2024.12.11
Every Saturday and Sunday in February 2025, the New Furano Prince Hotel will offer a special plan called “Shimaehaga Journey”, where you can spend time with the snow fairy “Shimaehaga”! This year, the hotel is once again offering a special plan called the Striped Seaweed Trip, which includes a bird-watching experience and a lunch set with a striped seaweed cake plate.
The Striped Weasel is a popular wild bird known as the Snow Fairy. It is found only in Hokkaido, but its small size makes it difficult to spot even within Hokkaido.
The New Furano Prince Hotel has therefore prepared a plan that includes a bird-watching experience with a guide on the premises and a lunch set. Enjoy the winter scenery of Furano and look out for the snow fairy, the stripe-breasted nuthatch, and a variety of wild birds! Please enjoy the winter scenery of Furano and look out for the snow fairy “Shimaenaga” and various wild birds.
After the guide has finished, you will be served a lunch set with an original cake plate at the rented cafe ‘Forest Clock’, which was the setting of the TV drama. You will enjoy a trip full of striped eagles, unique to Furano, where you can feel the nature of Hokkaido.
| Date: | Saturdays and Sundays in February 2025 |
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| Activities: | Guided bird watching experience + packed lunch |
| Price: | ¥10,000 per person (including tax) |
| Numbers: | Max. 6 people per day (minimum 2 people per day) |
| Booking: | From Monday 25 November 2024 |
*Subject to cancellation due to weather conditions.
*Striped Eagle may not be confirmed by birdwatching experience.
[Hotel Gajoen Tokyo] One of the largest Hina Festival in Tokyo, “Millennium Hina Meguri: Thoughts Passed Down from the Heian Period to the Present Day – Hyakudan Hina Festival 2024” to be held.
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For important people who can not meet during summer vacation [#Meat relay that connects feelings] “Beef at home” set is now on sale!
“Neighborhood product exhibition 5th seafood large HIT fair” held-Saving surplus ingredients with corona
Experience the food culture of fermentation and preservation from the snowy town!
Enjoy “Arita ware pottery market” at home! Held a WEB pottery market that makes the production area more energetic
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
[New Furano Prince Hotel]This year’s plan to enjoy a snow fairy ‘zebra finch’ birdwatching experience and a lunch set with a zebra finch cake plate.
Hokkaido
[Kyoto Hachikan]Winter trip to Ohara, Kyoto, with a view of the snowy landscape and Osechi cuisine.
Kyoto
[KAI Tsugaru]Tsugaru Nanayuki Kamakura Apero’, an amuse-bouche featuring tunas from Oma and limited-edition sake, inspired by the Tsugaru Nanayuki snowfall.
Aomori
[Minoh, Katsuo-ji Temple.]‘Zero congestion’ measures during the autumn foliage season, such as ‘dedicated shuttle bus service’ and ‘special night-time lighting’, will commence from 9 November 2024 (Saturday).
Osaka
[Hoshino Resort Bandaisan Onsen Hotel]Snowy Bar, where you can taste Aizu’s local sake while watching the snowy landscape.
Fukushima
[New Furano Prince Hotel]This year’s plan to enjoy a snow fairy ‘zebra finch’ birdwatching experience and a lunch set with a zebra finch cake plate.
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Third FUKUCHA brand shop ‘Uji Store’ opens.
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Aomori fruit not just apples: pear ‘General Leclerc’ on sale for two weeks only.
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The Most Beautiful Museum in the World: Simose Art Museum Wins UNESCO’s Prestigious Versailles Prize!
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[ Kimuraya (department store)]Snowman’ is available only during the Christmas period. Japanese Stollen, made with traditional sake-type dough and Japanese ingredients, is on sale again this year.
2024.12.02
Hiroshima
Art
Simose Art Museum, located in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been awarded the prestigious Versailles Prize as the “Most Beautiful Museum in the World.”
The award ceremony took place on December 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, marking a historic moment for the museum and Japanese architecture.
The Versailles Prize Website:https://www.prix-versailles.com/2024
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Food
December sees the arrival of a number of Christmas breads. The Snowman with his cute smiling face is a sweet loaf with two different flavours: pudding cream and chocolate cream. It is a heartwarming treat with flavours that both children and adults can enjoy.
Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.
Hiroshima
Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.
HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.
The discussions centered on the aspirations behind the ZIPANGU exhibition and offered forward-looking insights, not only into Japan’s art world but also into the rediscovery of value within Japanese culture by its people.
Osaka
Food
Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Hiroshima
Travel
Culture
Two types of paper seals made exclusively for autumn, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, have been available since Monday 9 September at Daisho-in Temple on the World Heritage island of Miyajima. Quantities are limited and will run out as soon as they are gone.
Kyoto
Restaurant
Event
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
