Snow-dusted city with the Northern Alps beyond the skyline🏔 From the end of the year through New Year’s Day, snow fell and cleared repeatedly❄️ In Omachi, not only the mountains but the city streets wore a dusting of snow⛄️ This afternoon the clouds over the Northern Alps cleared, so I went to Omachi Park to take photos🏔 Snow is forecast again starting tomorrow; please take care with footing on cold mornings and evenings when you visit😌 Discover Omachi tourism🔽🔽🔽 https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp//

Fire Department New-Year Review Ceremony Today, Sunday, January 5, the fire brigade held its New-Year review ceremony at the Town Hall Parking Lot 🚒✨ The car thermometer read minus 4°C as we headed to the scene 😂 It was a freezing ceremony ❄️ Although I was fully bundled up and cheekily stood near the heater to take photos… The firefighters formed ranks with a poised, unfazed bearing that made them look truly impressive…👏 The squad training demonstration showed sharp, disciplined movements born of daily practice, which was extremely reassuring 🥹✨ The mass water discharge that followed sent colorful columns of water high into the sky and was incredibly powerful 🤩 They moved a fair distance to prepare before the discharge, and thanks to everyone’s perfectly synchronized, efficient actions it proceeded smoothly; I’m truly grateful for the fire brigade’s daily efforts 🙇‍♀️！ The ceremony concluded without issue after awards were presented to firefighting personnel, brigade members, distinguished contributors to firefighting, and families who support the brigade 🏆💫 To the fire brigade, who always protect our town and keep residents safe in their daily lives, thank you so much ✨

Photographed on January 4, 25. We asked LEC COFFEE. Lemonade and Sweet Potato Mont Blanc Pudding. The pudding is firm, topped with Sweet Potato and Mont Blanc, and is delicious. We look forward to working with you in 2025. 😊

The annual Atami Fire Department New Year Inspection will take place on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at the Waterside Park event plaza. This yearly event aims to boost the morale of professional and volunteer firefighters, showcase the full firefighting capabilities of Atami Fire to the citizens, deepen public understanding and trust in firefighting activities, and raise awareness of fire prevention. At the ceremony in Waterside Park, following speeches and instructions, awards will be presented and the Junior Firefighting Club will perform the "Fire Safety Song and Fire Prevention Pledge." After the ceremony, the event will move locations for a march-past on Ginza Street and a simultaneous water discharge at the Moon Terrace in Waterside Park. Schedule 10:00 Ceremony: Waterside Park event plaza (Nagisa-cho) ↓ (After the ceremony) March-past: Ginza Street (Ginza-cho) Simultaneous water discharge: Waterside Park Moon Terrace (Nagisa-cho)

Katsuoji Temple in Osaka. Lots of fantastic ponds and cute darumas.

At Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I found a fortune teller for a beckoning cat.

Beyond the Phantom Winter Icicles that are about to fall. Icicles that have endured in the cold for days and days. How far will it go?

Happy New Year! This year, too, we will share and publish tourism information about Nagiso town, so we appreciate your continued support ✨ Today, New Year smoke signals were raised across many parts of Kiso. A smoke signal, or noroshi, is smoke produced by burning firewood or gunpowder and raised high; long ago it served as a signal or landmark during wartime or emergencies. In other words, noroshi was a means of communication. The New Year noroshi event held every January 4 in Kiso began in 2007 at the call of the nonprofit organization Tsumago Ai Suru Kai to strengthen solidarity across the Kiso Valley and energize the region. The photos show the scene at the site of Tsumago Castle in Nagiso town, where leaves of Kiso’s five treasured trees—hinoki cypress and koyamaki—are burned to create the smoke 🌲 This year, too, the noroshi rose vigorously under clear skies. May 2025 be a year filled with smiles and many blessings... 🐍✨

Today, I took a walk in Kawagoe before work. It was crowded everywhere. This is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Roadside Station Iwanai Happy New Year 🐍 We look forward to your continued support this year Roadside Station Iwanai is open as usual from today. We look forward to welcoming everyone 😆

Photographed 1/1/25. This is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

It was around 6:30 this morning at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Today, I visited Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine to receive prayers for the New Year's Prayer for Good Luck. It is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine around 6:30 in the morning. Luckily, I was able to receive a Marriage Jade.

New Year Greetings Thank you very much for all your support last year. I look forward to your continued support this year. How did you spend the New Year? 😌 I hope the seasonal influenza and other circulating illnesses didn’t affect you. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead. 🙇‍♀️

Photographed 1/1/25. In front of the Honkawagoe Pepe, I was demonstrating the song. I had the lion head bite off my head, and I had Ebisu-sama swing the hammer.

Photographed on 12/28/24. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Happy New Year Happy New Year🎍 Thank you for your continued support this year. First sunrise of the year from Sumiyoshi Shrine in Kuwana City Period, the sun rises from inside the Torii (shrine gate). It's still okay for a while. Impression by all means. 2025/1/2 Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture "Sumiyoshi Shrine"

Photographed 12/24/24. One character of hope in Kawagoe City in 2025 (Reiwa 7) is "叶". May your wishes come true.

Photographed 1/1/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine. It's like New Year's and it's gorgeous. 🎍✨

Photographed 1/1/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Photographed 12/30/24. It is the New Year's Torii (shrine gate) gate of Kawagoe Hachimangu. Prayer today was very crowded.

Nagashima Spa Land New Year's Eve fireworks 🎆 Happy New Year 🙇 ♀️ This year, we started with fireworks. Best regards again for one 🙇 year

\New Year, First Sunset 🌅/ In 2025, Echizen Town will have a cloudy sky and occasional sunny days! Compared to being buried in snow or having a blizzard, it was a day that was easier to Prayer First Pilgrimage to the Shrine, wasn't it? In the Sea of Sea of Japan, where the sun sets over the sea, there is a wonderful glow through the clouds. Are you lucky to see the sun set on the Horizon early in the new year? Good luck to you. Visit everyone a wonderful year.

Happy New Year! I took photos of the first sunrise of the year from Atami’s coastal Shinsui Park again this year. It wasn’t very cold and there was no wind, so the conditions were perfect! I waited in the Third Section before 6:00, and around 6:15 the horizon began to turn orange; light started to break through shortly after 6:50. Some trees were slightly in the way below, so I hurried to the Second Section and took more photos there. The first sunrise was truly beautiful. As in past years, many local residents and tourists gathered early at Shinsui Park to photograph the first sunrise of Reiwa 7. May Reiwa 7 bring an even better year for everyone. Thank you for your continued support of Atami Onsen this year.

I did First Pilgrimage to the Shrine. It is Kawagoe Kumano Shrine at 7 o'clock in the morning.

Happy New Year! 🎍 Best regards again this year. It is a giant ema of the Year of the Snake of Kawagoe Hachimangu.

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.