January 7th (Tuesday), 2025 January 7th is known as "Seven Herbs Day," and on this day people eat rice porridge containing the seven spring herbs—water dropwort, shepherd's purse, gogyo (Japanese laurel wort), chickweed, henbit, turnip, and Japanese radish—to ward off evil spirits and pray for good health. The young spring herbs are said to be good for the stomach and intestines […]
January 1, 2025 (Reiwa 7) - Happy New Year! This year is the Year of the Snake, Kinotomi. The snake symbolizes regeneration and change due to its repeated shedding of its skin, and is also a symbol of vitality and immortality. […]
Thursday, December 26, 2024: The artistic frost-covered trees of small plants quietly standing in the snowy fields are covered with tiny snow fairies, sparkling and shining in a truly beautiful sight! The immense vitality and boundless love that resides in all living things […]
On the morning of the winter solstice, Wednesday, December 25, 2024, a mysterious sun looms in the eastern sky, while a pale white moon floats faintly in the western sky. This wonderful moment, experiencing the boundlessness of space, is filled with boundless love, gratitude, and prayer! ◇ ikuko(p […]
Tuesday, December 24, 2024: Dragon clouds dance across the sky toward the morning light of the winter solstice! A magnificent beam of light radiates, shining brightly, like a sun pillar. In this moment of encountering such a beautiful morning sun, I would like to express my boundless love, gratitude, and prayers.
On Monday, December 23, 2024, the winter solstice sun, also known as the "return of the yang," is a great light that transforms fortunes from yin to yang, bringing about a shift in fortunes! Let's cleanse and warm our bodies with a yuzu bath, and ride the rising tide to brightly move forward into a shining new generation!!! [...]
This year's winter solstice will occur on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at 6:21 PM (according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)! This year's winter solstice is said to be a special day, one that will be extremely auspicious for decades, when energy reaches its peak! This day […]
Wednesday, December 18, 2024: The winter sun suddenly appears in the snowy sky. In this world of pure white silver, a fantastical world of light sparkling like a diamond, I send my boundless love, gratitude, and prayers to you. ◇ikuko […]
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 This year, our trusty snowplows will be running around town from early morning onwards! Dressed in Christmas colors, these winter heroes, "snowplows," protect the safety of our snowy region and the lives of our townspeople! Keep it up! Winter heroes! […]
Monday, December 16, 2024. Only 15 days left this year. The town is transformed into a world of silvery white, and small white flowers are softly falling from the sky. Christmas cherries with sunflower seeds and Kurosengoku flakes […]
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 After the first snowfall on November 7th, the days were filled with sparkling sunshine. Snack time in the house with the stove blazing! Taiwanese Castella cake made with rice flour and corn flour. The dessert for the day was "Rice Flour & […]
Monday, November 11, 2024 News of the first snow arrived on Thursday, November 7! The snow started to fall lightly, covering the town in white. Then, in the warm sunlight, the snow seemed to melt away! For it to become permanent snow, […]