When humans team up with nature to create something, it becomes more intriguing. The Lake Shikotsu ice festival is a perfect example of this. Hokkaido's crystal clear water lake serves as the primary source for crafting marvelous ice sculptures.

A vegetable seller I met when I went to Wakayama Prefecture The radishes that were in my aunt's shop. The lively radishes, Auntie It seems that he drew it. Too cute! I'm relieved that it's a good Japanese scenery.

When humans team up with nature to create something, it becomes more intriguing. The Lake Shikotsu ice festival is a perfect example of this. Hokkaido's crystal clear water lake serves as the primary source for crafting marvelous ice sculptures.

Nature creates some of the astonishing wonders just like this. This huge snow wall is breathtakingly stunning. This time I visited lake shikotsu ice festival. Amazingly beautiful.

At Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture "Mishima Shrine Festival" Annual local festivals It is a rural festival where the population decline is unstoppable, but only at this time, it is more crowded than Shin lodging Station in the rush to go home It's a Japanese landscape that I don't want to lose

Norn minakami is a flower paradise situated in Minakami, Gunma. Many daffodils and tulip blooms here. On backdrop a snow capped Japanese alps also can be seen. A really a memorable experience.

It is a beautiful bamboo forest in a park in Yokohama.

Rice fields in Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture. It is not rezoned, and it is not possible to mow all of it with a combine, so I mow it by hand. The children also mobilize to harvest rice with all three generations of relatives. It is also accustomed to use a sickle to reap, and two bunches are reaped in one pull. The harvested rice is bundled up and hung on a bamboo pole. The children are smiling and happily helping from beginning to end. Rice, delicious! And I eat a lot. Along with the scenery, I would like to preserve this traditional culture.

Thatched village in Miyama, Kyoto It is a famous composition and a classic, but it is a place that can be said to be the gateway to Miyama I would like to see this wonderful scenery for many years to come, but when I come to the countryside, I always feel that it can be preserved forever, especially in areas with a large number of elderly people due to the declining birthrate, and I have been to the museum, but it is difficult to maintain it, and I feel that it is very difficult for the people who will inherit this history to pass it on to future generations.

Thatched village in Miyama, Kyoto This place is a proper observatory, but it is not well known or there were no 😅 footprints

Thatched village in Miyama, Kyoto There were not many Japanese tourists, but it was crowded with tourists from overseas. There was a lot of excitement in making it, but some of it looked like some kind of sculpture, which was a strange sight, but I was glad that it looked like art.

The snowy landscape of Abashiri from the air flights. The abashiri city in Hokkaido is a winter wonderland. Mountains, lakes everything is understand snow. Even one can walk in middle of lake because the lake became frozen lake. It is really a best winter destination.

I took a picture of the village of Ochiai in Tokushima Prefecture with soba flowers. It is a typical Japanese scenery that I hope will remain forever.

Nagano Prefecture Tsumagojuku I got permission to take pictures, etc., and the explanation of the person who guided me at the historical museum was polite and I learned a lot. However, when I photograph people who are working, I always think that it is the same for me, but with the declining birthrate, there is a part of me that is worried about whether it will be connected to the next generation and even the future generations

Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture is a sight that I don't see very often, but I would like to visit it again if I have a chance

Fishing port in Kumihama, Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture This is the best and smallest fishing port I've ever seen, but it's a very atmospheric place.

Terraced rice fields in Sodeshi, Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture This is also my favorite place, and the vast countryside spreads out and you can see 😌 the sea

Arai's Terraced Rice Fields in Ine Town, Kyoto PrefectureI really like the view from here, and I have visited many times in the past and been healed 😌

Aina Satoyama Park, Hyogo Although it is located in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture Japan it is a place where you can experience like an old tale, and I hope that the traditional culture and houses of this Japan, which are healed when you come here, will be carefully preserved forever and passed on to the next generation

Early morning in Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture. It was a cold morning down to -10°C, but thanks to that, the air was very clear. No matter how many times you go, you will be healed by the calm atmosphere unique to the countryside.

Happy 🐉 New Year Thank you for your continued support this year! Roadside Station Inai will be open normally from today (January 4th). We look 😆 forward to seeing you

The photo shows the temple grounds in Watari Town, Watari District, Miyagi Prefecture. This is a temple where you can enjoy wonderful scenery throughout the season, with autumn leaves in autumn, lotus flowers in summer, and beautiful fresh greenery in spring. In the precincts, there is a shiinoki tree that is more than 700 years old and a tsubrajii tree that is more than 300 years old, and it is designated as a natural monument designated by Miyagi Prefecture.

He won the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award at the "Hot Spring General Election 2023!! Inai Onsen won the first place in Hokkaido in the total number of votes and 👏 the fifth place 👏 in the country in the moisturizing skin category. In addition, in recognition of our activities to date, we received the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award. The Hot Spring General Election is a public-participation hot spring resort revitalization project that has been implemented since 2016 under the auspices of five ministries (Ministry of the Environment, Cabinet Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Japan Tourism Agency). "Inai Onsen" is a natural hot spring with an average temperature of 42 to 47 degrees Celsius, where you can enjoy the flow of water from the source. It is also attractive that two types of hot water spring from the foot of one mountain. One is a rain-fed bicarbonate spring where water from the sky seeps into the mountains and stores nutrients. The other is a chloride spring originating from seawater, where the bounty of the ocean exudes. All of them contain natural mineral ingredients that are highly effective for beauty and health, and the bathtub overflows in its purity without adding water or heating. The hot spring area "Takashima Ryokan" 1st place 👏 in Hokkaido total votes 3rd place in 👏 the national moisturizing skin category 3rd place 👏 in the country in the dinner bragging category 2nd place 👏 in the seafood category in Japan 1st place 👏 in the country in the solo travel category and has won top positions in each category. Iwauchi Town has hot springs! I hope it will be an opportunity for you to know. And I would like many people to take this opportunity to visit hot springs where there are no people. Introducing ♨ the hot springs that I don't want to go to ・Welcome back to the hot springs ・Sansan's hot spring ・ Inai Onsen Takashima Ryokan ・ Inai Kogen Hotel

It's a cold morning from Rusutsu Resort!

Tsumagojuku Wakihonjin Okuya in Nangiso, Nagano Prefecture It is also designated as an important cultural property of the country, and the buildings of Edo seem to have traveled back in time to the present day as it is. It is said that the light shining into the house shows the role of a sundial.

"An autumnal mist" During my visit to Daisho-in temple in Miyajima I witnessed this autumn mist along with very cute Jizo statues. The mist, sunlight, autumn colors and Jizo statues makes the atmosphere astonishingly beautiful. It touched my heart and I will remember this particular moments for long time. It was one of my best autumn moments.

Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture is the stage for many movies and dramas It is a scene of sending insects that appears in the movie "Cicada of the Eighth Day", but I had a valuable experience participating with the locals. I would 😌 like this kind of traditional culture to be preserved forever

The 1000-year-old olive in Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, is not well known here, and the location and a large 1000-year-old olive standing on the hill were very impressive

Teshima, Kagawa Prefecture Passing through the island with a rental cycle, there is a famous Teshima Museum of Art below this, and there are almost no cars on the island, so the bicycle was 😀 comfortable

Hyogo Prefecture Awaji City Awaji Yumebutai When I came here, I got lost like a maze, and when I came to the top floor, I was surprised 😯 by the scale and futurism