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WasBella102

@wasbellab102.bsky.social

#KameiwaCave in #Kimitsu, #Chiba, #Japan by dera_e_mon
#Photography
#Stream
#Nature
#Water

April 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Portal Shoujo

@portalshoujo.bsky.social

❗️|| Capa do volume 2 do manga Josei "Black Sheep: Choujou Kimitsu Bunsekibu" de Goshika Marume

~ Chihaya

February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM

yusuke

@yusukesato278.bsky.social

April 2024
Kimitsu, Chiba

#landscapephotography #landscape #Japan

May 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM

CHAMALI

@nml7.bsky.social

Kimitsu no yaiba CO #kimitsunoyaiba #oc

October 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM

The Blind Archer (Commission Waitlist Open)

@theblindarcher.bsky.social

Life is a series of decisions. You never have unlimited options or unlimited time to think, but what you choose in that instant defines who you are.

Giveaway prize for Twitter user The7thFehtoon. Half-body of Kyojuro Rengoku from Demon Slayer: Kimitsu no Yaiba.

#pixelart #ドット絵

October 30, 2024 at 5:26 PM

sibblank

@sibblank.bsky.social

Like yeah your white ass will get funny looks if you insist on calling Demon Slayer "Kimitsu no Yaiba", but who's out here calling Uma Musume "Horse Girls"?

September 29, 2026 at 7:42 PM

mef at NetBSD

@ki-nu.bsky.social

Weeping cherry blossoms in Kimitsu Chiba

March 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM

Gender: Colleen

@colleensmangarecs.bsky.social

KISS MAGAZINE
-Black Sheep: Choujou Kimitsu Bunsekibu by Marume Goshika
-Fatale Game by Battan
-Nagatan to Aoto: Ichika no Ryourichou by Yuuki Isoya
-Nanatsu-ya: Shinobu and Her Jewelry Box by Tomoko Ninomiya

September 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM

Alex Kraus

@alexfkraus.bsky.social

The Hard Off Route 127 Kimitsu Store is selling a complete N64 JP software set for ¥1.1 million, recently reduced from ¥1.32 million. Not every game is complete (for example Getter Love!! is cartridge only) #ハードオフファミリー

February 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM

The Kimono Gallery

@roger1952.bsky.social

This hidden gem of Japan is called Kameiwa Cave and is located within Shimizu Keiryu Park in Chiba Prefecture.

Framed by a dramatic explosion of autumn foliage, this striking photograph by Dera captures Kameiwa Cave in Shimizu Keiryu Park, situated in Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture. The composition centers on a majestic rock arch through which a gentle cascade tumbles into a calm, reflective pool below. Dense canopies of Japanese maples (momiji) in fiery vermilion, amber, and gold frame the cavernous opening, creating a natural border that contrasts sharply with the shadowed, moss-draped rock faces. The glassy surface of the foreground water acts as a mirror, doubling the rich autumnal hues and amplifying the luminous quality of the light streaming through the archway.

Despite its ancient, primordial appearance, Kameiwa Cave is actually a remarkable artifact of Edo-period civil engineering rather than a purely natural formation. Cut into the soft cliff face around the mid-17th century, this tunnel represents a traditional land reclamation technique known as kawabori or chawari. Local farmers laboriously carved through the rock to bypass a wide, winding bend in the Sasa River, redirecting the water’s flow through the shortcut to drain the old riverbed and transform it into arable rice paddies (shinden). Over the centuries, nature has softened the stone cuts, cloaking the arch in moss and wild vegetation until human intervention merged seamlessly into the surrounding forest landscape.

In recent years, the site has gained international fame as a "Ghibli-esque" hidden sanctuary, particularly during the spring and autumn equinoxes when early morning sunlight hits the water at a precise angle to reflect a glowing, heart-shaped light beam inside the cavern. Even outside these specific lighting phenomena, scenes like this capture the essence of satoyama—the harmonious borderland where human agricultural heritage and wild nature coexist over generations.

August 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM

L O P E

@lopedetoledo.bsky.social

Qué bonita la restauración de esta vivienda japonesa de madera, para actualizarla a las necesidades del s. XXI sin perder su esencia.

[Kimitsu House, Roovice]

February 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM

樹蜜夜皀莢│きみつやさいかち

@saikachikimitsuya.bsky.social

載せておこう…リングを
ROIDANIAシリーズのをちまちま載せてるカテゴリです
privatter.me/user/kimitsu...

樹蜜夜皀莢創作辞典

privatter.me

August 17, 2026 at 5:24 AM

ArchDaily

@archdaily-poster.bsky.social

Kimitsu House / ROOVICE - https://www.archdaily.com/1027209/kimitsu-house-roovice

Kimitsu House / ROOVICE

Completed in 2024 in Kimitsu, Japan. Images by Akira Nakamura. Renovation of a 1960s Wooden House in Kimitsu: Embracing History with Subtle Modernization – Located in the serene Kimitsu area of Chiba, this...

www.archdaily.com

February 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM

CHAMALI

@nml7.bsky.social

Kimitsu no yaiba CO #kimitsunoyaiba #oc

October 24, 2024 at 9:57 AM

樹蜜夜皀莢│きみつやさいかち

@saikachikimitsuya.bsky.social

樹蜜夜皀莢創作辞典 privatter.me/user/kimitsu...

樹蜜夜皀莢創作辞典

privatter.me

August 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM

Mheenam_หมีน้ำ

@mheenamlily7.bsky.social

My friend just asked me to go watch "kimitsu no yaibo the movie" but I only watch the first season of them. Lol

But I watched with him anyway.

August 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Progressive News Service

@prognews.bsky.social

Typhoon brings record rainfall to eastern Japan. "...the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, recorded 476.5 mm [18.7 inches] of rain in the 48 hours leading up to 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, and the city of Ichihara, also in Chiba, recorded 487 mm [19.2 inches]..." www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09...

At least six dead and six missing in Kanto in wake of Typhoon Dujuan

The storm brought record-breaking rainfall to eastern Japan, triggering landslides, flooding and widespread disruption of transport.

www.japantimes.co.jp

September 23, 2026 at 1:35 AM

☾⋆三日月_と✿.𑁍花𖥧と_雨上がりの夕空☔︎☁︎

@elysianeunoia17.bsky.social

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☔︎ おはようございます 𖠚՜

昨日の関東では一日中ポカポカでしたね☀︎ ..今日からまた冬の寒さに戻りそう、寒暖差が激しいので体調を崩さないように、気をつけながら今週もゆるりと頑張りましょうฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ ღ︎

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亀山ダムからの #河津桜｜ Fully bloomed “Kawadzu Cherry Blossoms” at Kameyama Dam, in Kimitsu Chiba-prefecture.

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#桜 #cherryblossom
#無加工 #Epl9 #photography
#flowerphotography
#TLを花でいっぱいにしよう
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One of the earliest to bloom among the MANY varieties of their ‘Sakura’ or Cherry blossoms here ー the Kawadzu Sakura (河津桜) .. usually raging for about a month/or more earlier to bloom as compared to the more symbolic and famous Somei Yoshino Sakuras (the white ones).. we drove an hour and a half from home, on a Sunday to see these pink beauties, at a park near Kameyama Dam (souths of Chiba) where we usually go out bass fishing, and near as well to where hubby plays golf sometimes. Weather was warm and the trees were radiant and glowing under the blue skies..｡

March 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM

Adam Makey

@darkestadam.bsky.social

Kimitsu No Yaiba is... Interesting since I got really turned off by the reveal of the rest of the slayer's at the end of S1.

The designs were too busy...

February 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM

Adam. Pottery Beard.

@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social

Yeah but then they’d go and ask an AI to tell them what being high is like and for it to summarize in bullet points the plot of Kimitsu no Yaiba.

September 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM

⋆˚࿔ 𐌼 ⓐ 𝕐 ᴲ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆

@justmayemoramx.bsky.social

Upon finding this wonderful place, I read an article that said this and I completely agree: “Coming from the land of #StudioGhibli, it’s been appropriately compared to something out of an anime or a fairytale.”

Noumizo #Waterfall & Kameiwa Cave. Shimizu Keiryu Park in Kimitsu City, Japan.

January 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM

Chris

@chestnutvinegar.bsky.social

When I moved to Japan in 2005, I loved going to mom and pop gaming shops and it felt like they were everywhere. I bought my Super Famicom at one in Nagoya. When I lived in Kimitsu in Chiba there was one on each side of the station.

June 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM