Best Summer Destinations In Tokai

Colorful Fireworks Spreading To The SkyKihoku Tōrō Festival

Kihoku Tōrō Matsuri is a summer festival in Kihoku town. The biggest highlights of firework are Saiun Kujaku and Saishoku Senrin, which you can see only here. In 2018, it was postponed for the typhoon, and held on September 8th.

The Sea, Foods & Scenery Of Sakushima IslandNap House (Sakushima Island)

There're many places you can get many 'like' in your Instagram. You can enjoy beautiful sea of course, and various food such as seafood and shaved ice in this season. I want you all to visit Sakushima Island once.

Great Path For Walk & Photo With 150 Thousand Hydrangeas At Both SidesShimoda Park

At the top of the steps, there're lots of hydrangeas on the slope as far as the eyes can see! You can see lots of hydrangeas all around you. If you can visit here in early morning, there're few people and you can enjoy walking and taking pictures. ◎During Hydrangea Festival, the extra parking area is available in front of Perry Monument. If you use the public transports, you can walk or take bus from Shimoda Station of Izukyu Line.

Over 50 Thousand Hydrangeas Renowned As A Photo Shoot Location In Tokai RegionKatahara Onsen Hydrangea Village

Ajisai-no Sato (Hydrangea Village) located near Katahara Onsen is very photogenic as you see! For there're many slopes and the visibility opens widely, you can take pictures of landscape with many hydrangeas. What's more, the photos could be calm composition if you take the pond in. You can also enjoy the lighting show!◎When you access by car, please stop by at Sanganesan Sky Line which is a road with hydrangeas at both sides. The parking area is available. but it's get very crowded every year. When you use pubic transportation, it's walkable from Mikawakashima Station of Meitestu Line, or during Hydrangea Festival, a non-stop bus is available from south gate of Kamagori Station. Please check in detail at web pages of Katahara Onsen.

Wonderful Scenery! A Paradise In The Sky You Can Find After Climbing The MountainMachu Picchu In Gifu 'Tea Plantation In The Sky'

20 min mountain climbing that is good for exercise. I was more exhausted than I expected, the great scenery looking over the observatory let my fatigue away. What's more, the local guides were very kind.

Chausuyama Highlands With 360 Degree View Of The SkyChausuyama Highlands

It was cloudy when I arrived the destination, but I could see the beautiful starry sky sometimes appeared between the clouds. I think it's more beautiful if it's fine and the air is clean. The temperature was so low that I needed to put on a jacket.

The Lighthouse With The Beautiful Starry SkyIragomisaki Lighthouse

I took this picture on August 13th. When I just started to give up because of the clouds, the clouds disappeared and the sky showed me the great Milky Way. I love this collaboration of the lighthouse and the Milky Way.

Beautiful Hand-Purify Fountain At Wakeoe Shrine Famous For Its Red StampbookWakeoe Shrine

I just dropped by Wakeoe Shrine after shopping, but I was fascinated with the beautiful Temizusha (hand- purify fountain) that was seen only in this season. ◎Wakeoe Shrine is popular for the colorful stampbook (Gosyuin: monk write the seals with red ink). You can get a limited stampbook from 6/23-6/30. Please check out Facebook from the official web site.

Summer Solstice Festival When The People From All Over Japan Try To Purify All Together Futamiokitama Shrine

At Futamiokitama Shrine famous for the couple rock, Geshi Festival is took place on the day of summer solstice. After the warm-up with singing and motion like rowing boats, they purify in front of the couple rock. In fact, it's said that old people purify here before visiting Ise Jingu Shrine.◎Futamiokitama Shrine has a parking area for cars, and for the public transport, it's possible to walk from JR Futamiura Station. But the trains don't run in the early morning, you'll better to stay around here if you don't have cars. Summer solstice of course, it's during the rainy season in Japan, you need to prepare the rain. If it's sunny, you can see the sun rising from between the couple rock as a buck ground of Mt. Fuji.

Surprising Volley Of 30 Thousand Fireworks Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival

In 2018, Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival was postponed for a month because of typhoon. In addition, the other firework festivals in this area were canceled, so many people visited this year.

You Can Take Various Pictures! A Photogenic Sunflower FieldŌgaki Sunflower Field

The sunflower field itself is of course attractive, but in addition, you can enjoy Sunflower Tunnel people can walk through, and the collaboration with Shinkansen Super Express. They're worth taking pictures. It's possible to take Doctor Yellow (a rare train running to check the Shinkansen tracks) in your pictures!

Aoyama Highland With Many WindmillsAoyama Highland

There was soft breeze, and a little chill in the air even in hot August. You can see many windmills wheeling in the beautiful blue sly and also in the evening glow!◎By car, 10 min from Nishiaoyama Station, 40 min from Hisai IC of Ise Speedway. The parking area is available for free. Access by car is the most convenient.

Impressive Sound Of SkyrocketsAtami Kaijyo Hanabi Event

Because of the surrounding mountains, the sound of skyrockets reverberate impressively and the presence is moving. The skyocket named Niagara is well known.

Summer Beach Resort With White Sands And Palm TreesAtami Sun-Beach

A popular beach crowded with many people.

The Surprising Cylinder Firework On Hand At Its BirthplaceYoshida Shrine

I should say it's worthy to be the birthplace of cylinder firework on hand, both the number of fireworks and how they show fireworks are on a high level. You can see eye to eye with the firework-holders, and take pictures of their expressions.◎Toyohashi Gion Festival on July 20th in 2018. This year, the tripod is prohibited, but we can use monopod.

Tourist Farm With Various Flowers In Each SeasonTourist Farm Hana-Hiroba

I enjoyed summer with a stretch of sunflowers! We can take home up to three flowers if you want.◎Admission fees: adult 650 yen, child 300 yen. Opening hours 8:00-17:00. Free parking area is available. You can take pictures in costume, and enter with companion animals. Picking fruit is available in each season. Check the official web site.

Cormorant Fishing As A Tradition With More Than 1300 Years HistoryNagara River Cormorant Fishing

I took a boat to see Ukai (cormorant fishing). It was as close as I could feel the heat of the bonfire. There're dynamic motions in the silence, I gazed in wonder at that sight.◎5/11-10/15 in 2018. If you want to take a boat, reservation is better. The fees for the boat: 3100-3400 yen.

Many Decorations For The Star Festival! A Big Summer Event Tanabata In Ichinomiya TownMasumida Shrine

Ichinomiya is a producing center of fabric. For this Masumida Shrine is a god for fabric, it has a strong relationship with Orihime (a princess who weaves cloth) appears in a legend of Tanabata. In the late July, Masumida Shrine and the town are decorated colorfully for Tanabata Star Festival. You can also enjoy shopping at many festival stalls!◎It's located walkable area from JR Owari Ichinomiya Station, or Meitestu Ichinomiya. Though there're some toll parking areas, public transportation will be better because the traffic is regulated.

Wondering Here's California In Japan? A Glittering BeachPacific Ocean Long Beach

The best beach in Aichi where surfers get together before dawn. The gold sunlight reflecting the surface makes me feel the beginning of the day. A poet Shimazaki Toson wrote 'Yashi-no mi (a cocoanut)' in Atsumi Peninsula as its scene. Here is wrapped up in the warm atmosphere like southern country.

Kasuisai Wind Bell Festival In Summer MoodKasuisai Temple

I was moved this scene because I've never feel the wind bells around me since then. Hattasan and Yusan-ji Temple, located at the same Fukuroi city as Kasuisai, also display wind bells, and I like them, too.◎From the mid July to the end of August.

Proud White Beach, Clear Water And Emerald Green Sea In IzuShirahama Ohama Coast

Going southward on Izu Peninsula, the sceneries change one after another. Then almost the southernmost of the peninsula is Shirahama (white beach in Japanese). Literally the sand is white and create a beautiful scene with the blue sea. In summer, the beach is crowded with people swimming in the sea and surfers.