Month: December 2022

Blue Pond popular among tourists, lit up at night, Biei-cho, Hokkaido

Post Date：December 11, 2022

Blue Pond in Biei-cho, Hokkaido, popular among tourists for its mysterious scenery, is illuminated at night and attracts many visitors. Blue Pond in Biei-cho, located at the foot of Tokachi-dake Mountain, is a popular tourist spot where the lake surface looks blue due to aluminum, a component of volcanoes. For the past eight […]

Myakumyaku was designed on manhole covers, installed in 400 locations by Expo 2025.

Post Date：December 9, 2022

In an effort to promote the Osaka-Kansai Expo in 2025, the City of Osaka has installed manhole covers featuring the official character “Myakumyaku” at 10 locations in the city. The city plans to install them in 400 locations by the time of the Expo. The new manhole covers were installed at 10 locations […]

Monkeys relaxing in a hot spring, Hakodate, Hokkaido

Post Date：December 2, 2022

A hot spring has been available at a botanical garden in the hot spring resort area of Hakodate since January 1, and visitors are enjoying the sight of the monkeys warming themselves in the snowy hot water. About 50 Japanese macaques are kept at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Yugawa-cho, Hakodate City, […]

Daruma-san Koronada! Serious competition in a nostalgic game, Nara

Post Date：December 1, 2022

The “National Daruma-san Koronda Championship” was held in Oji Town, Nara Prefecture, in October this year. The competition was to decide who would be the best in Japan in a serious game of “Daruma-san korodera,” a nostalgic game. （You can view English subtitles by using youtube’s automatic translation feature.） The venue for the […]