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During the holding period, a walking event entitled "Sakura Walk" is carried out while watching the cherry blossoms (walking event gathering place: Nupur next to JR Tōtō Station).

About 10,000 cherry trees are planted in Matsumae Park, which has been selected as the "100 Sakura Famous Places", and about 250 varieties will bloom one after another for one month. The cherry blossoms you see while looking at the Tsugaru Strait are stunning. Local performing arts such as Matsumae Kagura will also be released. There is a blood vein of cherry blossoms in the nearby Kozenji Temple. Image courtesy Matsumae Tourism Association

On May 6, 2025 (Tuesday/Holiday) (scheduled), "Morimachi Sakura Festival Song Show" will be held.

Jozankei Onsen is also known as the back of Sapporo, and is one of the leading hot springs in Hokkaido. The hot spring town stretches across both banks across the mountain streams of the Toyohira River, and about 400 colorful koinobori swim over the Toyohira River, as if crossing the clear stream of the Jozan River. You can also enjoy the streamer lit up at night. Image courtesy of Jozanxi Tourism Association

The Omotesenke, the Rai-senke, and the Musha-koji Senke family each year take turns serving tea; on the day, at 11 o'clock (10 o'clock in the case of the Rai-senke), dark and light tea are turned on by the Iemoto, and the Shinto priest is offered to the deity.

About 1000 people will perform a total dance on the main street of Oki, to the song "Oki Shigesasabori", a signature song of the Oki folk song. Basically, it is a dish dance that dances with two plates, but there are other dances and costumes that are elaborate in each group. From JR Matsue Station and Yonago Station, take a bus to Shichiku Port or Sakaiminato. Take a high-speed boat from there.

A festival originating from the zenza of Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine. The one serving the festival wears a rabbit leaf (a flower of a sky) and dedicates a rabbit leaf tama. Scheduled for dance music. Image courtesy of Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine

In addition to praising the feat of "Haritaka Jinjin" who opened the northern Alps at Mount speakage and Mount Kasagatake, he prays for the safety of the northern Alps that year. After the end of the ritual, the local performing arts "chigei" and the lion dance of the region will be dedicated.

Doll offerings such as Hina dolls are held at Kōzō-ji Temple (Kōkura-kōnō) in Sakō 30th Sadasho; and it is crowded with a large crowd of participants bringing dolls, stuffed animals, kokeshi and other items from inside and outside the prefecture as an early summer wind poem in Minamiboso.

The Shiofune Guanyin is an ancient temple that was allegedly opened by Yaohikuni during the Taiga year. It is said to have been popular as Shugen-mun during the Heian period, and the thatched Nioh-Mon and the main hall are works from the Muromachi period, and are important cultural treasures of the country. From mid-April to early May, about 20,000 azaleas bloom on the slope of the precinct, and the heart is healed by the azaleas that gently bloom.