GANGNEUNG CITY ENG - 솔향강릉

It is famous for folk festivals such as Chichibu night festival(winter festival), Chichibu river festival(summer festival), and there are various tourist sites such as Urasan dam, Music Park, museum, the Stone buddha of Konghoji temple and famous for the resort tourist city near Tokyo.

 

①Moss Phlox Hill of Hitsujiyama Park

The Moss Phlox Hill is located at Hitsujiyama Park, a beautiful retreat from the city.

Every spring, pink and light blue moss phlox (Phlox subulate) begin to fill the vast land.

 

②Chichibu Night Festival

The Chichibu Night Festival, one of the three major Hisayama festivals in Japan, is inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Visitors can enjoy the sight of two splendid kasaboko and four food stalls during the winter festival along with fireworks.

 

③Three Animations Set in Chichibu

Three famous animation films set in Chichibu are “We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day,” “The Anthem of the Heart,” and “Her Blue Sky.”

Many anime fans visit the city, which has become a “sacred anime pilgrimage spot.”

 

④Pote Kuma-kun

Pote Kuma-kun, a mascot of Chichibu, is a bear fairy that loves the popular restaurant, Miso Potatoes.

“I ate so much miso potatoes that miso seems to be dripping out of my head…”

 

⑤Chichibu Kawase Festival

The Chichibu Kawase Festival is held at Chichibu Shrine on July 19 and 20. It is famous for eight kasaboko and food stalls that travel on the streets for two days as well as the palanquin washing ceremony where a 400kg palanquin is placed in the crystal-clear water of Arakawa on the 20th.

 

⑥Mountain Stream of Kinzo-otosh

One of the famous autumn foliage sightseeing spots in Okuchichibu is the Mountain Stream of Kinzo-otosh.

Please look forward to seeing the colorful leaves of the valley colored in red and orange in fall.

 

⑦Icicles of Misotsuchi

The Icicles of Misotsuchi is one of the three major icicle sites in Chichibu.

Water flowing along the rock surface freezes, forming natural icicles that are 10 m high and 30 m wide.

 

⑧Miso Potatoes

This is a local dish with French fries served with sweet miso sauce.

It is even sold in supermarkets in Chichibu, and it is a fast food that everyone knows about.

 

⑨Alcoholic Beverages of Chichibu

Japanese sake, whiskey, shochu, wine, beer… There are all kinds of alcoholic beverages produced in the Chichibu region. There are so many different types that you are bound to find something that you love.

 

⑩Chichibu-Meisen Silk

Chichibu-meisen is a silk fabric traditionally produced in the Chichibu region.

It was durable and could be mended because it was made using a technique called hogushi nassen (dyeing). This was one of many reasons it was very popular among stylish women from the Taisho to the early Showa period.

A transportation center with railways and highways that is located near Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Suzhou.

 

Jiaxing is famous as an “ancient water town,” with the most areas of the city situated adjacent to a river or a lake, and it is known for its exquisite natural environment with primitive forests.

 

Famous as the home of silk, it manufactures textiles including wool and is one of the largest exporters of leather goods in the world.

 

It is home to Hankook Tire’s factory and Hyosung Chemical Fiber Jiaxing, which manufactures elastane textiles.

 

Major tourist attractions: South Lake, Three Pagodas of Jiaxing, and refuge for the independence activist Kim Gu

 

Specialties: Zongzi (steamed rice balls wrapped in reed leaves) and dried fruits

Because it is situated in a geographically important location, it served as the capital of several ancient kingdoms and became a fierce battleground, especially during the Three Kingdoms Period.

 

Jingzhou Ancient City Wall, which was first built around the 3rd century BC and has undergone several repairs and extensions afterwards, is a major tourist site, and relics of the ancient kingdom are housed in the Jingzhou Museum.

 

Its key industries include not only agriculture and fisheries but also the textile industry.

 

It is one of the important cities along the Yangtze River, which flow across the central part of China, and it serves as an industrial and textile hub in central and southern China.

There are many buildings with a European beauty as the city is called Siberian Paris.

 

There are ancient wooden structures, stone-built houses, historical monuments, and 700 art galleries and natural museums including those focusing on literary pieces. It is a treasure house of Siberian culture. It is connected to Moscow via the trans Siberia railway (5,185km), and is the center for East Siberian transportation connecting the Far East of Russia, Uralic area and Central Asia.

With the ancient history and magnificent natural scenes, the city is rich with industrial resources such as machinery and chemistry.

 

Including Samseongtoe, the historic site from Shu dynasty, there are Confucius shrine, Baekmagaunbangtongsamyo and other historical artifacts, and there are 98 cultural assets including 2 state designated cultural assets.

 

The third largest city in Sichuan Province.

 

Deyang is 41 km away from Chengdu. With Chengdu International Airport to the south and Jinyang Airport to the north as well as highways and national roads, it offers convenience in transportation.

 

Deyang is a city with a long history and the birthplace of Bashu culture, with excellent natural scenery. There are many historical sites such as Sanxingdui ruins, Zhuge Shuangzhong temple.

 

Main industries: Medium-sized machinery, power equipment manufacturing, heavy equipment manufacturing, chemical, food, electronic/information, pharmaceutical, etc.

 

Specialties: Alcohol, tobacco, silk and Sanxingdui crafts

 

Main tourist attractions: Sanxingdui ruins, Scenic Area on Jiudingshan, Panda Reserve on Jiudingshan, etc.

 

Algemesí is located along the line separating Rivera Alta (high embankment) and Baja (low embankment).

It was originally founded by Muslims, but in 1243, a Christian army led by James I occupied the Muslim farming village.

The muixeranga, famous as the traditional dance of Valencia, originated here.

The primary industry is agriculture, with cultivation of tangerines, rice, and horticultural crops, and tangerine cultivation accounts for 90% of agricultural production.

La Mare de Déu de la Salut Festival, registered as UNESCO World Intangible Heritage, is held every September.

 

Algemesí is a dynamic and modern small city which keeps a deep-rooted respect for its ancestral traditions preserved throughout centuries. Algemesí is situated in the Valencian Community, in the Province of Valencia. The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in the central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Valencia.

 

Algemesi is a lively and modern town that keeps alive the most ancestral traditions based around a very distinctive culture and history that have rooted here while keeping themselves together for more than seven centuries.

 

A walk through its streets is more than enough to ascertain the conformation of this kind of culture, and even more so as it is one of the few cities in Spain to show with pride to the whole world the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity recognition given by the UNESCO to its Festivity of the ‘Mare de Déu de la Salut’, which every year is relived in our streets on September 7th and 8th. Recognition founded over the base of the implication of all the people in the historical and cultural conservation of our heritage, which we have transmitted over generations throughout the centuries until reaching to what we have nowadays.

The main industries are wheat-centered agriculture, Internet-related industries, high-tech industries, trade, and recreation. It is also an important transportation hub.

 

Ranked #1 in quality of life as one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States in recent years.

 

Business-friendly industrial development with many business districts and residential districts.

It is a world-class resort and tourism city with a long history and beautiful natural environment, and is the world's best lemon producing area.