located in Yamazaki Town, Shiso City, Hyogo Prefecture Married couple cherry blossoms that's what we call them at home Night at your favorite place I wanted to see it, so I visited and lit 😌 it up

There are two large cherry blossoms in Yamazaki-cho, Shiso City, Hyogo Prefecture, and there is no name for the place where I happened to find them by car, so my family calls these two cherry blossoms the couple's cherry blossoms, and there is a chair made of stumps under them, which is a place of relaxation, and it is my favorite place 😌 to see cherry blossoms before There is an atmosphere that can be called spring in Japan, and it is a scene that I want to connect to the future.

Cherry blossoms in Manfukuji Temple, Shiso City, Hyogo Prefecture The cherry blossoms here are also in an old-fashioned temple that is not well known, and it is recommended because it is 😀 a hidden gem

Cherry blossom trees in Kumogawa, Inami Town, Hyogo Prefecture On this day, I had a date 😌 with my mom Before going to see the cherry blossoms, I prayed at the shrine and as you can see from the background, the wheat was 😀 also beautiful

Cherry blossom trees in Unkawa, Inami Town, Hyogo Prefecture "Feel the spring" I 😌 feel spring On this day, I went on a date 😌 with my mom and it felt good to take a walk

Rows of cherry blossom trees in Unkawa, Inami Town, Hyogo Prefecture On this day, I had a date 😌 with my mom and it was pleasant to take a walk

Cherry blossom trees in Unkawa, Inami Town, Hyogo Prefecture On this day, I went on a date 😌 with my mom It was 😀 nice to take a walk

Cherry blossom trees in Unkawa, Inami Town, Hyogo Prefecture It is photographed with the river in it. It's a standard composition here, but I wanted to take a different picture from the others, so I took a walk and looked at it, and I dared to go into the river and see the bridge with a telephoto and the cherry blossoms were very beautiful, so 🌸 I personally liked 😌 this composition of my mom standing on the bridge

Akita prefecture is a breathtaking destination that boasts of magnetic wilderness and a perfect climate for growing the most delicious apples you have ever tasted. During my recent visit to the Yokote Kamakura Festival, my eyes were caught by the sight of sugar-coated, bright-red Akita apples that looked incredibly tempting. Without second thoughts, I grabbed one and took a bite. The sweetness was unlike anything I had ever tasted before, and it left me craving for more. It was truly an exhilarating experience!

A vegetable seller I met when I went to Wakayama Prefecture The radishes that were in my aunt's shop. The lively radishes, Auntie It seems that he drew it. Too cute! I'm relieved that it's a good Japanese scenery.

When humans team up with nature to create something, it becomes more intriguing. The Lake Shikotsu ice festival is a perfect example of this. Hokkaido's crystal clear water lake serves as the primary source for crafting marvelous ice sculptures.

Nature creates some of the astonishing wonders just like this. This huge snow wall is breathtakingly stunning. This time I visited lake shikotsu ice festival. Amazingly beautiful.

At Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture "Mishima Shrine Festival" Annual local festivals It is a rural festival where the population decline is unstoppable, but only at this time, it is more crowded than Shin lodging Station in the rush to go home It's a Japanese landscape that I don't want to lose

Norn minakami is a flower paradise situated in Minakami, Gunma. Many daffodils and tulip blooms here. On backdrop a snow capped Japanese alps also can be seen. A really a memorable experience.

It is a beautiful bamboo forest in a park in Yokohama.