January 23rd (Thursday), 2025 January 23rd (Thursday) is Hifumi, a very auspicious day!!! The season marks the first sign of the coldest season of the year, Daikan, and the beginning of the 72nd season, Butterbur Flower Bloom. In the bitter cold, underground […]
Tuesday, January 21, 2025. The moment when the snow clouds turn orange and the western sky takes on a vibrant hue... A moment of gentle warmth in the heart, enveloped in peace, filled with boundless love, gratitude, and prayer! ◇ ikuko (photo by no […]
On Monday, January 20, 2025, snowflakes will dance down from the sky, painting the entire town in indigo. What wonderful message will they convey? The beautiful snowscape stands silently in the silence. […]
Friday, January 10, 2025. The snow-covered streets of Hokuryu Town are enveloped in silence, creating a fairytale-like landscape reminiscent of a gingerbread house with a white roof made of fresh cream. I hope that today will be a wonderful, shining day. […]
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!!! [...]
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, 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, […]