The world biggest Japanese drum "Takio" school. You can learn playing the taiko from the very basics. They colaborated aerobic movement with the great sound and air waves of Wadaiko, Japanese taiko. This is a new fitness style created by TAIKO-LAB. Punching the Wadaiko with the drumsticks and you step to the music. You can have an easy and effective aerobic exercise.

The Iwaikaigan Summer Festival is also designated as an important traditional cultural event of Manazuru Town. The Manazuru Summer Color Festival is held in conjunction with this festival. The festival features lantern floating, fireworks over the sea, Bon Odori dancing, and food and drink booths, allowing visitors to enjoy the nostalgic traditions of Manazuru Town on a summer night.

At the NISSAN STAR SUITES, enjoy the thril of the game right in front of you in a luxurious space, to your heart's content. These rooms can be used before the start of the game, making them ideal for business meetings and other important business occasions. After a business meeting, connect with your customers by enjoying the excitement of the game in a private space. It can also be used for various occasions such as company get-togethers, welfare programs, and VIP celebrations.

On the southern side of Matsuda-yama, there are many farmhouses where you can pick mandarin oranges. You can eat mandarin oranges while overlooking Mount Fuji. You can become an owner of a mandarin orange tree.

This beach is located in Ninomiya Town, Kanagawa Prefecture. Enjoy a dragnet fishing experience at Sodegaura Beach, just a 7 minute walk from Ninomiya Station on the JR Tokaido Line. Thanks to its prime location, this dragnet fishing experience is widely used for company and community events, hands-on learning, and school trips. We provide thorough explanations so that even first-time visitors can feel at ease. It's as simple as pulling a rope in tug-of-war, making for an enjoyable experience from children to adults. The real excitement lies in the sheer wonder as to what could be inside as the net is pulled ashore. Participants can even directly touch marine life caught in the net, offering a valuable learning experience about biology, nature, and diet. The "come-as-you-are BBQ" plan is also extremely popular, featuring delicious Shonan Shirasu (whitebait)♪

Eria YOH is a healing space surrounded by olive trees in the Yamate area of Yokohama. The Chinese cooking world champion displays the traditional skills of Chinese cooking to deliver numerous wondrous and delicious foods comprising new sensations. Please enjoy a gorgeous time that features cuisine accompanied by Japanese seasonal vegetables together with Eria YOH’s hospitality in a superlative space with sunshine filtering through the foliage of a garden with around 50 fully grown olive trees.

A park where visitors can enjoy nature throughout the four seasons and is also one of the eight picturesque spots of Zama. It is especially famous for its 120,000 vibrantly-colored red spider lilies. The red spider lilies that bloom brilliantly red in the midst of the greenery create a relaxing space.

This dam is situated in the northwestern part of the prefecture, near Higashitanzawa and is the largest gravitational concrete dam in the Greater Tokyo Area. There is a 6 minute long release of water from April through November, every Wednesday, the second and fourth Friday of the month, and every second Sunday of the month. It is done at 11 o'clock and 2 o'clock past noon.

The Lakehouse the restaurant offers you a garden gastronomy experience with seasonal local vegetables. Starring unique vegetables grown in the great nature of Tochigi Prefecture, dishes are prepared with carefully selected cooking methods using many herbs and spices. Here, you can enjoy multi-course meals for you to savor the flavor of the ingredients. Décor in the dining hall including sketches and pressed flowers of animals and plants found at Lake Chuzenji as well as lighting and artworks inspired by fishing will enhance your lakeside dining experience. The restaurant also has the takeout menu “Grab & Go,” including sandwiches with a lot of seasonal local vegetables, smoothies, cookies, coffee and other drinks. Please drop by and grab some for a picnic or a walk around the area.

The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko, the luxury hotel in Nikko National Park, is the first Ritz-Carlton where guests can enjoy a hot spring. Baths source hot spring water from the historic Nikko Yumoto Onsen. Its soft, milky warm water makes you feel the blessing of the nature of Okunikko. Each suite features a private balcony from which you can enjoy the view of scenic Lake Chuzenji and majestic Mount Nantai, both of which are the symbols of Nikko National Park. You will be sure to lose track of time in these spacious guest rooms, which come with a traditional engawa porch and the décor that blends minimalist and traditional Japanese styles together. For dinner, you can have a traditional multi-course kaiseki meal prepared with fresh ingredients produced in Tochigi Prefecture for you to explore the intricate world of Japanese cuisine. The hotel, being amid the grand nature of Nikko, also offers activity programs including hiking and skiing. 【About the hot spring】 Water color: milky white Spring water type: hydrogen sulfide-type simple sulfur spring water Efficacy: alleviates nerve pain, joint pain, and fatigue, and boosts skin metabolism by removing substances causing atopy Note: people wearing a fashion tattoo are permitted

Ashikaga Flower Park is the only place in Japan chosen as one of ten “Dream Destinations” for global travel by the American news site, CNN. The park holds an illumination event in wintertime. Amazingly, for seven years in a row the park has garnered first place in the illumination category for Japan's "Illumination Award” selected by certified professionals knowledgeable about night tourism throughout Japan. This illumination event was also recognized as a Night View Heritage of Japan in 2011 and one of the three major illumination events in Kanto in 2012. This illumination event is very popular every year.

An old traditional quiet Japanese Ryokan located in the origin place of Santa Monogatari. Especially in June you may enjoy hundreds of fireflies in the garden. The place is mostly popular in summer for camping, barbeque and other activities.

Since the opening of the port of Yokohama, this chic district was the earliest to adopt the modern western culture with its many shops aimed at foreigners. At this shopping street brimming with uniqueness, not only can you find many gourmet food, you can also find jewellery, furniture and fashion brands originating from Yokohama's Motomachi. From Autumn to Winter Motomachi is lit up brightly with colorful illuminationsMotomachi goes all-out during the year-end holiday season to create a warm and jolly atmosphere. A fun place to enjoy lights, shopping, and restaurants.

This shrine was close to the Gongoro family, who had ruled Kamakura for three years. Every year on September 18th, the shrine holds a famous procession with masks that are preserved shrine treasures.

Every citizen of the Kanagawa Prefecture talks about climbing up to the highest peak in the prefecture at least once. Between Inugoetouge and Hinokiboramaru the rhododendron wadanum flowers (azaleas) are the first to bloom, followed by the rhododendron quinquefolium (also a type of azalea) in the beginning of May. In autumn the Japanese larch show off their golden leaves. Mount Hiru allows you to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and feel the mountain in your soul. In summer majestic constellations visible from the summit appear so close that they could almost be reached. In winter you can feel on top of the world as you enjoy the fresh mountain air and a 360 degree night panorama.

Surrounded by bamboo groves, this quiet park is a place for relaxation. In spring, a weeping cherry blossom party is held when the trees are in bloom. The contrast of pink and green during the day and the weeping cherry blossoms illuminated at night are fantastic. The trees are usually illuminated in late March or early April. Please check before you go.The weeping cherry blossoms are usually lit up from late March to early April. We recommend that you check before visiting.

Swords and armor are on display at Tokiwagimon. We also have a cosplay experience where you can transform into a samurai, princess, or ninja with our armor and kimono. Why not take a commemorative photo wearing armor, uchikake, or ninja costumes with Odawara Castle in the background? Adults (junior high students and above): 500 yen Children (elementary school students and younger): 300 yen

Kumano Shrine enshrines a god of hot water, and hot water runs down the purification trough. There are 'Yukake-matsuri' on the fourth Saturday of May, and regularly held festival takes place at the same weekends. At the Manyo Park located at the center of spa town, there are so many Manyo plants (plants cited in the Manyoshu). There are also Manyo-tei modelled after ancient architecture of Manyo era, a monument engraved with a waka which is the only waka about hot water, and a monument of Doppo Kunikida, whose novels are focused on Yugawara.