Photographed 10/15/25. This is CAFE ANDON's Carrot Mont Blanc Tart. I enjoyed the taste of autumn. 😊🌰

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

This is the second day of the Kawagoe Festival.

The rain and wind were so bad that we left the festival float procession in front of Kawagoe City Hall early.

It is the second day of the Kawagoe Festival. It is a festival float of Kishimachi 2-chome and Kibana Sakiyahime Prayer at Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

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

I'm going to enjoy it today. 😊

The Kawagoe Festival has begun. It is a festival float of Shintomi Town 2-chome, Kagami Lion in front of Maruhiro Department Store.

It is a tow at the night of the Kawagoe Festival. From left to right, the festival floats of Noda Gomachi and Yawata Taro, the festival floats of Shintomi Town 1-chome and Iemitsu, and the festival floats of Wakita Town and Ieyasu.

Photographed 10/15/25. After Prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store. Acai Berry Frappuccino and Halloween Chocolate & Berry Danish. I enjoyed the Halloween spirit. 🐈‍⬛🎃🩸👻

On Dobuita Street. (Yokosuka, Kanagawa) This is the inside of Sukajan painter Hirotomo Yokochi's souvenir shop [ichi]. I feel like I'm standing in the middle of a huge intersection where people, time, culture, and technology are interwoven. It is said that it is about to open soon. Please check out hiromichi yokochi on various social media.

Photographed on 10/14/25. HK Tea's lemon honey and Okinawa brown sugar chestnut waffles. 🌰 Okinawa brown sugar chestnut waffles are only available in October. It has a subtle sweetness and is delicious. 😊

Photographed on 10/14/25. This is lemon honey from HK Tea near Hon-Kawagoe Station. 🍋🍯 It's made with one lemon and it's a luxury. I'm very happy to talk to you. It was an encouragement for me to learn Chinese. 🥰

Kochia is now 📸 in Best time to visit This photo was taken at Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi Prefecture. The bright red kochia is now in Best time to visit. Please come and visit us 😊

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...

Photographed on 10/14/25. It is Hanachozu of Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin.

Summer Memories This is a photo taken from above of the Hozu River descent Located in in Kyoto Prefecture. I got off the Trolley Train in Sagano and was strolling around when I encountered a boat going down the river at the right time. Valleys surrounded by deep greenery, the boat moves slowly. The sunlight reflecting off the surface of the water, the cool breeze, and the laughter of friends. Everything from that summer day is packed into this one piece.

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/...

Today, there is no monthly festival, but I visited Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Prayer. Yellow one-year sea bream lottery tickets were being distributed.

2025.10.04 Kamisuwa Highway Machiariki Drinking Aruki 2025 On this day, there was 🍶 a big Events in the city of Suwa, "Kamisuwa Highway Town Aruki Swallowing Aruki". From Kamisuwa Station, within a 1km walk along National Route 20, Suwa's Famous Sake Brewery Gozo is lined up, and for the Events on this day, we made it a pedestrian paradise to the traffic light in Suwa 2-chome ~ Motomachi. The members of Suwa's Gozo served the Famous Sake 🍶 that they served with confidence. This year, two stickers, a Japanese cypress and a sticker for participants on the left chest, were used as passports, making it an Events where you can enjoy Famous Sake with the Aroma of Japanese Cypress. The tickets were limited to 3,000 tickets, and this year they were so popular that they were sold out on September 14, half a month earlier than last year!! This time, the gluttonous Kasai couldn't go to the scene. The staff of the same association provided us with photos! This year, there was also a Snacks stalls by Local restaurants and a stalls by local people in the neighborhood!! It was raining on the day of the event, but at 11:00 a.m., the ticket exchange site was crowded, and the Downtown began to bustle toward the start of the pedestrian paradise at 12:00, and at 1:00 p.m., the start time, there was a line in front of Gozo for the brand they were looking for!! At the opening, after greetings from the mayor of Suwa City City and the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Standard "Wood Usage" in Suwa was cut into the mouth. After that, the woodcutters walked along the Along the road and responded to requests until 🎶 around 17:00 at the end. From 14:00, Local dancers enlivened the venue. There was also a big line of stalls, yakitori, eel, karaage, bandityaki, chicken wings, game dishes, skewers, candy apples, grilled Soba noodles, etc. Snack stalls were also very successful! Sake delicious liquor and delicious Local food. I was able to meet the smiles of many people! Thank you very much. Next year, all the staff will continue to outbound so that the customers who come to the event will be satisfied and fun, so that the local people will understand and cooperate, and so that the city of Suwa can be revitalized. https://nomiaruki.com// https://nomiaruki.com/machiaruki-nomiaruki/...

Photographed on 10/14/25. It is an Annual Grand Festival of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Today was the Annual Grand Festival of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. The Kawagoe Festival is on the 18th and 19th.

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...

Photographed 10/4/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Photographed 10/4/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

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 10/4/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Photographed 10/7/25. This is Hanachozu from Hara Flower Shop. It's been a long time since I've had a yellowtail Hanachozu.

Shimonada Station at sunset At Shimonada Station, Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture. In late March, the sun sets over the Seto Inland Sea in front of the station. Am I the only one who feels that there is something sacred about the roof of the platform and the telegraph pole that stand out black in contrast?