冬の芸術

美ヶ原高原のシュカブラ。
風と雪の合作は、いつ来ても面白い作品を沢山見せてくれます。

宝石展

嬬恋村の冬の星空。
そこにはとても大きなダイヤモンドと、煌びやかな星々が一面に散りばめられていました。

染まるシュカブラ
美ヶ原高原にて。
極寒の朝、新雪が強い風で這うように舞う中、綺麗に染まる冬の芸術。

十勝川を覆いつくす氷が太平洋に流れ出し、河口の大津海岸に打ち上げられ
氷の塊が太陽の光を受け美しく輝く自然現象です。
十勝の厳しい寒さと、母なる大河「十勝川」が生み出す自然の神秘です。

十勝川を覆いつくす氷が太平洋に流れ出し、河口の大津海岸に打ち上げられ
氷の塊が太陽の光を受け美しく輝く自然現象です。
十勝の厳しい寒さと、母なる大河「十勝川」が生み出す自然の神秘です。

十勝川を覆いつくす氷が太平洋に流れ出し、河口の大津海岸に打ち上げられ
氷の塊が太陽の光を受け美しく輝く自然現象です。
十勝の厳しい寒さと、母なる大河「十勝川」が生み出す自然の神秘です。

岩手県西和賀町で撮影した写真です。
川釣りをしている途中で見つけた氷柱。
3月半ばでも道路脇に雪壁できている西和賀町で見られる風景。
川釣りは釣れなくても、自然の景色を楽しみ澄んだ空気を吸って心が洗われるのでそれだけで満足。

紫波町で撮影した白鳥の群れと夕焼けです。
3月半ばから白鳥たちはこの地を離れ、別の場所へ移動していきます。
幼い頃に食パンをあげて白鳥と戯れていた思い出に浸りながら眺めています。
雪国だから見れる光景、自然に感謝。

網張温泉スキー場から撮影した山の写真です。
雫石スキー場がある山で、良い眺めだったので撮影いたしました。
自然に感謝です。

ようやく行けた妻との石川旅行にて。
これぞ日本の冬、と感じた景色でした。
兼六園といえば雪吊りが有名ですが、園内すべての景色が見ていて楽しい空間でした。
カメラ好きな夫婦なので、3時間撮りっぱなしでした笑それでも撮り足りないくらいです。

草津の湯畑をバックに夫を撮りました。
雪の中で湯気があがる、温泉地ならではの冬の自然の景色です。

夜明時高ボッチ高原の雲海と富士山。

朝陽が昇り始める頃は東の空が橙色のグラデーションになり赤く染まる富士山。幻想の世界が広がります。

長野県高ボッチ高原にて撮影。

夜明け前の空と富士山綺麗で冬の寒さが忘れてしまいました。
山梨県富士河口湖町精進湖にて撮影。

白鳥さん羽ばたきとダイヤモンド富士は迫力ですね
その日白鳥さんからバレンタイン日のプレゼント🎁です
山中湖湖畔にて2月のダイヤモンド富士です

白鳥の羽がふわふわ素敵なダイヤモンド富士、美しいです
毎年山中湖湖畔にてダイヤモンド富士山見られます。
撮影場所：山梨県山中湖村平野湖畔にて

『日本の自然』
富士山にかかる笠雲。笠雲にはさまざまな形状があり、それぞれに名前も付けられています。写真のような笠雲の名前はひさし笠と言います。冬の富士山は本当に綺麗です。
撮影場所：山梨県富士河口湖町河口湖湖畔にて

2月の奄美大島。繁殖、子育てのため南下してきたザトウクジラとのスイム。自然の一部になる瞬間は感動そのもの。大きな身体とつぶらな優しい瞳をもつザトウクジラから大きなパワーとエネルギー、幸運をもらえた気分。

山梨県、河口湖湖畔にて。2022年元旦、初日の出を見届けた後の爽やかでエネルギーに満ち溢れた晴天のもとの富士山。

三木市伽耶院かやいんにある2月のみ光の反射によるヒカリモ中々出る時と出ない時があります。

冬の日の富士山です。富士山の日（2／23）に河口湖の湖畔で撮りました。

福島県（たしか伊達の方）で車内から発見、雪が降る中寒いのを我慢して（笑）撮影しました。
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富士吉田での夕暮れのひかえめダイヤモンド富士です。

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

冬の鳥取砂丘
鳥取砂丘は何度も訪れた事があるのですが、この日は天候悪く荒れて吹雪で大変でしたが、いつもの砂丘と違い真っ白の砂丘は素晴らしい光景でした。

車山に登った際、雪で埋もれていた車山をアルプスを背景に切り取りました。

淡路島淡路市に陶器を焼く登り窯があります。
毎年2月年一度だけ4日間寝ずに薪を入れていき温度を上げ奥の窯から大きな炎が燃え上がり
陶芸家前田幸一様の手掛けた数々の作品がこの窯で生まれます。
朝ドラのスカーレットでもこの様なシーンがあり情熱に満ち溢れた時間素晴らしくゆっくり時間をかけて冷ましていき新な作品が生まれ
手間を惜しまず一生懸命目標に向けて取り組む姿勢は格好よく自分自身もいろんな事に向き合い頑張らないとと痛感し勉強になりました。
去年アポを取り貴重な体験をさせて頂き本当に感謝です。

Just some more photos to wrap up our trip to Nikko.

I took a bunch of photos of different monuments and buildings that seemed important or had lavish decorations.
I can't make out what the writing on the monument says but I can at least make out the kanji for heart 心.

I also liked the golden palanquins inside the the building in the forth photo, although I'm not sure if they were used at some point or are simply for decoration.

The other photos are from Futarasan Chugushi Shrine 二荒山中宮祠神社 located in front of Lake Chuzenji.
Unfortunately we didn't have time to go inside the shrine but I was at least able to take some nice photos of the torii gate.
Apparently it has a kagura hall as well and the entrance to Mt. Nantai is located inside the shrine as well.

And finally, just an assortment of food that I haven't posted yet.
All of it tasted great.
It was definitely a trip I'm never going to forget!

東京都立川グリーンスプリングスで撮影しました。時期が、クリスマスだったので、サンタさんのコスチュームをしているぬいぐるみを手に持って撮影しました。

Some more photos from our trip to Nikko.

There were so many awesome monuments, landmarks, and buildings that it'd be impossible to fit it all into one post.

I was so glad that I had my mobile battery with me because I was taking so many photos that I was just burning through my battery lol.
I really liked how the incense burner looked and I tried looking up how old it was but I wasn't able to find anything about it, only the one in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu's burial site.

I would have liked to use the chozuya as well, but unfortunately it was closed off due to covid.
I also liked seeing the sake barrels as well as they always brighten up shrines.

The "Ippon Toro" lantern was interesting as well.
I'd never heard of Empress Tofukumon'in before either, so it gave me some interesting things to read about Japan's Edo Period.
Apparently she helped rebuild prominent temple in Kyoto and collected art and pottery from famous artisans of the time and even those of the past.

Some buildings I'd have to look at a map to know their names but there was definitely no shortage of decorations.
Unfortunately we weren't able to take photos inside some of the main buildings, but a few of them had ceiling paintings done by famous painters.
Many of them were birds, and I'm not an expert, but I think they were mostly cranes and they were all really beautiful.

Continuing on from yesterday's post...

On the second and final day of our trip we woke up and ate a light breakfast followed by some udon and soba at a nice little restaurant on the way to the Kirifuri Highlands 霧降高原.

We were originally planning on hiking up to the observation deck around 880 meters up the mountain, but it proved to be a little farther than we thought it would be an had to stop at around 650 meters as there was a massive staircase to reach the observation deck and not everyone in the group was up for the challenge lol.
Not having the proper gear didn't help much either.
Most people had on snow shoes and they could easily trek through the snow but wearing just boots or tennis shoes we were a bit under-equipped and decided it'd be better not to overdo it.
We got to see some really amazing views and talk to an 85-year-old man who told us what gear we should buy if we're planning on hiking in the snow, about how the dam located on the mountains across from us rises and falls during the day/night, and how this was his ~60th time climbing the mountain but the woman he came with has done it more than 300 times.
She had to turn back early that day, but those are some impressive numbers!

After enjoying the outdoors we headed over to Nikko Edomura/Edo Wonderland 日光江戸村 and had a blast exploring the theme park.
We arrived at about 2pm so we got a nice discount on our all-day passes.

Walking around we got to see all of the different buildings that gave the theme park its Edo-Period-feel.
We also got to see the oiran procession 花魁道中 which was really awesome as well.

It seemed like they tried to make it as accurate as possible too.
The way the courtesan walked was in the traditional figure eight style which, from what I've read, is not easily done, so I assume that this is a sort of special type of profession as she was doing it to my untrained eye perfectly.
One funny thing was that the girls in red in front of the courtesan had to slouch somewhat because they were too tall and the theme park obviously can't employ children to play the role like they would have traditionally.

We also got some temporary "tattoos."
They got some cute Nyan-mage tattoos and I got a Shinsengumi tattoo lol.

After that we watched a really awesome performance inside of the ninja theater, but we weren't allowed to film or take photos so I don't have anything to post unfortunately.
It was really cool seeing the ninja actors jumping off of rooves and fighting though.

On top of that we also tried out the ninja maze where I was unfortunately the last one to make it out as I got unlucky and hit a dead end at the last part of the maze.
This was a really fun experience as there were a lot of hidden and revolving doors that you had to find to escape the maze.

We also did the shuriken experience and I managed to get 3/5 but I gave one of my shuriken to my girlfriend in the hopes that she would stick one in the target but unfortunately she wasn't able to lol.
I guess I was technically 3/4 because of that.

Overall the whole trip was a blast and we got to make some awesome memories out in Tochigi.
I definitely recommend it as a travel destination!