⛸️ The program of the Tomakomai Skate Festival has been announced. ⛸️ The winter festival "Tomakomai Skate Festival" will be held again this year! 🥳 There is a lot of content to enjoy, such as traditional "shibareyaki", snow slides, and stage shows! ✨ Let's blow away the cold at the skating festival! 🌞 ━━━*\The 58th Tomakomai Skate Festival/*━━━ Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 and Sunday, February 11, 2024 Time:10:00 ~ 18:00 Location: Central Park (2-3 Wakakusa Town, Tomakomai City) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Oni Ice 🧊👹 This is an ice candle festival held in Naraijuku, Nagano Prefecture. Since February 3rd is Setsubun, it seems 🤣 that the demon is not outside, but demon ice The time is fixed every year, so be sure to visit!

Yesterday, the 34th Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival, the earliest event in Honshu where you can enjoy cherry blossom viewing, has opened. At night, the pink cherry blossoms are beautifully lit up. Please enjoy the arrival of spring one step ahead. In this post, we will introduce sightseeing spots in Kawazu Town that you can enjoy together with the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival! This time, I would like to introduce "Hatcho Pond". Enjoy a stroll on the hiking trail Amagi Volcano erupted repeatedly about 20~800,000 years ago. Hatcho Pond on top of Mt. Amagi was called a crater lake, but it has become clear that it is an active lake formed by the formation of a depression in the innermost part due to the displacement of an active fault on the slope of Mt. Amagi, and water accumulates there. On the gentle slopes of Amagi Volcano around the pond, primeval forests such as beech and Himeshara spread, and you can enjoy a walk. ◆ Detailed information ◆ 【Spot name】Hatcho Pond 【Address】Nashimoto, Kawazu Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture 【Parking】None ◇ ◆ ◇ Parking information for those who come to the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival by car ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ About the parking lot ◆ Business hours:8:30~21:00 ・Regular car ●Regular car 4 ~ 13 parking lot about 700 ~ 800m to the station front venue, about 700 ~ 800m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 200 yen ・Heavy-duty vehicles ●Large 1 and 2 parking lots: about 700 ~ 800 m to the front of the station, about 700 ~ 800 m to the mine hot spring venue [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 5,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen

【Oiso Town】 The 67th Oiso West Trip Festival (Notice) At the ceremony, awards will be given to the winners of the dedication haiku and tanka poems submitted by everyone, and in the afternoon, a haiku contest and tanka contest will be held that can be participated in on the day. Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 (Reiwa 6) from 11 a.m. Venue: Shigiri-an [Depends on the ceremony] I. Opening Remarks 1. Incense offering, tea offering, dedication, dedication, dedication, harp, flower offering 1. Presentation of dedication haiku and dedication tanka selected works I. Greetings I. Greetings from guests I. Commendation and awarding of prizes I. Closing Remarks *The ceremony is currently scheduled and subject to change.

Shiofune kannonji temple located in Tokyo's ome city is known for the godess of mercy. During the azalea festival the temple surrounding looks very beautiful. It is one of my favorite tourist destination neat Tokyo.

Keyakizaka winter illumination is one of the most popular illumination in Tokyo. I enjoyed this beautiful winter illumination on a hop on bus. I enjoyed the beautiful view of tokyo tower from the bus as well. It was a really a memorable day for me.

Lanterns brightly color the precincts. The photo shows "Osaki Hachimangu" in Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture The shrine hall (main shrine, stone room, worship hall) is designated as a national treasure, and is famous for its naked worship at the "Donto Festival" held on January 14 every year.

✨ Illumination Events ✨ From Saturday, January 27 to Saturday, February 24, illuminations will color the 🌃 area in front of Tomakomai Station At the opening, there will be live music and the launch of sky lanterns! 🎶😊 Would you like to enjoy the sparkling snowy scenery? ⛄✨

Tokyo Adachi Fireworks Festival Summer is a fireworks festival, but I feel a little lonely because it feels like summer ends as soon as the fireworks end. It's a 🎆 sight I'll never forget

"2024 Eco Park Winter Festival" Held on January 21st, a parent-child snowman contest and lucky sprinkling were held! The snowman in the first and second photos is the Grand Prize and the Excellence Award ✨ Amazing tour de force! Everyone from children to adults was very excited 😆

One of my very heart touching memories in Japan which I want preserve in my mind for ever is the spring trip to Tokyo. During the trip my wife and her friend wore Japanese kimono and enjoyed cherry blossom. It give us an authentic and Traditional charms of Japan. Japanese traditional dress and japanese national flower a very nostalgic memory.

I was able to take a picture of the dedication of the dharma and the burning of the dharma that had served its role for one year.

⛄ Skate Festival specialty "Shibareyaki" tickets are now on sale! ⛸️ On Saturday, February 10th and Sunday, February 11th, the "58th Tomakomai Skate Festival" will be held at Central Park! 🥳 "Shibareyaki" refers to processing a drum into a grill and tasting 😊🥩🛢️ Genghis Khan in the cold At the time of the first Skating Festival, it was born to encourage members of the Self-Defense Forces to make snow sculptures and rinks, and from the second time, citizens have been able to enjoy it. This name came from the fact that it was baked inside. 💁‍♀️ Why don't you try the traditional taste! ✨ Tickets are now on sale at the city hall shop and COCOTOMA! 🎫 【Tomakomai City Hall Shop】 Address: 〒053-0018 4-5-6 Asahicho, Tomakomai City 1st floor 【COCOTOMA】 Address: 〒053-0022 5-11-5 Omotemachi, Tomakomai City Furendo Building / Tenant Building 1F

🎊🏒The "National Sports Festival" will be held from January 27th! ⛸️🎊 On January 27 (Sat) ~ February 3 (Sat), the largest sports festival in Japan "National Sports Festival" will be held at each facility in Tomakomai City! 🥳 It used to be called "National Sports Festival", but the law changed and it was 💁 ♀️ changed to "National Sports Festival" To coincide with the tournament, we are selling a limited edition of "National Sports Festival 2024 Acrylic Key Chain"! 📢⚡ It is now on sale at tourist information centers! ✨

Turn on the ⭐ lights This is located in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture 　　　　　　　　　　"Nankinmachi" I took this photo when the Lantern Festival was being held. Personally, I prefer 😁 this to Yokohama

This is the state of the Asakusa Rooster Market at the Eagle Shrine. Asakusa Rooster Market is a festival held every year on Rooster Day in November and is the largest rooster market in Japan. Ravels are sold at the rooster market, but rakes are one of the agricultural tools that are responsible for raking up the fallen harvest. This word "raking" has changed to the meaning of raking up good fortune, and rakes have come to be sold as lucky charms.

It is a fire burning festival "Fire Burning Shrine" at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto. It's very cool to throw in a "fire skewers".

*◇*◆*◇*◆*◇*◆*◇*◆*◇*◆* ◇* 　　　　 (b) Announcement *◇*◆*◇*◆*◇*◆*◇*◆*◇*◆* ◇* On Saturday, December 23rd, the event "Symbol Street Terrace ~The Road Where Light and Sound Meet~" will be held on Symbol Street (Ekimae Hondori)! ✨ A meat fast food restaurant produced by EXILE's SHOKICHI will open a store for the first time, launch a sky lantern, and many other events! 🥳 The venue will be a pedestrian paradise, so it will be closed to vehicle traffic from 11 a.m. ~ 10 p.m. 🙅‍♀️ Also, please note that "Ekidori Cross Street" and "Ekidori" of the Donan bus stop cannot be used all day. For more information, search for "Symbol Street Bustle Creation Project Pre-Event"! 💻 (It is also posted on the new information on the Tomakomai Tourism Association website!) ）

The first traditional festival in Fukushima Prefecture that I went to see Soma Noma Oi. The appearance of the unfolding goes back in time

This is an announcement about Sairinka in R5. From this year, the general public will receive a cooperation fee when entering. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in maintaining the event in the future. Junior high school students and older: 500 yen per person * Tokachi River Onsen guests (tourism association member facilities), Otosara town residents, elementary school students and younger are free of charge. * Otosara residents are required to present an official ID card that shows their address. 【Period】Saturday, January 27, 2024 ~ Sunday, February 18, 2024 [Lighting time] 19:00~21:00 【Place】Tokachigaoka Park [Parking lot] available (about 100 cars, free)

Magnificent winter fireworks of Odaiba is back with a bang… Usually hanabi can be seen during summertime. But this one is in December that make it different yet special. It has holiday flavour too. Crisp winter ocean wind, super clear sky, incredibly beautiful cityscape and the rainbow bridge all these things escalate beauty of firework.

"Sairinka" complete reproduction! This work, which perfectly reproduces the major winter event "Sairinka" in Tokachi River Hot Spring, was produced by a 6th grade elementary school student (at that time) in Otosara! 😳 The fantastically changing light is like the real thing! I love Sairinka, and I have been thinking about it since I was in the second grade of elementary school, and it was finally completed in ✨ the winter of my sixth grade It is 😭 a wonderful work full of love for Sairinka Even so, the quality is too amazing! The author is currently in the first year of junior high school, and I'm 😊 looking forward to the future

2023. At the Shuri Castle Reconstruction Festival

Fukiji Temple in Bungotakata City, Oita Prefecture During the autumn foliage season, there is a weekend-only illumination. I visited for the first time in four years, but this time I was able to go at the height of autumn leaves.

Preparations are underway for Tokachi River Onsen's major winter event "Sairinka". This time, the observatory is built in two tiers so that 😊 you can enjoy the view from above In addition, details of Sairinka will be posted in the future! 【Schedule】Saturday, January 27, 2024 ~ Sunday, February 18, 2024 【Time】19:00~21:00 【Place】Tokachigaoka Park

NICE TO MEET EVERYONE WHO WATCHES COOL JAPAN VIDEOS! This is the Izena Island Tourism Association. Izena Island is located in the north of the main island of Okinawa, and the circumference of the island is 17 kilometers, and you can go around it in about 20 minutes by car. Izena Village, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture is an island consisting of three uninhabited islands: the main island "Izena Island", "Yanaha Island", "Gushigawa Island", and "Furujin Island". The population of Izena Island in Okinawa Prefecture is 1,322 (as of the 2020 (Reiwa 2) survey), and it is also known as the birthplace of "Shoenou", the first king of the second Sho clan of the Ryukyu Dynasty. In this first post, we will introduce Izena Island and introduce the attractions of sightseeing spots and activities. ■■Sightseeing spots on Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture■■ ◆ Futamigaura Coast (Superb view of two rocks of Gitara) "Gitara" means a sheer rock (cliff), and the sheer rocks in the sea and land are called "sea gitara / land gitara". The Gitara Coast, which has a total length of about 1 km, is dotted with many sea and land gitaras, and it has been selected as one of the 100 best beaches in Japan because of the beauty of the arrangement of sea and land gitara, land and broad-leaved trees! In addition, "Mattera Beach" in the Gitara Coast area is a hidden gem beach with white sand and highly transparent blue waters. There is also a campsite. ◆ Gitara Observatory Located in the Gitara Coast area, the "Gitara Observatory" is a popular observation spot! In particular, it is also a valuable place where you can overlook the two opposite sea and land Gitara. Don't miss the starry sky and city illuminations at night. ◆ Izena Castle Ruins The altitude of the "Izena Castle Ruins" in the southeast of Izena Island is 70m. It is said that the castle was built in the Gusuku period (11th ~ 14th century) by King Shoen's grandfather "Lord Sameigawa". It is said that it was said to be an "impregnable castle" because it was cut into a pyramid shape and had precipitous cliffs on three sides. From the top of the ruins of Izena Castle, you can enjoy a spectacular view of the sea. In addition, the "Izena Tama Palace" at the foot of the ruins of Izena Castle has been designated as an important cultural property of Japan. ◆ Izena Beach (Izena Beach) Located on the south side of Izena Island, this beach has a cobalt blue sea! It is a popular tourist destination where you can enjoy swimming and camping, and toilets and showers are also available. * 2023 (Reiwa 5) partially unusable due to seawall maintenance work from July. ◆ Shoenwang Oniwa Park To commemorate the 580th anniversary of King Shoen's birth, it is a park that was built in 1996 (Heisei 8). There are still a steady stream of worshippers in Shoen-o Oniwa Park, and there is also the Shiohira River in the park, which is said to have been used for the birthing bath of King Shoen. It is a sightseeing spot where you can feel the history of the Ryukyu kings. ◆ Mekaruke House Designated as a nationally designated important cultural property (building), the "Meikari Family Residence" is the house where the direct family of the Mekari family lived. It escaped damage from the war and was well preserved, so it was rebuilt in Meiji 39 (1906) (1906). ◆ Samure Michi The "Samure Road" is an ancient road with a total length of 2 kilometers that was used as the only living road connecting the village of Izena and the southwestern part of Izena Island around the 12th ~ 13th century. "Samure" is a Ryukyu dialect word that means "samurai" (a samurai family related to the royal family). The quartzite (mah stone) laid on the Samure Road resembled the footprints of a samurai, so it was named the Samure Road. The Samure Road is also used as an approach road to connect the royal family's holy tomb, the Izena Tama Palace, when the Meikari family, who are relatives of the Sho family, hold the "Koji Seimei Festival", which is an event to visit the graves of their ancestors. ◆ Shirasagi Observatory Facing the sea, it is an observatory with a good view overlooking the Gitara Coast (Futamigaura) and the sea! It is a popular view spot where you can also see the ruins of Izena Castle and Yanaha Island. ■■Activity information on Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture■■ ◆ Bicycle rental Izena Island has few gradients, so it is also recommended to rent a bicycle to visit the famous spots! While galloping through the idyllic scenery, please enjoy Izena Island. ◆ Diving, snorkeling The highly transparent sea of Izena Island is ideal for marine activities! There are plenty of highlights such as coral reefs and caves of light. There is no doubt that it will be enjoyed by both beginners and advanced players! ◆ Sea fishing On Izena Island, there are many points for chinu (black bream) fishing. The official website of the Izena Island Tourism Association also has a "Fishing Map of Izena Island", so please make use of it! ■■Gourmet information on Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture■■ ◆ Awamori Awamori, which is made in the Ryukyu Islands, also has a sake brewery on Izena Island. Please enjoy the mellow taste of awamori! ◆Okinawa Soba in Izena You can enjoy the unique flavors of Izena Island, such as Okinawa Soba using plenty of Okinawa's specialty "Mozuku" and Okinawa Soba using rice from Izena Island for the noodles. ■■ Festivals and event information on Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture ■■ ◆ Izena 88 Triathlon Tournament Approximately 600 athletes participate every year, making it the largest event on Izena Island. Healthy men and women over the age of 18 are welcome to participate regardless of nationality. The 7-hour heated competition is a must-see! ◆ Unner "Unna" is a traditional festival on Izena Island that prays for a good harvest of rice. Powerful events such as tug-of-war, snai wrestling on a plank, and the Okinawa sumo wrestling tournament will be held. ■■Accommodation information for Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture■■ There are a variety of accommodation facilities in Izena Island, including hotels, vacation rentals, and guest houses. You can enjoy a wide range of accommodations, from facilities with a view of the beach to accommodations with a cozy atmosphere ■■Tradition of Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture■■ One of the charms of Izena Island is the tradition of "Ihyajute". Ihyajute is a word that means "the people of Izena are compassionate." The tradition of hospitality, in which visitors from outside the island were given harvests such as fishing without discrimination, has been rooted for a long time. On the island, you can experience Ihyajute, which is still carried over to this day. You can enter the garden where tea is placed on the veranda of the house, listen to the story of the island while drinking tea, and spend a relaxing time, which is a tradition unique to Izena Island. ■■Access information to Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture■■ ◆ In the case of a private car From Naha Airport, take the expressway and drive north for about 2 hours, and from Unten Port (Nakijin Village), take a car ferry for about 1 hour. ◆ In the case of a taxi From Naha Airport, use the expressway and drive north for about 2 hours (fare: about 16,000 yen) About 25 minutes from Nago City to Unten Port (Fare: about 2,400 yen ~) You can also use buses and highway buses from Naha Airport. For details, please check the official website of the Izunashima Tourism Association. There are also rental car shops for cars, bicycles, mopeds, etc. on Izena Island. Please make use of it when sightseeing. COOL JAPAN VIDEOS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON IZENA ISLAND, OKINAWA PREFECTURE, SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO!

A festival to pray for a good harvest held in four villages on Izena Island, Okinawa Prefecture In 2024, it will be held in each village on 7/20, 7/27, 7/30, and 8/3!

Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture Famous Kinosaki Onsen It is my favorite place in Hyogo Prefecture, and the number of people from overseas is increasing 😌. Kinosaki Onsen in summer

Japan has not only natural beauty but also it has very rich cultural events and festival. Few days ago I attended Ikebukoro Yasakoi dance festival. It was really amazing. May be better to say I was amused to see the dance. Hope next year all the page member could attend this event. Location: Ikebukoro

Introducing the posts of the "Nakashibetsu Tourism Association" Cool Japan SNS official account! Nakashibetsu Town, Shibetsu District, Hokkaido is a town where agriculture such as dairy farming, potatoes, sugar beets, and radishes is thriving. Sightseeing spots rich in nature such as the "Kaiyodai Observatory" where you can experience the "roundness of the earth" are attractive. There are also plenty of seasonal events such as the "Nakashibetsu Winter Festival".