2020.03.26
There are spots in Kagawa Prefecture where you can enjoy the four seasons. From classic spots where you can enjoy the cherry blossoms that will bloom soon, to secret spots that are not yet known.
There are about 320 cherry blossoms centered on Yoshino cherry tree in the park, and the exquisite contrast between the luster of the cherry blossoms reflected on the lake surface and the color of the pine greenery of about 1,000 is fascinating to the viewer.
Address: 1-20-16 Kuribayashi-cho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa
＞Ritsurin Park official site
Marugame Castle, one of the twelve surviving wooden keeps, has about 1,000 cherry blossoms surrounding the castle enshrined on the tallest stone wall in Japan.
Address: Ichibancho, Marugame City, Kagawa
＞Marugame Castle official website
Approximately 3,500 cherry blossoms bloom in the precincts, of which “Sakura no Baba” at the end of Daimon is a famous cherry blossom spot. At the “Sakura Festival” held on April 10 every year, a shrine maiden with cherry blossoms will enter the main shrine while lining up the cherry blossoms.
Address: 892-1 Kotohira-cho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa
＞Kotohira Shrine Official Website
There are 1,000 cherry blossoms in Shiundeyama, 352 meters above sea level, located on the Shonai Peninsula. It is a superb view where you can enjoy the cherry blossoms and the Seto Inland Sea together.
Address: Takuma Town, Mitoyo City, Kagawa
＞Shiun Ideyama official website
There are about 3,000 Yoshino cherry trees, yamazakura, and yaezakura on the island, including a row of cherry blossom trees from the port to the lighthouse.
Address: Megicho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa
＞Megijima Official Site
In the park at the top of the Asahiyama mountain at an altitude of about 238m, in the spring, about 2,000 cherry trees including Yoshino cherry tree bloom. Observation decks with 360-degree panoramas are also popular.
Address: 3829-14 Shimosa, Takase-cho, Mitoyo-shi, Kagawa
＞Asahiyama Forest Park official website
Cherry blossom trees line up on both sides of a 300m long dike connecting Kameshima and the shrine to form a “flower tunnel”, and the appearance of it shining on the surface of the water is a truly spectacular view.
Address: 163-1 Nagao, Sanuki City, Kagawa
＞Prefectural Kamezuru Park official website
The Shibazakura, which spreads pink all over the slopes of the mountain, is beautiful and looks like Mt. Fuji. The best time is from early April to early May.
Address: 774 Higashi-Kagawa City, Kagawa
＞Shibazakura Fuji official site
[Hoshinoya Tokyo] “Tokyo Tango Stay” where you can experience the modern Boy’s Festival “Tango”
[Kyukamura Nasu] “Azalea de Sanpo” program where the vermilion color of azaleas shines in the fresh green
The 360-year-old Yamanashi sake brewery Sasaichi Sake Brewery and Hoshinoya Fuji will collaborate again in 2023!
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The official audio guide to the Kumano Kodo and Ise Road has been released.
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Shimogo-machi, Fukushima Prefecture: Recommended spots for spring are now posted on “PhotoNavi Shimogo,” a portal site for photography and sightseeing.
Fukushima
Lodging and Dining Roven Otaki Town, an “old private house bistro” in Boso where you can stay overnight, is now open.
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[Chidorigafuchi] First Collaboration with Tokyo’s Cherry Blossom Viewing Spot: “Cherry Blossom Viewing Boat” Ticket Included in the New Accommodation Plan
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[limited edition goods]Panda train tins, a candy tin with a panda driving a train & station platform, a panda hanging strap and a panda passenger, will be available.
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Matcha & Hojicha Afternoon Tea Set – Enjoy Sayama Tea” expresses the arrival of a new season with fresh green buds.
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【Hoshinoya Tokyo】”Summer Evening: Noryo Boat Asobi”, a luxurious event in which guests enjoy champagne and seasonal snacks on a chartered boat while gazing at the night view of Tokyo.
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The official audio guide to the Kumano Kodo and Ise Road has been released.
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[Kyoto Chanoyu Meihonotei] A cafe where you can experience matcha green tea in the tea room of the historical building Meihonotei opens in Kiyomizu, Kyoto.
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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden and Kiyosumi Teien Garden: “Hanashobu ga Musubu Sono Knot” at the famous iris viewing spot.
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Hotel Metropolitan will hold the “Nagasaki Fair” from January 15, 2024 (Monday) at three of its restaurants: the all-day dining restaurant Crossadyne, the Japanese restaurant Hanamusashi, and the Shikisai Saryo Shunka.
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Ramen Izakaya Deniro is offering a collaboration with street-style ramen restaurant “No Good Neighbor” starting Thursday, December 7, 2023.
Aomori
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Hoshino Resort Aomoriya, in cooperation with local railroad company Aoimori Railway Co., will operate a sightseeing train service on Saturdays and Sundays only from January 20 to February 11, 2024, offering meals and local sake while enjoying Aomori’s snowy landscape.
Tokyo
Travel
Hoshinoya Tokyo, a Japanese-style inn located in Otemachi, Tokyo, will again this year host the “New Year Kabuki Stay” program, a two-day and one-night stay from January 5 to 26, 2024.
For people living in Edo, one of their New Year’s pleasures was to watch Kabuki, and it was a chic way to spend the New Year. Theatrical teahouses supported this way of enjoying Kabuki. In addition to arranging tickets to the theater, the teahouses delighted patrons by providing a complete range of services, including plot notes, tea, sweets, makunouchi box lunches, and snacks and drinks (*1). Hoshinoya Tokyo offers a stay to celebrate the New Year with hospitality similar to the theatrical teahouses of the time.
*1: Tomizawa, Yoshihide and Fujita, Yosuke (2012). The Latest Kabuki Dictionary. Kashiwa Shobo.
Tokyo
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From November 22 (Wed) to December 3 (Sun), 2023, an autumn foliage lighting event will be held at Shinjuku Gyoen. Following the cherry blossom event this spring, Shinjuku Gyoen and Naked will collaborate again this fall for the autumn foliage event. Shinjuku Gyoen, one of Tokyo’s most famous gardens, is one of the few places in the city where visitors can enjoy the autumn leaves. The 200-meter-long rows of plane trees, the best maple tree spot in the city, Momijiyama, and the “Middle Pond,” with its spectacular reflection in the pond, will offer a world where the autumn leaves of Shinjuku Gyoen and Naked’s art and food are fused together.
Kyoto
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Daitokuji Obai-in Temple “Kinshu Dinner” will be held on November 25 (Sat.) and 26 (Sun.), 2023, a two-day private event at Obai-in, the pagoda temple of Daitokuji Temple, known for its beautiful autumn foliage.
