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Announcement of the Tsuruoka Park Sakura Light-Up Event #TsuruokaSakuraFestival #SakuraIllumination Cherry blossoms in Tsuruoka Park will be illuminated in sync with their blooming season! 🌸💡 Tsuruoka Park is recognized as one of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots, boasting approximately 710 cherry trees in full bloom. The park features Somei Yoshino, Yaezakura, and Shidarezakura varieties, creating a stunning hanami experience. During the blooming season, the park is beautifully illuminated, with over 100 lanterns adding to the enchanting atmosphere. 🌸✨ Come and experience the magical beauty of Japanese cherry blossoms at night in Tsuruoka Park! Event Period (might be subject to change) 📅 April 8 (Tue) – April 14 (Mon), 2025 Warning: The schedule may change depending on the cherry blossoms' blooming conditions.
📅 Announcement of the Matsugaoka Sakura Festival 🍡 🌸 Date: April 12th (Saturday) to April 13th (Sunday), from 10am to 3pm Night time Sakura light-up: from 5pm to 8pm (🎆 Fireworks, wine tasting bar and nighttime marche will be held on the 12th night) 🌸 Location: Matsugaoka Reclamation Lands (Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/S917XtH4LgCSLp8E6 ) 🌸 How to go there by bus: Get on the bus bound for Mt. Haguro, get off the bus at Haguro Choshamae 羽黒庁舎. A free shuttle bus will wait you there to bring you to Matsugaoka's Reclamation Site (bus timetable: https://www.shonaikotsu.jp/english/tourism/haguro_tt.html ) 🌸 What to expect: arts & crafts workshops, exhibitions, stands, ceramics workshops, special food menus, and of course: beautiful sakura blossoms! This is the ideal moment to explore the history of
⛄February 1st to 24❄️ At the base of Mt. Gassan and Mt. Yudono lies Shizu Onsen in Nishikawa Town, our neighboring community. Every winter, the town transforms into a snowy wonderland with the creation of
🎉笑う門には福来🎊🎍　🇬🇧 Warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru Fortune comes to a merry home. 🇫🇷 Le bonheur arrive à la porte de ceux qui sourient 😁 📚 1 day, 1 Japanese proverb ✏️ Merry Christmas and happy new year to our followers. No need to explain this proverb this time. We wish you all happiness, good health, lots of laugther and success for the end of the year and the new year to come. In Japan, we like to celebrate with a white cake (sponge cake) topped with strawberries for Christmas. So let us share with you 🍰🎅 #MerryChristmas #ChristmasInJapan #HolidaySeason #TsuruokaCity #Tsuruoka #UNESCOCityOfGastronomy #Tohoku #DewaSanzan #SpiritualJapan #BeautifulJapan #HiddenGemsOfJapan #WinterVibes #SnowyChristmas #ChristmasJoy #TravelWithUs #ExploreJapan #japaneseproverbs
Last october, we had the chance of having Mr. Yokoyama Minehiro🏅, professional mountain athlete from The North Face accompany us on the tracks from Atsumi Onsen to the Dewa Sanzan through Mt. Kinbo.🚶 No need to hide it, yes, it was hard for us to follow this seasoned athleted on this route of over 120km long. But the many shrines, temples, and delicious ramen along the way made us forget how many liters of sweat were shed. Are you, too, a hiking lover? Think of Tsuruoka next time you're in Japan! Many travel agencies will help you arrange your perfect hiking trip in our sacred mountains, discover the Sokushinbutsu mummies and exchange with Yamabushi priests and monks ⛰️🥾 #DewaSanzan #Tsuruoka #SacredMountains #YamabushiTrail #HikingAdventure #NatureLovers #SpiritualJourney #TohokuJapan #YamagataPrefecture #ExploreJapan #OutdoorExperience #MountainWorship #JapaneseCulture #AdventureTravel #NationalParks #ScenicTrails #EcoTourism #CulturalHeritage #hiddengemsjapan #hikingadventures
☃️ 雪は豊年の瑞 Yuki wa hōnen no shirushi🌾 🇬🇧 Snow foretells a bountiful year 🇫🇷 Neige qui abonde, année féconde 🌨️🌿 Mt. Haguro's majestic Ōtorī gate with Mt. Gassan in the background. In ancient Japanese spirituality, mountains were central to faith, a belief system known as sangaku shinkō 山岳信仰 (mountain worship). This reverence stemmed, in part, from the snow that blanketed the peaks during winter, melting in the spring to nourish the land below. The more snow that melted, the more water flowed into the fields, enriching the soil with minerals carried from the mountain's rocks. For this reason, to the people of ancient Japan, mountains were guardians of the harvest, ensuring bountiful crops through their life-giving waters.🏔️❄️🌾 #JapanWinter #WinterLandscapes #SnowInJapan #JapanNature #ScenicJapan #WinterWonderland #ExploreJapan #TravelJapan #BeautifulJapan #SnowyMountains #WinterPhotography #NatureLovers #JapanTravel #WinterMagic #JapaneseCountryside #WinterVibes #SereneJapan #WinterEscape #SnowyScenes #TohokuJapan #JapaneseCulture #ExploreJapan #TraditionalJapan #JapanVibes #TohokuAdventures #JapanTradition #JapanHistory #LocalJapan #SpiritualJapan #JapanOffTheBeatenPath
🔥 兵は猶火の如し Hei wa naohi no gotoshi⚔️ 🇬🇧 Wars are like wildfires 🇫🇷 La guerre est telle un feu sauvage 📚1 day, 1 Japanese proverb ✏️ At the summit of Mt. Haguro stands the Sekai Heiwa no To (World Peace Tower), a 20th-century monument dedicated to global peace. Atop the monument is a three-legged crow, symbolizing the one that guided Prince Hachiko to Mt. Haguro, it represents Prince Hachiko's mission to spread peace to all in his pursuit of the Lands of Dewa. Today's proverb reminds us that, like fire, war may seem like an immediate and effective solution to a problem, but it is difficult to control and often leads to self-destruction. Now more than ever, we hope for an immediate end to war and for peace to prevail across the entire world.🙏 The pictures in this post were taken during the Shoreisai: this major Yamabushi ceremony takes place every year on December 31st on Mt. Haguro. It starts in the afternoon and last until the next morning, featuring several yamabushi rituals all night long. #JapaneseCulture #JapanTravel #TraditionalJapan #JapanNature #ExploreJapan #HiddenJapan #MtHaguro #DewaSanzan #SacredMountains #ShintoBuddhism #MountainWorship #PilgrimageTrail #SpiritualJourney #YamagataPrefecture #HistoricJapan #JapaneseForests #NatureWorship #CulturalHeritage #AncientTraditions #FiveStoryPagoda #Gojunoto #SacredTrees
❄️ 柳に雪折れなし Yanagi ni yukiore nashi 🌳 🇬🇧 Snow doesn't make the willow break. 🇫🇷 Le saule ne craint pas de briser sous la neige. 📚1 day, 1 Japanese proverb ✏️ To accompany this winter proverb, here are photos of Mr. Shoji Yohei, owner of Hayato Ryokan in Yutagawa Onsen and Yamabushi. Mt. Kinbo is an amazing mountain to hike during winter (snowshoes obligatory!). Mt. Kinbo used to have its own shugendo training (now discontinued). Nankoin temple, a shingon Buddhist temple down Mt. Kinbo near Yutagawa Onsen, is still alive, one of the last vestiges of Mt. Kinbo's past. We recommend a stop at Nankoin temple. And if you're heading back to Tsuruoka, treat yourself and your empty stomach with a bowl of karaage ramen (fried-chicken ramen soup) at Inakura Shokudo. 🍜 #JapanTravel #VisitJapan #JapanNature #DiscoverJapan #ExploreJapan #JapanVibes #TravelJapan #TohokuTravel #japaneseproverb #VisitTohoku #TohokuNature #TsuruokaCity #YamagataJapan #SacredMountains #JapaneseShrines #SpiritualJapan #Shugendo #NatureAndSpirituality #PilgrimageJapan #NatureLovers #MountainAdventure #ForestBathing #HikingJapan #AdventureTravel #ScenicViews #JapanCulture #TraditionalJapan #JapaneseGastronomy
☪️ Halal and vegan options in the Japanese cuisine..?🌱 In Tsuruoka, chefs, farmers, city officials, and bar owners are constantly striving to learn more about how to make residents and travelers feel better in our city all while discovering the traditions that make our culture, including food. However, vegan and halal cuisine remain unfamiliar concepts to many chefs in Japan’s countryside—and sometimes, misunderstandings occur. To avoid mistakes happening ever again, we recently organized a specialized cooking class led by an expert chef. The goal was to educate our local culinary community on the principles of vegan and halal cuisine. For example, many assume that a dish without meat automatically qualifies as halal, but this is not the case. Halal cuisine also prohibits alcohol, and even traditional fermented ingredients must be carefully evaluated before deciding if they can be included in a recipe or not. Fortunately, Japanese cuisine offers a treasure trove of delicious recipes that can easily be adapted to meet halal and vegan standards; that can be enjoyed by anyone: vegan or not, muslim or not. Event held by The Tsuruoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry #HalalJapaneseFood #VeganJapaneseFood #HalalFoodJapan #VeganInJapan #HalalTravelJapan #PlantBasedJapan #HalalFriendly #VeganFriendly #JapaneseCuisine #HalalLifestyle #VeganEats #HalalAndVegan #JapanFoodie #HealthyJapaneseFood #MuslimFriendlyJapan #VeganTravelJapan #HalalDining #VeganCulture #JapaneseFoodLovers #TravelJapan

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