"Hamanako Garden Park Sunflower 2021" - Commemorative photo shoot to celebrate our dog Chocolat's 2nd birthday!

Located on the shores of Lake Hamana, Hamana Lake Garden Park offers expansive green spaces and seasonal flowers for visitors to enjoy! As it's a prefectural-run urban park built on the former site of the Hamana Lake Flower Expo, parking and admission are free, making it enjoyable for people of all ages, from young children to the elderly...

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Hattasan Son'eiji Temple: A vibrant display of hydrangeas in full bloom and a wind chime festival with refreshing sounds.

Belonging to the Koyasan Shingon sect, and known as a temple for warding off evil, Hatta-san Son'ei-ji Temple is one of the "Three Temples of Enshu" along with Kasui-ji and Yuzan-ji, and is a famous tourist attraction representing Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture! *Special permission has been granted for vehicle access. On the temple grounds and approach...

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Enjoy the cherry blossoms at the "Sakura Festival" held at Hamamatsu Castle Park, where you can admire 340 cherry trees and enjoy a picnic lunch.

I went to the "Sakura Festival" being held from March 25th (Sun) to April 8th (Sun), 2018, at Hamamatsu Castle Park, the castle where Tokugawa Ieyasu resided for 17 years in his youth and which became the starting point of the 300-year Edo Shogunate! The festival features mainly Somei Yoshino cherry trees, but also weeping cherry trees, mountain cherry trees...

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