Wisteria - a symbol of love, beauty, creativity, and long life. 💜

When I first saw this tree, i certainly thought that it's a magical tree straight from a fairy tale book 😍

It's in Ashikaga Flower park in Tochigi Prefecture. ✨

During my visit to hitachi seaside park I noticed a pair of sparrow were enjoying their time in the midst of the cosmos flower field and their playful affection caught my eye. The sight was really very joyous and beautiful. Hope you all find it so

代官山にあるギャラリー ARTS RUSH にて開催中の『きのこ展』。
パルプアートのきのこランプ、出展させていただいています。

今回DMにしていただいたのは、キヌガサタケのランプ🍄✨
以前からいつか作ってみたいと憧れていたきのこの女王様です。

カサ、ドレス、たまご、柄の部分。ひとつ一つのパーツをそれぞれ質感がらしくなるようにパルプの漉きかたを考えながら丁寧に制作いたしました。

撮影するのにアトリエ裏散策していたらきのこの群衆が！
群衆は、イヌセンボンタケ。
次の日また見たら全員いなくなっていましたが、そのインパクトがすごかったのでさっそく試行錯誤して制作してみました。

きのこ展、明日までになりますが作家様たちの個性豊かな作品がお楽しみいただけます。お近くにお越しの方、ぜひお気軽にご覧ください♪

アートラッシュ企画展Vol.397
『きのこ展』
2022年10月5日水〜10月17日月
AM10:00〜PM6:00
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とよ田キノ子（イラスト＆造形）
岡田純平（シルバー＆七宝）
Noe（造形）
牧瀬茜（絵画）
東田亜希（絵画）
高木亮（切り絵）

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宇宙船に浮かぶ都市。国立競技場観光。東京は見どころいっぱい。おのぼりさんです。

深谷市の緑の王国ライトアップ
年に一度、冬季のみ行われ、幻想的な光景を見られます

ここはどこ？素敵なヨーロッパの街角の様。日銀の角です。誰も居ない東京。おのぼりさんなのです。

小金井の江戸東京たてもの園
戦前の建物が多く保存されており、半日以上楽しむことができました。
日本家屋メインでしたが、和洋折衷のモダンな建物も中まで見学でき、非常に満足のいく体験ができました。

こんなとこからひょっこりジオラマのよう。おのぼりさん。東京タワー🗼大好きです。

コロナ禍の誰もいない月の砂漠

横須賀美術館。絶景です。目の前の東京湾には大型船も通り、眺めているだけでも楽しいです。美術館にあるレストラン、アクアマーレでランチ食べました。とっても美味しい。

妙本寺の山門前。鬱蒼とする木々と鳥の囀りに癒されます。人力車が止まってました。

鎌倉の竹の寺、報国寺。ミシュラングリーンガイド 三ツ星です。お抹茶をいただきながら、眺める「竹の庭」静寂に包まれて贅沢な時間が流れてました。

夜の秋葉原駅前

[Englsih／日本語]
Stopped by Cerian, a confectionary shop a minute's walk from the school, and found the now rare "raccoon dog cake! I didn't hesitate to buy it 😊"Tanuki Cake" is a raccoon-shaped cake that became popular about 40 years ago, and it is even said to be an endangered species, as there are fewer and fewer stores making this cake these days. I was very impressed by how carefully the raccoon's face was made. The taste was very sweet, and my fatigue flew away ✨
学校から徒歩1分の洋菓子屋さん「セリアン」さんに立ち寄ったら、今は珍しい「タヌキケーキ」を発見！迷わず買ってしまいました😊「タヌキケーキ」は今から40年ほど前に流行した、タヌキの形をしたケーキで、最近はこのケーキを作る店が少なくなっていることから、絶滅危惧種とも言われているくらいです。タヌキの顔がとても丁寧に作られていてとても感動しました。味はとっても甘くて、疲れが飛んでいきました✨

日本が世界に誇る名車たち

群馬旅行

ここ伊香保温泉は草津温泉と並び群馬県を代表する人気の観光スポットです。

365段の石段からは群馬県周辺の山々を望むことができます

今月10/9に行われた寄居町の「北条祭り」です。
北条氏とその敵陣営に分かれ、玉淀河原で合戦を行いました。
大砲や花火なども打ち上げられ、迫力のある演武を見させていただきました。

フランス料理
French

ラ ペ@東京都中央区日本橋室町
La paix@Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

ラ ペ
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La paix
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The identity of any city is the famous architecture, location, cultural etc. Sensoji is one of the prime identity of this city and from here we can see another current architectural wonder Skytree. One stands for the old and cultural part of this city and the other one is the symbol of Japan's modernity.

Sensoji, the iconic symbol of tokyo. I visited this place several times and everytime I feel very good. The view of the temple looks much better in the night time than the day time, I guess. Also during day time the temple ground is usually too congested but ib the night time its much better. I wish to visit here again.

[English／日本語]
There is a candy shop a two-minute walk from the school. A candy store is a store that sells children's snacks. The sweets are priced at 10 yen, 20 yen, and other prices that even children can afford. The dagashi are decorated with Momotaro a Japanese folktale, beckoning cats traditional ornaments, and festival happi a cloth worn at festivals, allowing visitors to learn about Japanese culture. The other day, during a break in class, I gave the students some candy as a gift, and they were very happy. They especially loved the candy that crackled and popped in their mouths!
学校から徒歩2分の場所に駄菓子屋さんがあります。駄菓子屋さんは子どものお菓子を売っているお店のことです。お菓子は10円や20円など子どもでも買える値段になっています。駄菓子には桃太郎（日本の昔話）や招き猫（伝統的な置物）やお祭りのはっぴなどが描かれていて、日本文化を知ることでできます。先日、授業の休み時間に学生たちに駄菓子をプレゼントをしたらみんなとても喜んでいました。特に口の中でパチパチとはじけるキャンディが人気でした！

奥秩父のパワースポット三峰神社。
秩父神社、宝登山神社と並ぶ秩父三社の一つです。
芽吹き始めた緑に見守られ、隋身門をくぐりました。

寿司
Sushi

冨所＠東京都港区新橋
Tomidokoro@Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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高尾山の天狗様
写真はコロナ前に行ったときのなのでまた行きたいです⛰

Enjoying the beautiful pre-autumn morning in a traditional way. Over 5 million red spider lily were full bloomed at kinchakuda park in Saitama Prefecture. The place was very crowdy and it was difficult to take a satisfactory shot. As a novice photographer it was very challenging to me. Anyway after attempting several times finally I was satisfied. I think the beautiful red carpet with the spider lily and the traditional umbrella creates a good combination.

群馬の秋の景色。
紅葉の時期ど真ん中で友人と一緒に行けました！温泉に入ったり、卓球をしたりとても良い休暇となりました！

卒業旅行で行った小笠原諸島！
帰りの船からの景色。皆さんに手を振ってもらって島とのお別れ…到着までに片道24時間かかる島。頻繁には行けないからとても貴重な時間でした。また行きたいな。

卒業旅行で行った小笠原諸島！
帰りの船を追いかけてくれたダイビングショップの方々！他にも色々な船が追いかけてくれていました。特に島を旅立つ子供に向けた船からのダイブは感動的でした！

曼珠沙華のを見に行きました！ギリギリ見頃で一面赤色でとても綺麗でした！

Some photos of our trip to Sawara in Chiba Prefecture over the 3 day weekend a couple weeks back.

On the way to Sawara we stopped at Chiba Station and had lunch at a place called Common Café. I order a burger not expecting a lot, but it was the best burger I've had in a long time actually.

We arrived a bit late in Sawara and were kind of tired so we decided to just go to the hotel, shower and relax for a bit and then have dinner.
We had a reservation at a French restaurant called Mougins and it ended up being a really great experience.

After eating dinner we were headed back to the hotel and we heard some hayashi and cheering in the distance and we decided to check out what was happening. We found a dashi parading through the streets and they were stopping at different places to pick up alcohol lol. Apparently they'd been doing it every Sunday, I think since corona started.
It was pretty cool to see though.

The next day we went to check out the Sawara Historical District and after reaching our destination we decided to take a break at a cafe. We ordered a shaved ice and some sort of soda. They were both really delicious, especially the shaved ice. It was some sort of flavor using tea from Kyoto and milk. I forget what it was called exactly though.

We also stopped by the former residence of Inoh Tadataka, the famous Japanese cartographer.
It was quite interesting seeing where he lived.
After visiting his residence, we to the nearby museum and learned about his life and everything he did.

I was pretty blown away by how incredible he actually was. I was a bit surprised that I hadn't learned much about him when I was studying the history of Japan, but after visiting the museum I'm convinced he was truly a genius.

Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures inside of the museum, but seeing all of the tools that he used to draw maps and learning how they worked was really interesting.
On top of that, the maps he drew were unbelievably accurate.
I think it mentioned somewhere that his maps were used until the 1900's, despite being drawn several hundred years prior.
His cartography was only one of the endeavors he pursued as well. There were also some documents that explained how he helped his town get through the famine, and also documents detailing how he dealt with local lords imposing taxes on his town.

Besides the museum, we also took a boat ride through the canal that ran through the historical district.
The canal was quite nice, and you could see the historical buildings that lined the sides of it while going through it.
We had to lower the cover on the boat for several bridges as the water level was quite high due to the recent rains, but that just made the experience even more memorable.

The tour guide on the boat mentioned how when the canal was used back in the Edo period, it was incredibly busy and boats would have been bumping into each other constantly while passing through.

During the boat ride through the canal I noticed some interesting statues on various lanterns and decided to check them out. They all turned out to be interesting and unique.

We ended our trip by having a late lunch near the historical district.
We had planned to take a train back to Tokyo but missed it by a few minutes.
Fortunately, a bus arrived at the perfect time and so we rode that back to Tokyo. It was much better than the crowded trains.

Overall it was a really good day-trip style excursion and I definitely recommend it!
Managed to find 2 poke lids too!