Best Summer Destinations In Tokai
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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.
Name
Kihoku Tōrō Festival
Address
Nagashima Kihoku-cho, Kitamuro-gun, MieGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from JR Kii Nagashima Starion. By car or taxi, 60 min from Tsu Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
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.
Name
Nap House (Sakushima Island)
Address
16 Ishigaki Isshiki-cho Sakushima , Nishio-shi, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min walk from Sakushima West Port
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.
Name
Shimoda Park
Address
3, Shimoda-shi, ShizuokaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from Shimoda Station. 5 min by bus from Shimoda Station to Shimoda Kaichu Aquarium. By car, 160 min from Shizuoka city, or 180 min from Yokohama city.
Parking
Free parking area is available
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.
Name
Katahara Onsen Hydrangea Village
Address
28-1 Ichinosawa Kanehira-cho, Gamagori-shi, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min by taxi from JR Sangane Station. 70 min by car from Nagoya city. Toll parking area is available. During the hydrangea festival, extra non-stop bus from Kamagori Station.
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.
Name
Machu Picchu In Gifu 'Tea Plantation In The Sky'
Address
1940 Kasuga Rokugo Ibigawa-cho, Ibi-gun, GifuGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 60 min from Gifu city, 90 min from Nagoya city. Parking area is available. 20 min walk from the parking area to the observatory.
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Chausuyama Highlands
Address
70-185 Goshodaira Sakauba Toyone-mura, Kitashitara-gun, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 60 min from Horaikyo IC, 90 min from Nagoya Station, and 90 min from Hamamatsu IC. parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Iragomisaki Lighthouse
Address
Koyama Irago-cho, Tahara-shi, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
120 min by car from Nagoya. Parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Wakeoe Shrine
Address
4-14-4 Yasui Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from Kami-iida Subway Station. By bus, 7 min from Kami-iida Station to Tsuji-machi, and 5 min walk. Or, 30 min from Nagoya Station to Kaneda-cho 5-chome and 5 min walk. By taxi or car, 25 min from Nagoya Station. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
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.
Name
Futamiokitama Shrine
Address
575 E Futami-cho, Ise-shi, MieGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from JR Futaminoura Station. 20 min by bus from Iseshi Station to Meoto-iwa Higashi-guchi, then 5 min walk. 50 min by car from Tsu city, or 110 min from Nagoya city. Nearby free-parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival
Address
Between Nagara Bridge and Kinka Bridge. the side of Nagara River, Gifu-shi, GifuGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
Shuttle bus is available from JR Gifu Station. By car or taxi, 8 min from Gifu Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
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!
Name
Ōgaki Sunflower Field
Address
955 Higashimae-cho Hiramachi, Ogaki-shi, GifuGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 15 min from JR Ōgaki Station to Sugue, then 8 min walk. 35 min by car from Gifu Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Aoyama Highland
Address
Kaito Hakusan-cho, Tsu-shi, MieGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or taxi, 10 min from Nishiaoyama Station, 90 min from Yokkaichi Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Because of the surrounding mountains, the sound of skyrockets reverberate impressively and the presence is moving. The skyocket named Niagara is well known.
Name
Atami Kaijyo Hanabi Event
Address
Higashikaigan-cho, Atami-shi, ShizuokaGoogle Map
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.
Name
Yoshida Shrine
Address
2 Sekiya-cho, Toyohashi-shi, AichiGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
5 min walk from Shiyakusho-mae Station
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Tourist Farm Hana-Hiroba
Address
48 Takamidai Toyo'oka Minami Chita-cho, Chita-gun, AichiGoogle Map
Tel
0569-65-2432
Hours
8:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 650 yen、Child 300 yen
How to get there
By bus, 20 min from Kowa Station to 'Taimatsuri, Hanahiroba Mae', then 20 min walk. By car, 50 min from Nagoya Station, or 30 min from Chubu Centrair international Airport.
Parking
Free parking area is available
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.
Name
Nagara River Cormorant Fishing
Address
1-2 Minato-machi, Gifu-shi, GifuGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 3400 yen、Child 1700 yen
How to get there
By bus, 20 min from Gifu Station to Nagara-bashi Bridge, then 1 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Gifu Station.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
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.
Name
Masumida Shrine
Address
1-2-1 Masumida, Ichinomiya-shi, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
8 min walk from Ichinomiya Station. By car or taxi, 30 min from Nagoya Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Pacific Ocean Long Beach
Address
Oishi Akabane-cho, Tahara-shi, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
100 min by car from Nagoya Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
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.
Name
Kasuisai Temple
Address
2915-1 Kuno, Fukuroi-shi, ShizuokaGoogle Map
Tel
0538-42-2121
Fee
Adult 500 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
10 min by bus from Fukuroi Station to Kasui. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kakegawa Station or 40 min from Shizuoka Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available