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!

Over 5 million red spider lily is bloomed here in Kinchakuda park in Hidaka city of Saitama prefecture. The bright colors of this flower attracts the tourist from a long distance apart. Here the one flower bloomed over the top of the red carpet like colors. This flower is very eager to show its beauty to the flower lovers.

長野県地獄谷温泉この光景見たさに6時間かけて来たのですが、常にお猿さんが温泉に入ってると思い、ワクワクしながら娘を抱っこして山道をひたすら歩いたのですが、誰も入っていなくてショックでした?
そこから何とかお猿さんが温泉に入ってる光景を撮影したくてかなり待ったのですが、ほんの一瞬でそこからは全然入ってくれませんでした?

新宿の夜景良きっす！

图1图2拍摄地点是东京浮间舟渡公园，清晨的公园里，有很多老爷爷悠闲地钓鱼。图3拍摄地点是川越，我为它起名“童年记忆”。

キャンプの朝
黒坂オートキャンプ場

「星空は見守る」
千葉県の某キャンプ場にて、とても綺麗な天の川が見えました。

大自然の中でのキャンプは静かで心落ち着くひとときでした?️

茨城健下妻市の「小貝川ふれあい公園」では、５月中旬から下旬にかけて200万本ものシャーレーポピーが花を咲かせます「筑波山」とポピー畑が絶景で、小貝川が背後にあることから朝霧も出やすいという好条件が揃っている撮影スポットです。

神奈川県久里浜花の国のネモフィラです。朝陽で夜露が輝いていました。

あしかがフラワーパーク
「大長藤」夜間ライトアップ
日本。栃木県。足利市。
2022.04.20

あしかがフラワーパーク
「うす紅の棚」夜間ライトアップ
日本。栃木県。足利市。
2022.04.20

千葉県にあるあけぼの山農業公園です。

東京スカイツリー

千葉県御宿町の月の沙漠記念像
夜明け直前の撮影
早朝に人目につかないよう旅立つ二人をイメージ

茨城にある酒列磯前神社にドライブ
お金持ちになれるらしい

茨城県ひたちなか市
大洗磯前神社 神磯の鳥居
良い鱗組が演出してくれた冬の朝

成田山新勝寺で撮影しました。

The shrine and its nearby area at China town, Yokohama were well decorated with lights and lanterns before the Chinese new year. It looks very beautiful and charming.

Snow Bear

那珂川町馬頭

渡良瀬遊水地の春の風物詩である「ヨシ焼き」は、およそ1500ヘクタールもの面積が真っ赤な炎で焼き払われます。ヨシに寄生する害虫駆除や野火の防止、湿地環境の保全の為に毎年行われています。

初詣の辞書的な意味は、「年が明けてから初めての神社やお寺へのお参り」ですが、初詣は、地元の地域を守ってくれている神様に新しい年になって初めてお参りし、旧年中の感謝を伝え、新年の祈願をするためのものです。
ただお願いだけにならないよう、感謝の気持ちを伝えることも、忘れないでおきたいですね。

船橋大神宮

日本の行事 初詣・船橋大神宮

日本の行事 浅草寺

日本の行事 成田山新勝寺

木にライトアップされるかと思いきや！
地面！！周りが輝く程、哀愁が漂う冬の木を撮りました

日本の冬

「日本の冬」