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Yamagata’s high-end cherry “Sato Nishiki” fetched a sky-high price of more than 26,000 yen each

Yamaguchi Prefecture holds first puffer fish auction in New Year in Shimonoseki

Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto holds elegant New Year waka card event

Escape tower with footbath built in Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture

Kumano Nachi Waterfall replaces “Shurien Rope” to welcome the New Year

Ibaraki Hitachi Seaside Park draws a horse on a broomstick to welcome the New Year

Wakayama Niyu Kanshofu Shrine Exhibition Horse Year of the Horse

Riki Sasaki provides baseball instruction to elementary school students in Noto earthquake-stricken area

“Noto Yellowtail” sold for 4 million yen for the first time this season, setting a record

Test rides of self-driving buses on expressways around Chubu Centrair Airport

Some viewing areas of Nara’s “Wakakusayama Mountain Burning Ceremony” will be changed to a fee-based system

Tokyo Disney announces Christmas parade activities

Kyoto Eikan-do lights up the lights for nighttime autumn leaf viewing event

Kinki Japan Railway announces that it will start operating trains serving French cuisine next fall

Saga International Hot Air Balloon Festival opens to decorate the autumn sky

Seibu Railway will operate new restaurant trains from spring 2028

Tokyo Haneda Airport terminal to install “Godzilla” giant statue in December

Hoshino Resorts Kaizao Hot Spring Hotel will open in the fall of 2026

The broom grass at Ibaraki Hitachi Seaside Park is now in season for viewing

Topic: Demand for Japanese villas shifts from “customization” to “quick move-in”