It is the ice bubble and the morning glow that formed in Lake Onneto. It was a very beautiful sight.

A café in an old warehouse in Otaru. The snowy landscape looks very good.

Ice bubbles that can be seen in a frozen Lake Onneto. Oyster and find the snow on your own.

This is the snow-capped Mt. Fuji and the constellation Orion taken at Lake Yamanaka. Mt. Fuji and the constellation Orion were also visible on the surface of the lake, which was a wonderful sight.

Samurai-specific Osaka Castle Guides Private tours in armor Photo

[Osaka Castle]
-Famous castles that mark the history of prosperity and turmoil of the people of Samurai-

Pilgrimage tour guide to the sacred places of Osaka no Jin wearing armor and helmetsThis is a plan to commemorate and make a pilgrimage to the sad sacred place where SAMURAI and his friends were defeated in the Osaka Siege in the last war and fell to the castle, wearing armor and helmets reminiscent of the battle.
#OsakaCastle #Samuraiarmor

The practice of swordsmanship was intended above all to nurture the mind.

The samurai, through diligent practice and extreme concentration, desired to attain a state of unthoughtfulness, free of attachment or preoccupation, and thus able to respond instantly.
A warrior is prepared to die each morning. In the quiet moments of the morning, he imagines himself being struck by lightning, doused by fire, or cut to pieces with a sword or spear. It is hard to remember that one step outside the doorway is the world of death.
#Honor #Bushido #samuraisword #katana

Kirigamine Highlands in Nagano Prefecture

I was able to meet a beautiful frost in -5°C.

A view of the morning mist dyed in orange.
A group of buildings covered in haze due to the beautiful sunrise and radiative cooling on a cold morning.

Shot on DJI MAVIC 3
Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture 2024/12

* Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Comprehensive Flight Permit has been obtained.
* Notification of flight plan and preparation of flight log book

Learn Zen in a class of making Japanese sweets and Enjoying Wabicha with wield the brush.

Zen / Wagashi
Yokan, which came to Japan along with Zen, was refined over many years to become a complete Japanese confectionary in the Edo period.
Zen / Tea Ceremony
The tea ceremony was a type of tea ceremony in which Zen ideas were added to the tea ceremony, resulting in the creation of wabicha (a type of tea ceremony).
Zen / Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a way of practicing Zen with a brush, or in other words, a way of writing calligraphy in a state of unmindfulness.
ZEN is basically searching for the truth of who you are.

#Zen #kanji #traditional

Along with the martial arts, many other arts flourished, including calligraphy, tea ceremony, tea bowls, poetry, incense, and Noh drama, and a samurai needed to have knowledge of both the sword and the brush in order to be seen as a cultured gentleman.

For those of us living in today's busy world, learning about the samurai spirit can give us insight into our attitude, attention, and focus, and foster the determination needed to achieve our goals to the fullest.

#kangi #calligraphy #kimono #osakacastle

【❄️ Winter Gokase 2025❄️】Until February 28 (Fri) in the 7th year of Reiwa 7)!

After all, winter too! Instagram Campaigns 🥳✨

Please follow Gokase Tourist Association Instagram Account (@gokase_kanko) and post 🤳❤️ 🔥 a winter-like photo of Gokase In the town on Instagram with two hashtags: #Winter Gokase 2025, #Date and place (e.g. #Unoko Falls)

One person will receive Gokase Towns Specialty products every day during the 🎁✨ period.
In addition! For excellent works, we will send you an assortment of Specialty products of Gokase Towns 🤩👏

The works posted will be introduced 💡 on the social media of the Gokase Tourist Association at any time

Period: Monday, December 30, 2024 to Friday, February 28, 2025

⚠️ Other terms and conditions are Publication on the Gokase Tourist Association website. Please be sure to read it when applying.
https://www.town.gokase.miyazaki.jp/kanko/ivent/1962.html

⚠️ Please be careful of accidents when shooting.

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… Actually, it's also the voting period for "Gokase Autumn Leaves 2024", so I thought it would be mixed, and I was actually going to let you know at the beginning of the year ...

I would like you 🥺🙏 to post New Year's photos as well!! I couldn't stand it and posted it 😂

We are looking forward to seeing many beautiful winter photos of Gokase, and ☃️💕 thank you for 📸🙏 your application

For those of us living in today's busy world, learning about the samurai spirit can give us insight into our attitude, attention, and focus, and foster the determination needed to achieve our goals to the fullest.
#kangi #calligraphy #kimono #osakacastle

I went to the Ōtachi area of Kyonan Town. The daffodils have bloomed quite a bit. It may bloom all at once this New Year's holiday.

If you are going by the circular bus in Towns, get off at the "Great Collapse" stop.

【Year-end Greetings】

Ladies and gentlemen, did 😌 you get your work done safely? It doesn't matter if it's New Year's Day! There are some people who say 😂 that

By the way, Gokase Tourist Association and Special Products Center Gokase will receive the following Vacation during the year-end and New Year holidays.
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<12/30 (Mon)>
Shokudo: Vacation
Shops and vegetables: Open only in the morning
<12/31(Tue)~1/2(Thu)>
holiday
< 1/3 (Fri) >
Shokudo: 11 o'clock ~
Shops and vegetables: 10 o'clock ~
<1/4(Sat)~>
Regular business hours
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We will also have Tourist Association Vacation on 12/31 (Tue) ~ 1/2 (Thu).
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

In addition, we have Summary the January Events that we know now in a calendar, so please 🤗 refer to it for next year's outing plan

In addition! Gokase Tourist Association Instagram Account (@gokase_kanko
We are accepting votes for "Gokase Autumn leaves 2024"! I would be happy 🥺✨ if you could choose a photo with your family and vote for it on New Year's Day
Thank you very much 🙇 ♀️! !️

Well, we'll be open tomorrow, so it's one day early... 🤣
Thank you very much for your support this year. We look forward to working with you again next year.

Happy New Year 🤩👋✨

* As I have said many times, we will be open until tomorrow. smile

We are currently accepting entries for the 2nd Tsubetsu Photo Contest!
Why don't you How do you like it? express the charm of Tsubetsu with photos taken in Tsubetsu Town?
For the application guidelines, please see the second image and the Tsubetsu Tourist Association Home page.
Publication of the five prize-winning works in the previous contest is posted here. In addition to such a superb view of Tsubetsu Town, we are waiting for various "Tsubetsu photos"!

Samuraisword experience
The practice of swordsmanship was intended above all to nurture the mind.
The samurai, through diligent practice and extreme concentration, desired to attain a state of unthoughtfulness, free of attachment or preoccupation, and thus able to respond instantly.

#Honor #Bushido #samuraisword #katana

The reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is

"The beauty of the Japanese language.

I often hear that the reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "the beauty of the Japanese language.

Using the calligraphy skills learned through the calligraphy experience, students write their favorite kanji characters on fans and hanging scrolls of their choice.

The master calligrapher will then take the kanji back to your bag with his expert brush strokes.

Since each kanji character has multiple meanings, it is important to know what other meanings they have. Knowing the meaning will make the bag shine.

#brush #kanji #shodo #travel memories #cultural experience

Yesterday, when I was taking a walk in Kawagoe, I went to Tatsumi Udon noodles.
I put hot Jade on the toriten bukkake.
The ginger works and it's delicious.

　This is a photo of the moss garden of Toshodai-ji Temple in Nara Prefecture. Hail came down at the right time, so I took a picture with my camera close so that I could see it.

This photo was taken at the Forest and Starry Sky Camp Village in Motegi Towns, Tochigi Prefecture.
While enjoying winter camping, you can see the beautiful starry sky and the Great Triangle in winter, so it is very healing.

This is GLIN COFFEE Honkawagoe Pepe store.
Ono Buncha × GLINCOFFEE This is a premium matcha latte with a sansho scent from the Kawagoe tea series. Aroma of sansho is very nice.
The Honkawagoe Pepe store is closed today. It's a shame because it's a restaurant that I liked. 😭

Samurai become 

For those of us living in today's busy world, learning about the samurai spirit can give us insight into our attitude, attention and focus, and foster the determination needed to achieve our goals to the best of our ability.

We must not only carefully consider the words of the Samurai, but we must also act on them.
#teaceremony #calligraphy

(accomplished in) both the literary and military arts

A samurai is a man of letters and a man of martial arts, studying both arts.
For the Samurai, the way of literature and the way of martial arts are like two wheels on one wheel. Samurai honor, which believes that the way of literature and the way of martial arts are two sides of the same coin, aims at the path of both literature and martial arts through two experiences: Samurai tea ceremony and Samurai calligraphy.
The spirit of the Samurai is a way of life and death, a way of letting go of attachment to life and living in this lifetime. Through Samurai honor, students acquire the spirit of Bushido.
#kanji #calligraphy #teaceremony #kimono

I went to House Ten Bosch for Christmas.
It is an illumination that won the top prize (the best in the world) at the International Illumination Awards 2024.
You can experience an authentic European Christmas in Japan!

Located in in Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture
It is Ginyama Hot Spring.
Ginyama Hot Spring has a retro scenery that makes you feel as if you have traveled back in time. Light up at night during the snowy period 🌨️ was breathtakingly beautiful. ( ੭•͈ᴗ•͈)੭📷✨♨️🌃 ☃️❄️

The 3rd Hosono Highlands Mountain Grilling Experience

🏔 What is 🏔 Hosono Highlands?
Hosono Highlands is a magnificent Highlands with an area of about 125 hectares (26 times the size of Tokyo Dome) on the slopes of Mt. Amagi, which erupted 800,000 ~ 200,000 years ago. It is also said to be a treasure trove of flora and fauna embraced by volcanoes.
In Spring, you can pick wild vegetables such as bracken in the fresh greenery, and in autumn, you can enjoy a large group of golden pampas grass. From the top, you can overlook Sagami Bay and the Izu Islands, creating a unique view of the grassland and the Sea Field.

Inatori Hosono Highlands has been recognized as one of the "100 grassland villages to leave for the future" in recognition of the value of knowledge, awareness, and technology accumulated in the region through many years of interaction between people and nature.
The Hosono Highlands is "mountain burning" to maintain the grassland. Scenes of grass being cut in preparation for mountain burning during the walk.
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🔥⛰ What is ⛰🔥 "Yamayaki"?

It is an annual task necessary to keep the Hosono Highlands "as it is".
By burning off the overgrown vegetation, it is prevented from becoming a forest, and the burned vegetation becomes a nutrient and is maintained as a rich grassland.

This mountain grilling has been going on every year in the Hosono Highlands since the Edo period.

In addition, since it is adjacent to the neighboring Kawazu Town, it is not possible to spread the fire, and it is necessary to burn off the Elevation difference and steep slopes.

A high level of burning know-how is required.
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●Events Overview

"Yamayaki" is a necessary activity to maintain the Hosono Highlands "as a grassland" and has been continued every year since the Edo period.
In February 2023, as our first initiative, we opened "Yamayaki" on a very limited basis and asked people to Visiting the site as a tour.
In order to let more people know about it more deeply, we will Held in the "Mountain Grilling Experience Meeting" again in 2025
Please experience the overwhelming scenery burning up.

●Events Schedule Saturday, February 8, 2025
Date & Time: 2/8 (Sat) 10:30~15:30 (tentative)
10:30 : Inatori Hosono Highlands No. 2 Car Parking Lot Meet and Reception
11:00 a.m.: Viewing of mountain grilling (with an explanation guide on mountain grilling, lunch included)
14:00 : Walk after mountain burning (with guide)
15:30 : End of the entire process, dismissal (*Please note that the order of the program may change depending on the progress of the mountain burning.) ）
Meeting / reception location: Inatori Hosono Highlands No. 2 Car Car (parking space available)
➡ On the day of the mountain burning, it is prohibited to enter the first parking lot of the general Car car Car. Please park your Car at the 2nd parking lot of Hosono Highlands Car foothills.
There is no public transportation to the venue. Please Use your own transportation to Access.

【Conditions of Participation】
・Capacity is limited to 30 people.
・Junior high school students and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
・Please be sure to understand the precautions and dangers at the site before applying.

【Participation Fee】
1 person / 3,500 yen Includes entrance fee, goods and service tax, local guide, lunch, insurance, grassland management Fee (1,000 yen)
* Fee will be paid on-site on the day of the event.
* We will contact you in advance and contact you by e-mail on the day of the Implementation. Please note that if you do not have an e-mail address, you will not be able to apply.

[How to participate]
Please enter the required Information from the Events page of the Higashiizu Town Tourism Association and apply.
https://www.e-izu.org/?p=we-page-entry&spot=568220&cat=23649&pageno=3&type=spot
Or please apply by Phone to the Higashi-Izu Tourism Association (TEL: 0557-95-0700).

●Precautions
[About the work]
This Events will be the Visiting the site of the Scene of Yamayaki. It is not possible to participate in the burning work.
[Cancellation decision]
There is a risk that the mountain grilling will be canceled early in the morning of the day due to the weather (wind, humidity, rain, etc.). If the mountain grilling is canceled, this Events will also be canceled. Events are not available. Please accept the conditions of cancellation before applying.
[About the appearance of the day]
Thereare burning is a very dangerous process and there may be sparks and embers.
Prepare to wear clothes made of flame retardant ingredients so that your skin is not exposed.
In addition, all local itineraries are outdoors, so please take measures to protect yourself from the cold.
[About Kaido]
Only Japanese is available. Thank you for your understanding.

●Cancellation
In the event that the Events is canceled or canceled for this Events, the Events Fee will be charged as follows.

[In the case of cancellation of the mountain burning itself due to stormy weather (strong wind, dryness, rainy weather, etc.)]
No payment will be incurred if the mountain grilling is canceled.
[In case of cancellation due to customer's convenience]
・ Cancellations on the day before and on the day → will charge a Fee of 100% of the Events amount. Cancellations made up to 2 days in advance
→ Cancellation fee is 0% Cancellation → if you do not contact us, we will charge a Fee of 100% of the Events amount.
* In addition, we may make a claim for damages, such as related communication costs and actual expenses.
For unavoidable events due to disasters, etc., please contact the organizer

[In case of cancellation due to the organizer's convenience]
Events canceled due to circumstances other than weather, etc., the equivalent amount will be refunded after consultation with the customer.

●Bring your own
・Flame retardant (flameproof) measures and cold protection measures
・ Looks good even if it gets dirty with sparks and soot
・Comfortable shoes
https://www.e-izu.org/?p=we-page-entry&spot=568220&cat=23649&pageno=3&type=spot

In Hinomotoichi's Calligraphy Trial Plan, students do not pick up a brush and start writing immediately after the lesson begins. 

Instead, we begin by explaining about the culture of calligraphy and the history of calligraphy in Japan.

This is because it helps them to better understand the difference between Japanese calligraphy and caligraphy, which is a form of character decoration that also exists in other countries, and to appreciate the beauty of the Japanese language.

#calligraphy #kanji #shodo

The reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is

"The beauty of the Japanese language.

I often hear that the reason why foreigners are interested in the Japanese language is "the beauty of the Japanese language.

Using the calligraphy skills learned through the calligraphy experience, students write their favorite kanji characters on fans and hanging scrolls of their choice.

The master calligrapher will then take the kanji back to your bag with his expert brush strokes.

Since each kanji character has multiple meanings, it is important to know what other meanings they have. Knowing the meaning will make the bag shine.

#brush #kanji #shodo #travelmemories #culturalexperience

Tateyama Mountain Ranges seen from the Ameharu Coast 2023.12.09

The Oniwa and Tateyama mountain ranges over the sea are truly superb Spots.
The view of mountains with an Elevation of 3,000 meters across the sea is a superb view that is difficult to see in the world.

A scenic spot related to Manyo, Ameharu Coast.
The poet of Manyo, Oban Iemochi, loved this rainy landscape and sang many songs. The beautiful scenery is the same now as it was in the past, and the magnificent view of the reef seen from the beach and the 3,000m-class Tateyama mountain ranges seen over Toyama Bay is exceptional. It's breathtaking.

"Yoshitsune Rock", where Minamoto Yoshitsune waited for the rain to clear on his way to Oshu, is also the origin of the place name "Ameharu". (From Toyama's website)

One of the travel destinations.
The black mist filter is the perfect night view.