[Hsinchu] Xinpu Sun Dried Persimmons | Wei Wei Jia Persimmon Tourist Farm, Golden Sun Dried Persimmons Scenery

[Hsinchu] Xinpu Sun Dried Persimmons | Wei Wei Jia Persimmon Tourist Farm, Golden Sun Dried Persimmons Scenery

Xinpu’s sun dried persimmons have long been a major tourist attraction and travel hotspot in Hsinchu. Every autumn, the arrival of the “Winds of September” in Hsinchu signals the start of persimmon season. Hsinchu County hosts the Persimmon Cultural Festival in the second week of October each year, drawing visitors to Xinpu to admire and […]

【Aomori Prefecture】Experience the Jifubuki (ground blizzard)

【Aomori Prefecture】Experience the Jifubuki (ground blizzard)

Jifubuki (ground blizzard), refers to the snowflakes being blown up from the ground. As Aomori belongs to a heavy snowfall area, there is snow everywhere in winter. In some places, due to the open space and strong winds, the snow can be blown up from the ground by the wind… Originally, this deliberately arranged experiential […]

【Aomori Prefecture】Aomori Winter Festival – Hachinohe Enburi

【Aomori Prefecture】Aomori Winter Festival – Hachinohe Enburi

Enburi is a winter festival in the Hachinohe region of Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is a harvest festival that prays for the arrival of spring. Unlike other typical festivals that are held in one location, Enburi involves different groups of people and horses, and takes place in various places. This year’s Enburi festival will be […]

【Aomori Prefecture】Mutsu Hassen Sake – Visit Hachinohe Shuzo Brewery

【Aomori Prefecture】Mutsu Hassen Sake – Visit Hachinohe Shuzo Brewery

Visiting distilleries, I don’t have much experience, currently only been to Hokkaido’s Otokoyama Brewery and Kyoto’s Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum (although this is a museum, not a brewery). The sake produced by this Hachinohe Shuzo Brewery mainly includes Mutsu Otokoyama and Mutsu Hassen. They used to not allow visits, but now they have started opening […]