Introducing the first Sake Tourism tour 😊

On Saturday, November 29th, join “Experience the Blessings of Grapes!! Winery Tour and Grape Dyeing Workshop.”

At Tokachi Makiba-no-Ie Winery, learn the winemaking process and taste three different wines.

Afterwards, visit the dye studio nosome to try dyeing with grape canes and clusters left over from wine production at Tokachi Makiba-no-Ie Winery, and enjoy a moment that connects you with the cycle of the grape’s bounty.

nosome has long extracted dyes from agricultural waste and used them for dyeing.
Why not upcycle items languishing in your dresser by grape-dyeing them and create something truly one of a kind?


https://tokachibare.jp/sake-museum/news/taxi-tour01/

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Amakusa Area designation within Unzen-Amakusa National Park on July 20, 2026, the two-day cycling event "Amakusa Round! Amaichi Granfondo 2025" will be held in Amakusa 🚴
Granfondo is an Italian term for long-distance cycling events. Rather than racing the clock, participants ride at their own pace, enjoy rest and meals at aid stations, and take in spectacular views on this relaxed cycling event♪

Event Overview
Dates: December 13 (Sat)–December 14 (Sun), 2025
Location: Amakusa area, Kumamoto Prefecture (Amakusa City, Kami-Amakusa City, Reihoku)
Capacity: Up to 200 riders per day, totaling 400 riders over two days. Applications accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Courses:
(1) Shimashima Trial Course
Saturday, December 13, 2025. Start and finish at Tomioka Port in Reihoku. A roughly 140-km route around Amakusa Shimashima (Amakusa City and Reihoku) for 30 riders experienced in cycling around the Amakusa area.
(2) Shimashima Main Course
Saturday, December 13, 2025. Start and finish at Tomioka Port in Reihoku. A roughly 80-km route around Amakusa Shimashima (Amakusa City and Reihoku) for 170 riders.
(3) Kamishima Course
Sunday, December 14, 2025. Start and finish at the Hiwado Regional Promotion Center, Kami-Amakusa City Hall. A roughly 80-km route around Amakusa Kamishima (Amakusa City and Kami-Amakusa City) for 200 riders.

For registration details and more information, search for "Amaichi Gran" and visit the event website provided by Local Gain Co., Ltd. (080-7577-2505), or check the announcements section on our company website!
Why not spend this December enjoying Reihoku’s food and nature while having a refreshing cycling experience around Amakusa?
E-bike rentals are also available, so please take a look!

🍅✨[New Release!]✨🍅

Announcing the launch of "Kimobetsu Tomato Liqueur"!

This liqueur uses fresh tomatoes carefully grown by Takaha Farm in town. It contains a generous 50% tomato juice, creating a fruity liqueur.

Made possible with the cooperation of Hori Store, Yoichi Liqueur Factory, JA Shinotaru, and Kimobetsu Tourism Association, this is the taste of Kimobetsu! Serve chilled and enjoy neat. Please try it once 😊

Available at Seven-Eleven Kimobetsu Town Store and Kimobetsu Tourism Association

Reihoku Sunset Marche — November Event Notice📣
This is the announcement for the Reihoku Sunset Marche taking place in November♪

👀Highlights of this edition of the Sunset Marche👀
❣Reihoku Sunset Marche will feature agricultural products, processed foods, and prepared dishes from Reihoku. This time it will be held on the same day as the 10th anniversary and olive harvest thanksgiving festival of the neighboring Fukuda Family Olive Orchard.❣

We look forward to seeing everyone 😊 Don’t forget to bring your own shopping bag 🛍✨
🙇Please note that parking is expected to be crowded, so you may also use the Chamber of Commerce parking lot.🙇

【Planned produce for sale】

・Cucumbers
・Rice (new crop, late-season)
・Taro
・Sweet potatoes
・Zucchini
・Onions
・Mikan (mandarin oranges)
・Cherry tomatoes
・Peanuts
・Lettuce (sunny, leaf)

🥦🍅🥕🍠🥬🧅🫑🌽🌶🫛🍆🫚🥔
Reihoku Sunset Marche
【Date】Sunday, November 9, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM
【Venue】Amakusa Reihoku Tourism Association (general incorporated association)
※Reihoku Town Product Center facility (4535-1 Kamitsufukae, Reihoku)

Grab a Tokachi Sake Travel Book and tour Tokachi’s wineries and breweries to collect original labels!!

What is the Tokachi Sake Travel Book?
It’s a keepsake booklet you use while touring Tokachi to collect and enjoy each winery’s and brewery’s original labels.

There are four ways to enjoy the Sake Travel Book😍

1️⃣ Tour and enjoy
The booklet introduces Tokachi’s wineries and breweries, places to drink, shops to buy from, and accommodations where you can drink and stay. Savor the drinks as you make this your Tokachi tour book.

2️⃣ Collect and enjoy
When you purchase one or more bottles (any brand) at participating wineries or breweries, present the Sake Travel Book at the register to receive that winery’s or brewery’s original label as a gift🎁🎁
There are six designs inspired by each winery’s or brewery’s features😊
The booklet includes pages where you can stick each label✨
Make it your label-collecting book.

📌Participating wineries and breweries
📍Tokachi Wine (Ikeda Wine Castle)
📍Tokachi Makiba no Ie Winery
📍Tokachigaoka Winery
📍Memuro Winery
📍Aizawa Winery
📍Hekiun Kura

3️⃣ Record and enjoy
Write down your trip notes, the drinks you tried, and the snacks or dishes you paired them with to create your own memory book.

4️⃣ Read and enjoy
Read the tourism information about Tokachi’s drinks to learn more about the region.

The Tokachi Sake Travel Book is distributed free of charge, so please pick one up and take a look🤗
The booklet and label distribution run from November 1 to February 20.


https://tokachibare.jp/sake-museum/news/saketabi-techo/

Made in Sakai Fair 2025
📣 This weekend, on Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th…
Made in Sakai Fair 2025 will take place✨
It’s a fun event packed with the best of Sakai🙌

You might be able to buy a whole Chinese cabbage for 200 yen⁉️
That popular shop everyone’s talking about in Sakai and beloved sweets will gather in one place!🍴
There will also be cool fire trucks and police vehicles on display😮
Enjoy many hands-on activities like pop-up postcard making and tenugui (hand towel) dyeing!!
There are lots of great finds, so please come by 🤗

🎈Made in Sakai Fair 2025
📍Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center Event Hall and other venues
📅 Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9, 10:00–16:00 (rain or shine)
🚃 Access: 5-minute walk from Nakamozu Station
※ Please use public transportation such as trains or buses to reach the event venue.

🔍 For details, search for “Made in Sakai Fair”!

https://madeinsakai.com/

🍂A Model Course to Savor Autumn Flavors🍂 🔸—Moat Area Central Section—🔸

The season for hearty autumn eating has finally arrived! ⋈😊⋈
Sakai’s Moat Area is full of not only tourist attractions but also shops serving seasonal sweets made with fluffy chestnuts, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and autumn gourmet dishes featuring mushrooms like matsutake. 🌰🧡
Here we present a short model course to enjoy autumn gourmet food and sightseeing in the Moat Area central section. ⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"A course to visit shrines, temples, and shopping streets while enjoying autumn flavors (Central Area)"
① Ako Shrine ( @aguchijinja_official_ )
↓
② Sakai Yamanokuchi Shopping Street
↓
③ Taste the season: autumn flavors 🌰✨
・Rosier ( @rosier_fruits Mont Blanc parfait)
・D..labo ( @d_labo_ice Muscat parfait)
・Tenjinmochi ( @tenjinmochi Steamed chestnut yokan)
・Maruichi Confectionery ( @maruichikashiho Chestnut zenzai)
・SAKAINOMA ( @sakainoma Mushroom bagel sandwich)
・Cafe Lapin (mushroom stew hamburger, etc.)
↓
④ Myokokuji Temple

🔍For details, search for “Taste the Season: Autumn Flavors Special”!
🔗https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96
https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

🍁Autumn Flavors Model Course🍁 ◽️– Moat Area, Southern Section –◽️

The season for hearty appetites has finally arrived! ୨୧😊୨୧
Sakai’s Moat Area is home not only to sightseeing spots but also to many shops offering autumn sweets made with fluffy chestnuts, sweet potatoes and pumpkin, as well as mushroom dishes featuring matsutake. 🌰🍱💛
Here is a short model course for enjoying autumn cuisine and attractions in the Moat Area’s southern section. ⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"A Route Tracing Rikyu’s Connections and Autumn Flavors (Southern Section)"
① Sakai Rishō no Mori (@rishonomori)
↓
② 868 Building (@hachirokuhachi)
↓
③ Savor Seasonal Autumn Flavors🌰✨
・Mimiu Sakai (shrimp and mushroom tempura soba)
・BLUE KETTLE (baked sweets: sweet potato, chestnut, pumpkin)
・Ume no Hana Sakai Rishō no Mori branch (special autumn kaiseki)
↓
④ Nanshu-ji Temple

🔍For details, search "Spotlight on Seasonal Autumn Flavors"!
🔗https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96


https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

🍂Autumn Flavors Model Course🍂 🔸— Moat Area, North —🔸

The season for hearty appetites has finally arrived! ❊😊❊
Sakai’s Moat Area is full of shops offering not only tourist attractions but also sweets made with freshly roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin, plus autumn gourmet dishes featuring matsutake and other mushrooms. 🌰🤎
Here is a short model course (Moat Area, North) to enjoy autumn flavors and sightseeing⋆⸜ ⚘ ⸝⋆

📍"Ironworking History and Autumn Flavors Course"
1. Sakai Denshokan ( @sakaidensan )
↓
2. SAKAINOMA PLAZA Yanagi ( @sakainoma )
↓
3. Savor the Season’s Autumn Flavors🌰✨
・Tsuboichi Tea Main Shop ( @saryo.tsuboichi — chestnut parfait )
・Rosier Yanagi ( @rosier_fruits — autumn selected mixed parfait )
・Zelkova Shokudo ( @zelkova_shokudo — healthy lunch )
・Asahido Confectionery ( best in Senshu )
・Sorori ( @__sorori__ — Naruto Kintoki sweet potato )
↓
4. Teppou Blacksmith Residence ( @sakaimachiyamuseums )

🔍Search for "Savor the Season’s Autumn Flavors Special" for details!
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96



https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

Photographed 10/27/25.
This is a hot sandwich set from LEC COFFEE.
Lettuce, bacon, hot sandwich with fried egg, salad, Butter nut pumpkin soup.

A long three-day weekend is coming soon✨
This time, we introduce autumn events and traditional festivals held in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture!✨

🔽🔽🔽We’ve picked five highlights to help you plan your three-day weekend outing!🔽🔽🔽

1⃣ The 32nd Bingi Tojo “Otoori” Parade
Date and Time: Until Sunday, November 2, 2025, starting at noon (12:00)
Location: Starting at Tojo Elementary School Ground
About: Known as the “Otoori,” this event has been organized by the Otoori Preservation and Promotion Association since 1993. The procession features a daimyo procession, warrior procession, and groups carrying horo and hanawarabe, presenting each year in early November a bold and splendid historical pageant.

Event details URL: https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5310
Highlights: https://www.shobara-info.com/report/4841

2⃣ The 18th Taishaku Autumn Leaves Festival
Date and Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025, 10:00–15:00
Location: Taishaku Community Promotion Center
About: A commemorative project for the 20th anniversary of Shobara City’s municipal merger!
Music Plaza
10:15 Niimi Wind Ensemble
11:15 Shobara City 20th Anniversary Stage Part 1 — Ryo Sasaki
12:15 Stage Part 2 — Issei Minami
13:30 Kendama performance
14:00 Singing contest
14:45 Lottery
*Performance times may vary slightly.

Food Plaza
Frankfurters, fried chicken, beef udon, sweet red-bean soup (zenzai), grilled chicken skewers, french fries, yakisoba, beef bowl, teppan-grilled game meat, vegetable tempura, deep-fried maple leaf-shaped cakes, croquettes, coffee, Yotsuba Kobo cookies, sale of locally fresh vegetables, local products, earthenware bells, and a shooting game stall.
Details URL: https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5322

3⃣ Autumn Beef Terrace | Taishakukyo Scola Plateau
Date and Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025, 10:00–15:00
Location: Spice Hall 2F Open Terrace
About: An event where you can enjoy the elusive Jinseki beef at reasonable prices.

Barbecue Set
Set Includes:
Jinseki beef, vegetables, and rice balls

Also happening:
Minna no Marche Hiroshima (market stalls)
Details URL: https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5317

4⃣ Tojo Whole-Town Festival
Date and Time: Monday, November 3, 2025 (National Holiday), 12:00–20:30
Location: Tojo Station and surrounding facilities and downtown areas
About: Besides a music event on the platform inside Tojo Station, the festival offers art and cultural programs that make use of the town’s historic streetscape, bringing together the charm of the Geibi Line and Tojo Town.

Details URL: https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5341

5⃣ The 22nd Children’s Festival
Date and Time: Monday, November 3, 2025 (National Holiday), 10:00–14:00
Location: National Bihoku Hillside Park North Entrance, Satoyama Station Shobara Furari
About: A children’s festival spreading smiles across the Bihoku Hills—everyone gather for the Children’s Festival!
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Shobara City’s merger, the stage will feature a Remick🎶 concert!
Enjoy hands-on experiences, crafts, and a stamp rally!

Details URL: https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5338

📢 Happening this Sunday: Ebisu-jima Cote Riviere 🇫🇷

🍁 Come relax by the river in Ebisu-jima and enjoy shopping for antique goods, tasting gourmet treats, and listening to live music.

📅 Date and Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025, 10:00–16:00
📍 Venue: Ebisu-jima DOCK
Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Kushiyacho-nishi 1-1 west side, west of Xavier Park, riverside of Uchikawa
🚃 Access: About a 10-minute walk from Nankai Line Sakai Station; about a 5-minute walk from Hankai Line Hanadakuchi Station
🚩 Organizer: sakainoma

🔍 For event details, check @ebisujima.cote.rivi on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ebisujima.cote.rivi/?hl=ja

Shiojiri’s Two Signature Local Dishes: Sanzoku-yaki and Shinshu Soba

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Sanzoku-yaki
Actually born in Shiojiri! The bold, dramatic sanzoku-yaki that’s a hit on social media

Sanzoku-yaki, a whole fried chicken thigh served with theatrical flair, actually traces its roots to a restaurant called Sanzoku in Shiojiri City.
After much trial and error, the founding couple perfected the cooking method.
They named the shop “Sanzoku” (bandit) and the dish “sanzoku-yaki” because a scene in the then-popular film Seven Samurai showed bandits tearing into a chicken, the shop stood near a mountain pass, and—believe it or not—the couple themselves looked like bandits.

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Soba
For soba lovers: the birthplace of “sobakiri” (cut soba) — Motoyama-juku in Shiojiri

In earlier times, “soba” referred to a dumpling-like food similar to what we now call sobagaki.
The long, thin noodles we picture today are called sobakiri (cut soba) and were distinguished from the dumpling form.

The place where sobakiri first appeared is Motoyama-juku in present-day Shiojiri City.

As a post town on the Nakasendo, Motoyama-juku welcomed many travelers, and sobakiri born there is said to have spread across the country along those routes.

Shiojiri’s climate, with large daily and seasonal temperature differences, has long suited high-quality buckwheat cultivation, so soba has been grown here for ages. The oldest written reference to Motoyama-juku’s sobakiri appears in the haibun anthology Fuzoku Bunsen compiled by Morikawa Kyoro in Hōei 2 (1705). It records: “Soba-kiri originally came from Motoyama-juku in Shinano Province and was widely popular throughout the provinces.”

Event announcement 📣

The Hiroo Santa Land tree lighting ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 25, 2025 😊

This annual event is held at the sacred site of Hiroo Santa Land, Daimaruyama Forest Park, on the fourth Saturday of October 🎄🎄

On the day, a Christmas market and the Santa Land Sound Festival start at 2:00 PM, and the tree lighting ceremony begins at 5:00 PM 😍
About 150,000 lights and some 10,000 wooden lanterns in the park will illuminate at the signal, wrapping the area in a magical glow.
Children in elementary school and younger will receive an early Christmas gift 🎁🎁
Fireworks will be launched after the lighting ceremony, sparkling brightly in the autumn night sky ✨✨
Come and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere if you can 🤗
Please wear warm clothing.

Date and time: Saturday, October 25, 2025, 2:00 PM onwards
Location: Daimaruyama Forest Park


https://www.santaland.or.jp/40th-anniversary/

Today, I took a walk in Kawagoe.
This is LEC COFFEE's quiche plate.
Bacon and maitake quiche, homemade bread, salad with homemade ham and Caesar dressing, and Butter Nut Pumpkin Soup.
Thank you very much. 😊

📢 Sakai Tourism Concierges will take part in Czech Festival 2025! ✨

This year again, the Sakai Tourism Concierges will join the Czech Festival and promote Sakai tourism on stage. They will also carry out PR activities at the Sakai Convention and Tourism Association PR booth. ☺
Please come to the Czech Festival! We look forward to seeing you at the venue. ✨

🔍 Check the Czech Festival’s social media for event details.
🔍 For more information, search for “Czech Festival 2025”!
https://www.facebook.com/KansaiSakaiCzech/?_rdr

🌳 The 68th Sakai City Greening Festival will be held at Daisen Park 🌳

We are hosting an event at Daisen Park, Sakai’s signature park, to share the importance of greenery.
There will be plant sales, booths for children to enjoy, and food trucks on site, too 🍔🥤 Bring a picnic sheet and head to Daisen Park ☺

📅 Date and time: Sunday, October 26, 2025, 10:00–16:00
📍 Location: Daisen Park, Sakai City — Large Lawn Plaza and other areas
🔍 For details, search for “Sakai City Greening Festival”
https://www.sakai-park.or.jp/event/2025/08/68.html

🌰Autumn Flavors Spotlight — Moat Area

The season for hearty appetites has finally arrived!🍁🍂
Sakai’s Moat Area is home not only to tourist attractions but also to many shops offering autumn treats made with fluffy chestnuts, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and seasonal mushrooms like matsutake.🌰🍠

Enjoy the Moat Area’s sightseeing while savoring the peak flavors of autumn♪🌈✨
🔍For details, search “Sakai Autumn Flavors Spotlight”!
https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/feature/detail/96

LEC COFFEE's café mocha and quiche ( 🥓🍄 🟫🍠 ).
Thank you very much for the two days of the Kawagoe Festival. Thank you very much. 😊

LEC COFFEE's Original Chai and Hot Sandwich (🥓🥚🥬).
It is the second day of the Kawagoe Festival.

Photographed on 10/14/25.
This is the enzyme brown Rice plate of Lotus Incense Cafe.
I did intestinal activity.

Event Announcement📣

The 30th Churui Dontokoi Village Festival will take place 😊

The program opens with a Nauman drum performance, followed by Tsugaru shamisen by the Ishiguro Group, the Jibasan-ders Stage Show, a mimicry act, and a popular song show—an array of lively stage performances to enjoy 🎵🎵

You can also try firefighting experiences, see a police car display, and savor Churui specialties such as lily bulbs and Wagyu beef on sale, so there’s plenty of local gourmet to enjoy!!

The finale features a prize lottery and a bread-throwing event 😍

Bring your family and friends and come join us 🤗

📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–14:00
📍Location: Special venue in front of the Naumann Elephant Memorial Museum, Churui (event proceeds in light rain)


https://www.town.makubetsu.lg.jp/kankosangyo/kankoevent/event/15185.html

Event Announcement📣

On Sunday, October 19, the Sarabetsu Furusato Hall will host the “Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival”! 😊

The Great Harvest Festival invites many visitors to savor local flavors while promoting Sarabetsu’s agricultural and livestock products and specialty goods. 🎵🎵

Celebrating the bounty of the land, Sarabetsu’s most delicious offerings come together!!

The JA Sarabetsu Youth Division will sell produce such as May Queen potatoes, onions, azuki beans, and burdock, and will offer popular collaborative menu items, collaborative sweets, and the craft beer “Sarabetsu Furue-ru.” 🥔🧅🫘🍺

Sarabetsu Agricultural High School will sell student-made sweets, including nata de coco panna cotta called “Sarakotta,” and a new product, “Saranouban Curry.” 🍛

At the food booths, the Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division and various vendors will offer special dishes made with local ingredients.

Highlights include Sarabetsu wagyu steaks and the proud large-pot dish “Sarabetsu Wagyu Mushroom Soup,” supervised and demonstrated by Chef Mabuchi of Mugine. 😍

There’s more to enjoy: a gourmet stamp rally, a prize lottery, and a big-eating and talk live show by Angela Sato, among many attractions!

A dog run will be set up in one corner of the venue. Please use it responsibly under your own supervision, observe manners, and refrain from bringing dogs into the food booth area—cooperation with the rules is appreciated.

Packed with fun activities, the Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival is a perfect outing—please come with friends and family and join us at the venue! 🤗

📌A temporary free round-trip shuttle bus will run from the Town Hall parking lot to the venue for your convenience. 🚌
(9:30–14:00)

📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–14:00
📍Location: Special event area at Sarabetsu Furusato Hall

📌Inquiries
Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival Executive Committee, Secretariat TEL: 0155-52-2211 (inside Sarabetsu Furusato Hall)


https://www.sarabetsu.jp/sightseeing/event/shukakusai/

Event Announcement 📣

The 23rd Shihoro Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 19, 2025 😊

Enjoy an autumn market selling agricultural and livestock products, processed goods, and local specialties, along with the Shihoro Taste Market offering Shihoro beef loin cut steaks, oshiruko (sweet red bean soup with mochi), and udon, plus all-you-can-fill bag deals for potatoes and onions to savor the flavors of fall 🧅🥔

The festival also features a timed challenge to eat an exact weight called the “Eat and Match the Weight” game, a “Eat and Win!! Grand Lottery,” the Calbee Quiz Rally, and many other attractions 🎵🎵
*For each meal purchased at the Shihoro Taste Market, you will receive one lottery ticket.*

We look forward to welcoming many visitors 🤗

📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–13:30
📍Location: Shihoro Town Rural Sports Park, Special Event Area

📌Contact
Shihoro Harvest Festival Executive Committee TEL: 01564-5-5220 (Shihoro Town Hall Industrial Promotion Division)

https://www.shihoro.jp/tourism/detail.php?content=1111

What is the heartwarming fall experience “Choudo Gari”? 💛

The highlight of the autumn outing season, Hirata Sightseeing Farm’s “Choudo Gari,”
is a fruit-picking style where you exchange a ticket for the fruit of your choice.
♪

The key point is that you can take your time and enjoy fruit picking with no time limit. 🍇✨

At reception you receive a three-item set:
・a paper bag
・a ticket
・a farm map
!

The farm map shows which fruits are available to harvest that day
and how many tickets each requires, so head to the area that interests you.

Harvesting scissors ✂️ and the like are provided at the entrance to each area,
so you can come empty-handed.
Staff will let fruits ripen to the perfect eating point,
and you can eat chilled fruit right on the spot. 🍑
*On this visit we enjoyed a super-chilled peach♪*

With so many fruits to harvest, it’s hard to decide which to pick!
You can harvest Pione grapes and Shine Muscat,
both specialties of Miyoshi. ✨

noqoo Labo’s seasonal fruit parfaits,
and the old-merchant-house cafe noqoo’s
noqoo burger and fruit curry, which make abundant use of orchard fruit, are also very popular. 🍔✨

You can feed snacks to cows and goats,
take a break in the cafe, and relax in nature.

This autumn, why not fully enjoy fruit picking at Hirata Sightseeing Farm in Miyoshi?
(“Choudo Gari” runs until early November.)

🏠 Hirata Sightseeing Farm
Address: 1740-3 Ueda-cho, Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Phone: 0824-69-2346
Hours: 10:00–17:00
*Early opening*: From September 13 to October 19 the farm opens one hour earlier (from 9:00).
Closed: March–November on Wednesdays and Thursdays; December–February on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
IG: https://www.instagram.com/hirata.farm/
*For business days and other details, please see Instagram.*

This time, Natalie, who has been working at Miyoshi DMO as an international exchange staff member since July, experienced “Choudo Gari.” ☺️✨

Event Announcement📣

The wood-filled event “Tree Festival in Honbetsu KIDAKE,” held every year on a Saturday in mid-October, will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2025🌲🌲😊

Set among the trees at Shizuyama Camp Village, this wood education event invites visitors to touch wood, play with wood, and be captivated by wood!!😍

Woodworking artists from across Hokkaido will showcase their creations, and you can enjoy a variety of wood-based activities such as coaster and xylophone workshops, wooden bat batting experiences, mini house-building sessions, and food trucks—an outdoor shopping experience centered entirely on wood🪵🪵

There will also be live music and a log-cutting competition!!🎵🎵
As a special gift for visitors, the first 50 attendees will receive a log-grown shiitake mushroom spawn log🎁🎁

Come and savor the beauty of wood amid the lush greenery of Shizuyama Campground🤗

📍Date and Time: Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:00–15:00
📍Location: Honbetsu Park, Shizuyama Camp Village, Campground No. 1

📌Contact
Tree Festival in Honbetsu KIDAKE Executive Committee (Knaou Publishing Co., Ltd.)
TEL: 0155-38-4188


https://www.town.honbetsu.hokkaido.jp/sightseeing/fes/details/tree_festival_in_kidake.html

Photographed 10/6/25.
After Prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, we visited LEC COFFEE.
It's a quiche plate. Sweet potato and bacon quiche, salad with homemade ham and cold Butter nut pumpkin soup.

Event Announcement 📣

The 70th Iwanai Senkyo Autumn Leaves Festival will take place on Sunday, October 12th, 2025 😊

The program is packed with attractions, including a karaoke contest, a Yuu Oe kayō show, YOSAKOI Soran performances, a mountain-harvest grand bingo, and a vegetable weight-guessing quiz 🎵
You can also buy local farm produce such as grab-bag vegetables, and enjoy autumn flavors like charcoal-grilled chicken and jingisukan at the autumn food corner, with food trucks on site 😍

※Karaoke contestants should register between 10:30 and 11:00, so please arrive early.
Children are more than welcome to participate!! Applications will be accepted at the venue on the day.
If there are many applicants, participants will be chosen by lottery, so please understand in advance.
Please bring your karaoke CD (sound source).

📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 12th, 2025, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
📍Location: Iwanai Senkyo
※In case of rain, the opening ceremony and the kayō show will be held at the Kawanishi Agricultural Training Center starting at 12:00 PM.

🔶Special Shuttle Bus Information 🚌
📍Fare: Round-trip 3,000 yen (children half price)
📍Outbound: Departing Obihiro Station Bus Terminal at 9:20 AM
📍Return: Departing Iwanai Senkyo at 2:25 PM
※You can board at Tokachi Bus Head Office, Sanjo High School, Shirakaba-dori 19-jo, and Shirakaba-dori 16-jo stops.
For bus reservations and inquiries
TEL: 0155-23-5171
※In case of rain, times and locations may change, so please inquire.

We look forward to seeing you there 🤗


https://www.city.obihiro.hokkaido.jp/tourism/matsuri/1005852.html

[🍔🍜🍢 The Gourmet Stamp Rally Is Starting! 🥐🍰☕️]

This year’s Gourmet Stamp Rally begins on Friday, October 10, 2025!

Collect stamps and enter for a chance to win luxurious prizes, including Miyoshi Brand certified products!

An astonishing 51 partner shops are participating this year!!
Many popular eateries across Miyoshi City are taking part!!!

Join the Umaimon Stamp Rally while you tour Miyoshi City♪

[Campaign Overview]
● Entry Period
First half: Friday, October 10, 2025 to Friday, December 12, 2025
Second half: Saturday, December 13, 2025 to Saturday, February 28, 2026
Entries received after the entry period are invalid. (For postcard entries, postmark on the final day is valid.)


● Prizes
First half: October 10, 2025 to December 12, 2025
Prize A: Miyoshi Wine Beef worth ¥10,000 × 2 winners
Prize B: Sansaito assorted sweets worth ¥3,000 × 10 winners

Second half: December 13, 2025 to February 28, 2026
Prize C: Kirisato Pork worth ¥10,000 × 2 winners
Prize D: Mountain Yam Croquettes worth ¥3,000 × 10 winners


● How to Collect Stamps
During the campaign, earn one stamp for each purchase of ¥1,000 (tax included) or more at participating facilities for dining or product purchases.
Collect the required number of differently numbered stamps to enter.
[CHECK] You can enter once with 3 postcard (paper) stamps or with 2 app stamps!

[How to Enter with a Postcard (Paper)]
Have your stamp applied at the register when you pay.

[How to Enter with the App]
Open the Miyoshi Machiaruki app, select Point Rally → Umaimon Stamp Rally, choose the shop, and scan the QR code to earn a stamp.
※ Be sure to submit your entry as soon as you have collected 2 stamps.
If you collect more than 2 and then enter, your stamps will be reset, so please be careful.

Winners will be contacted separately by the campaign office.

Reihoku Sunset Marche — October Announcement📣
We are pleased to announce the Reihoku Sunset Marche will take place in October♪
👀 Highlights of this Sunset Marche 👀

❣ Freshly harvested rice from the 2025 crop (late-harvest rice and sun-dried rice) will be offered at bargain prices!
Just-picked lettuce and zucchini will also be available 🥬
In addition to produce, prepared foods will be on sale too ❣
We look forward to seeing you 😊 Don’t forget to bring your own shopping bag 🛍✨

[Planned Produce for Sale]

・Okra (white okra)
・Cucumbers
・Water spinach (kangkong)
・Rice (new crop, late-harvest rice, sun-dried rice)
・Extra-early mikan (mandarin oranges)
・Jumbo peanuts
・Zucchini
・Banana peppers
・Bell peppers
・Lettuce

🥦🍅🥕🍠🥬🧅🫑🌽🌶🫛🍆🫚🥔
Reihoku Sunset Marche
[Date] Sunday, October 12 — 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
[Venue] Amakusa Reihoku Tourism Association
※ Reihoku Town Product Center facility (4535-1 Kamitsufukae, Reihoku)