Awaji Island, Hyogo I went to see sea fireflies for the first time during summer Vacation. 😯 Impression

Saturday, August 17 — National Mountain-Stream Fishing Tournament 🎣🔥 Here’s another fishing tournament story 💪 Today the National Mountain-Stream Fishing Tournament took place on the Mikasokawa tributary of the Gokase River 🤩 This was the second time, following last year 👏 About 70 children and around 100 adults gathered at Mikasokawa — a great turnout 😚 Like at the Kuraoka fishing tournament, I was reminded that fishing is an activity for all ages and genders. So many people were enjoying themselves — it was wonderful 😳✨ This time the children also had a fish-catching event where they grabbed fish by hand 😆 Surprisingly, eels were mixed in, so both kids and the adults watching were fired up 🔥🔥🔥 The vibe was “Bring one back for sure!” 🤣 haha After the excitement there was weighing and an awards ceremony 🏆✨ There were awards for highest total catch from 1st to 3rd place, plus a separate big-fish prize 🙌 The 1st-place total-catch winner landed 4.16 kg of fish 🎉👏 That’s a bit more than two 2-liter PET bottles worth of fish 😲‼ Amazing 👏 Congratulations to the champion 😆💕 The big-fish prize went to a second-year junior high student who caught a hefty 34 cm fish and placed admirably 🤩 Where could such a big fish have been hiding?! Congratulations 🥳👏 The raffle afterward featured a row of luxurious prizes 🫢 With kids and adults smiling, the fishing tournament wrapped up 🙌 Now that Obon and the fishing tournament are over, the weather is slowly starting to cool… When it’s hot you want summer to end quickly, but once you sense its end you feel a bit wistful 😌 Let’s stay well and keep going strong despite Obon fatigue and the heat 🕺✨

Norikura Highlands Maime no Pond 2020.08.14 It's only 5 minutes from the parking lot, but it's a bear habitat Thereare bear-repellent sticks on the shore of the pond that make sounds. In 2020, there was not much water, but I was able to take a reflection. The stream stars were also captured, making it a great night.

Takaharu 0 yen market held in! !️ We are looking for sellers! 😆✨ You can participate as an individual or as a corporation! !️ Held in: September 15(Sunday)　 Venue: Around the Precincts of Narino Shrine ⛩️ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.　 Food, uniforms, gym clothes, clothes that have lost their minds, food with an expiration date (unopened) only, toys, games, etc. Instead of throwing away things that are no longer needed, we pass on the things that can be used to the next person who needs them! It is an initiative aimed at sustainability! !️😊 We hope that many sellers and visitors will come on the day! !️ Stalls, please contact us DM to official Account @miknsd1111

This photo shows a kusu tree in the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka. Every year in early summer, the kusu tree pushes out old leaves to produce new shoots. The kusu tree in this photo has been producing new shoots every year for 1,500 years and connecting life. It's a little different from seeing it in real life, but I hope it conveys the greatness and power of life.

Thursday, August 15 — Fishing Tournament in Kuraoka District🎣🔥 Today, Thursday, August 15, a fishing tournament took place in the Kuraoka district👏 About 350 kg of yamame and rainbow trout were released into the river🐟 The event opened with a fishing class for children🥳 The kids picked things up incredibly fast, and the adults watching around them kept saying, “Wow, this isn’t just ‘they’re good’… their casting spots are perfect…” in amazement🤣🤣🤣 The fish the children caught were grilled and eaten right away, just enough for each family🤤💕Fresh fish they had caught themselves must have tasted extra delicious🥰 After that came the adult fishing tournament💪! Veterans who know all the best spots and techniques kept reeling fish in one after another😯👏Truly impressive… They put away the caught fish so quickly that it was hard to capture good photos😂 While the adults fished earnestly, there was also a grab-and-catch contest for children…🫳🐟 Kids grabbed the slippery fish non-stop until there were none left, and some families ended up taking home full plastic bags of fish😂 Older elementary and middle school kids seemed put off by the sliminess, so the smaller children fearlessly caught the most — which was amusing to watch🤭✨ By midday, even the adults had nets full of fish🤣 The day ended with a raffle for luxurious prizes like sweets, daily necessities, and sake👏 This summer event, a family-friendly fishing tournament at the end of Obon, must have given participants a wonderful summer memory😌🌻

Sunflower An important flower that was also used for a child's name. I overlap the image of me growing towards the sun with my daughter. However, it was hot outside~ Let's all be careful of heat stroke and enjoy the photographic life to the fullest~

This is one at Bantaku Nada in Seto Towns, Nishiuwa-gun, Ehime Prefecture! The sunset is fantastic, I posted it.

The summer queen of hokkaido, shikisainooka is known for its magnificent views of multi colored flower fields. The blue sky adorned with white clouds makes the atmosphere more dramatic.

Hello everyone, this is the Shosenkyo Tourism Association. The forecast predicted rain today, but it mostly held off and only sprinkled a little. When the sun breaks through, the sunlight can be strong and temperatures rise. Please take a break in cool spots like around the fountains and enjoy your time.💡 #Shosenkyo #Mitake Shosenkyo #Ontake Shosenkyo #Yamanashi Prefecture #Yamanashi #Kofu City #Kofu #sightseeing #travel #Yamanashi trip #Yamanashi tourism

Chinda Falls (Chinda no Taki) – Kyushu, Oita Prefecture, Bungoono City Chinda Falls consists of the male fall on the main stream of the Ono River and the female fall on the Hirai River, a tributary. The male fall measures about 100 m across and 20 m high, while the female fall is about 10 m across and 18 m high. The rocks that form Chinda Falls were deposited by the pyroclastic flows from the great eruption of Mount Aso approximately 90,000 years ago. The site is also famous because Sesshū, the ink-painting master active during the Muromachi period, visited and painted “Chinda Waterfall.” Near the falls lie the remains of an old hydroelectric power station built in the Meiji era. Location: Yata, Onocho, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture Parking available

Baikoan Located in Tsukigase, Nara, Baikoan is Japan’s sole maker of karoubai (processed plum) that has preserved a production method passed down there for about seven hundred years without alteration. Karoubai refers to processed ume fruit, introduced to Nara as a medicine some 1,300 years ago by envoys to Sui and Tang China. Around seven hundred years ago, during the Nanbokucho period, it reached Tsukigase as a mordant for safflower dyeing. From the late Edo period through the early Meiji era, karoubai reached its heyday as a mordant for cosmetic red dye, and some 400 karoubai workshops operated, but demand plunged after the invention of chemical dyes. By the early Showa era only a few producers remained; after the war Baikoan became the sole manufacturer and continues to this day. Baikoan cultivates plums, rice, and vegetables and processes food across 30,000 square meters of verdant land and rich nature. Although the plums in Tsukigase were originally planted to make karoubai, the sight of plum trees in full bloom reflected on the valley and river of the Satsukigawa captivated people and made this area Japan’s first officially designated scenic spot. During the plum festival from February through the end of March, our shop offers dining and hanami from scenic box seats filled with the scent of plum. In Reiwa 6 (2024) we built the Nara Beni Workshop. This Japanese-style building incorporates traditional Japanese craftsmanship throughout. Inside the workshop, where you can feel delicate, advanced techniques and Japanese aesthetics, visitors can experience safflower dyeing using karoubai. We hope the experience becomes an opportunity to rediscover the wonders of Japanese culture. Watching the ever-changing colors of nature and the early-morning sea of clouds spreading across the Tsukigase valley can create the illusion of being in a plum paradise. Early spring light, tranquil fresh greens, the bounty of autumn, the scents of winter. We live and work with the seasons in the strict yet warm nature of Tsukigase.

Isehara Flower Update 2024.8.14 *Sunflower field at Kushibashi along the Odakyu Line🌻* The sunflowers in the Kushibashi area, which draw many visitors every day hoping to photograph them with the Romancecar, have bowed their heads and passed their peak. Next month, we look forward to the red spider lilies in the Hyuga area!! *Photo from past red spider lily seasons in the Hyuga area*

Perseid meteor shower taken at Lake Shoji When the sun went down, there was no wind and the reflection was beautiful.

Hello! This is the Shosenkyo Gorge Tourism Association. Today was a clear, pleasant day. It’s a season to fully enjoy the blue sky, green trees, and the beauty of nature. Take care to avoid heatstroke and sunburn by drinking water regularly and applying sunscreen so you can have a great time! #Shosenkyo Gorge #Mitake Shosenkyo #Mitake Shosenkyo #Yamanashi Prefecture #Yamanashi #Kofu City #Kofu #tourism #travel #Yamanashi trip #Yamanashi sightseeing

Cycling Guide Tour – Fruit Sweets Plan Cycle while taking in the beautiful scenery of the Ina Valley 🚴 We chose roads with little traffic and great views whenever possible! Pick peaches in the peach orchards 🍑 Afterward, move to a local eatery, Cafe & Dining en, for a refreshing peach shaved ice 🍧 Thank you for joining us!

Penglai Bridge It is said to be the world's most "Nagaiki Bridge" It's a combination of "long life" and "long trees"

Summer Sky and Mt. Kamagatake From the gondola of the Mt. Gozaisho Ropeway. Komono Towns, Mie Prefecture

【Friday, August 9 — Yoichi Okumura’s Toybox-Like Solo Exhibition 🧸🪁⭐】 You may have noticed his soft, rounded sculptures around town — at Furutono Shrine, the winery, Chuo Nursery School, and other spots — catching your eye with their gentle presence. The artist behind those works, Yoichi Okumura, is holding a solo exhibition in the assembly hall at Furutono Shrine while continuing his studio practice through the summer.✨ Although he usually lives in Miyazaki City, he stays in Gokasecho for about 40 days each summer, and this year marks his 28th season here.😯💡 Each visit he places works somewhere around Furutono Shrine, so roughly 28 pieces are now hidden around the grounds.😆 Finding them all is said to be quite a challenge…😏 The owl in the third photo is still unfinished, but it will join the collection at Furutono Shrine this year. A treasure-hunt-style stroll around the shrine sounds like fun.😊 His sculptures brim with playfulness: sometimes they carry a single color accent, other times they wear bold hues, and sometimes the stone’s natural color becomes part of the piece’s charm. Using a 6 mm chisel, he essentially paints on the stone with tiny dots — the detail is astonishingly delicate. He also paints, producing gentle, picture-book-style illustrations — truly lovely work.😌 (He has actually published a picture book.) Okumura said that whenever he makes work in Gokasecho he can’t help adding stars to them. The Gokase night sky finds its way into his pieces.⭐👏 We were able to observe him working; the scene felt like he was breathing life into the stone, conversing with each piece as he shaped it. The unworked stones placed near him seemed eager to be made into something, as if quietly asking to be transformed.😊✨ He will remain in Gokase through the end of August, so please consider visiting while you can.🙌 He will also hold a solo exhibition at gallery roof for in Miyazaki City from October 16 to 20. If you have the chance, do go see it.😌

2024.6.27.(Thursday) Solo traveler in Sarushima It was a yellowtail worldview Impression that recent smartphones are too high level

Hello, this is Gen. It's August, and the heat has been building day by day—how is everyone doing? At the top of Shosenkyo Gorge waterfall, we've prepared wind chimes to bring you a little coolness and blow this heat away.😃 The sound of these wind chimes is pure and calming, and it can guide brain waves into the alpha range to produce a relaxing effect. Because their frequencies match sounds like babbling streams and birdsong, people perceive them as soothing.‼️ Traditionally, their sound has also been said to ward off evil and purify, removing negative energy and improving luck and fortune.‼️ The hot days continue, but if you have the time and leisure, please come to Shosenkyo to cool off.‼️ We look forward to seeing you.✌️

Use the interval in my life of re-job hunting, I went to "Kirishima Jingu Shrine" in Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture! For some reason, I was afraid to take pictures in the Precincts, so I didn't have a photo that was important Kirishima Jingu Shrine, but I and a scene that I thought was wonderful. Normally, I favorite moss in a dim mountain stream covered with trees, but the green of the moss that was painfully illuminated was crisp and I thought, "This is this...". Summer Magic?? This summer, when I have time, I'm looking forward to earning beautiful greenery with my feet.

🛶 Let's go on an adventure at Jozankei during summer vacation! There is a in Sapporo City, but in the beautiful Jozankei Valleys surrounded by forests in the immediate vicinity Squid about canoeing, sup, boating, etc. In the summer, it shines in the deep greenery, in the autumn it is a colorful Autumn leaves, and you will walk through the beautiful scenery of the Valleys, surrounded by forests, such as the cliffs and bridges that span it. The Toyohira River has an average depth of about 1 m and a gentle stream, and with lectures by experienced guides, it is popular as an Activities that beginners, children, and dogs can easily enjoy with peace of mind. Reservation Information Check out the official Jozankei Tourist Association website! Let's enjoy the short summer of Hokkaido at Jozankei! After playing in the river, Hot Spring and Sauna await!

2024.8.2.(Friday) Solo traveler in Tokyo Sunflower fields 🌻🌻 in Kasai Rinkai Park It looks too good on the Ferris wheel

Stay at inns, Meals, and fishing near Mikuni Mr./Ms. Set Beach! Hidden inn by the sea "Mikuni Retreat" (Inkyojo) The entertainment area of the sailors of the Kitamae Ship, which existed in the Edo period, has been revived as an auberge in modern times! Squid would you like to make summer memories in such a historic place? ☀ First of all, the inn 🏠 With a single-building charter plan (55,000 yen including tax), it is very popular 🙌 for families and groups traveling. There are 3 twin type rooms, and in the spacious bathroom, you can Fun the Japanese cypress bath flowing from the Minamoto spring. In April ~ August, dinner can be changed to Barbecue! The sunset seen from the terrace is truly spectacular 🌅 Popular plan, so make your reservation as soon as possible! And here is what I will introduce in the Meals menu this time ↓ 🍽️ 🌟 "Wakame Somen" (1,000 yen including tax) Somen made by kneading natural wakame seaweed into the noodles is good for the throat and very easy to eat. It is additive-free, coloring-free, and gentle on the body! 🌟 "Bite fillet cutlet gozen" (1,600 yen including tax) Popular set for women using Fukui Hakusan pork tenderloin. It is 😋 bite-sized, easy to eat, and voluminous and satisfying One of a kind The crab gratin in the set has a rich and creamy taste! Instead, it seems that there are days when it comes with steamed teacups, so Fun ✨ Of course, there are 🦀 many other attractive menus such as Kaisen Donburi and crab gozen In addition, there are various 🐠 experience programs for each season In the fishing experience, you can 🍽️ also eat the fish you catch at a partner restaurant By all means, please enjoy 💕 the various charms of Fukui's summer at Mikuni's retreat Ｓ 📍 Mikuni Retreat (@mikuniinkyojo) ※Instagram 〒913-0056 Fukui Sakai City Mikuni Town inn 3-7-22 Tel：0776-82-8558 #Mikuni Hideout #Fukui Gourmet #Fukui Tourism #Mikuni #Wakame Somen #Tojinbo #Seafood #Kaisen Donburi #Fillet Katsu #Bite Fillet Katsu Gozen #Somen #Mikuni Mr./Ms. Set Beach #Mikuni ࿐·˖✶࿐·˖✶࿐·˖✶࿐·˖✶࿐·˖✶࿐·˖✶࿐·˖✶ In the middle 💘 of the charm of Fukui Prefecture Click here for ▶ past post@dmo.sakai ※Instagram

I Went to See the Ice Tunnel The last Sunday in July was the annual day the ice tunnel opened to the public! After a long heatwave and heavy rain a few days earlier, the organizers went to check on the tunnel just before the event to make sure it still existed. Compared with other years, some of the ice nearer the entrance had melted, so visitors picked their way—sometimes through the riverbed—toward the ice deeper inside. Even as we climbed over uneven ground and logs, cool air flowed up from the river, making it refreshingly chilly! I spent the day enjoying the coolness with a friend who had come along for the occasion, then we headed home. We rode a shuttle bus from town, so the trip there and back felt easy and relaxing—enough time for a nap. (*'▽') I’m already looking forward to next year’s opening day! #Nishiokoppe Village #Event #Summer #Ice Tunnel #Chamber of Commerce Youth Division #Cool Retreat #Refreshing

Friday, August 2 — The grapes of Gokase Wine🍇✨ Today, while I was out, I visited a local vineyard in town and had a look at the grapes🍇📸! The variety in the photos is Niagara🍷 Large clusters of plump berries hung everywhere, and they looked so beautiful🥹👏 In the fifth photo, the sunlight shines through the grapes so they look translucent😲—they have a jewel-like beauty👏 Though these berries aren’t fully ripe yet, their fresh green color feels cool, and the vineyard somehow looked stylish to me😳✨ They’ll grow riper and the fragrance will start to float through the air…😌💕 I was told that the earliest varieties will begin to be harvested starting this month… I’m already looking forward to the grapes and the wine🤤🍇✨

December 20, 2024 Gokase Highland Ski Resort OPEN🎉 On Thursday, August 1, at Gokasecho Town Hall, a press announcement confirmed that Gokase Highland Ski Resort is scheduled to open this season👏✨ The access road to the ski resort collapsed in the 2022 typhoon and became impassable, forcing Gokase Highland Ski Resort to close for two seasons. At last this season! “The winter of revival begins.” 🥳🎉 Under the banner “Reopen – Reunite –” we look forward to reuniting with many people from inside and outside the town, from other prefectures, and from abroad 🥰 Let’s enjoy this winter at the ski resort ⛷️🏂✨ OPEN dates: December 20, 2024 – early March Hours: 8:00–16:30

Dawn of Hoshitoge 2024.08.04 The sun came up and the light poured into the rice terraces. The morning dew was also shining.

Sunflower Field at Kushihashi Along the Odakyu Line in Full Bloom 🌻 2024.8.5 The Vincent Orange variety has grown to about 2 m tall and is blooming vigorously under the blue sky. You can also see it from Odakyu Line trains between Isehara Station and Tsurumaki-Onsen Station. A sunflower field stretches out before you with Mt. Oyama as a backdrop. Don’t miss the chance to capture it with an Odakyu train in the frame. Please take photos from the train deck! Blow the heat away! Come see this burst of summer energy! *Be sure to take measures against heatstroke, and be careful of vehicles on the narrow farm roads.* 〈Access〉 * Bus (services are infrequent, so please check in advance.) From Tsurumaki-Onsen Station, take the Mak11 bus toward Isehara Shako for about 3 minutes and get off at Kushihashi-shita. From there it’s about a 7-minute walk (550 m); enter at the curve opposite Myozoji Temple. * 25-minute walk from Tsurumaki-Onsen Station. * By car ・About 20 minutes (8.7 km) from Shin-Tomei Atsugi-Minami IC ・About 10 minutes (4 km) from Shin-Tomei Isehara-Oyama IC