小田の花火大会に行ったときの1枚です｡田舎で街灯が少ないので花火の光がとても綺麗に見えました,花火大会が始まっていくと,夏がもうそろそろ終わってしまいそうな感じがして,少し寂しい気もします。

富山県の地元風景
夏のまだ青い稲の田んぼと夕陽～
雲もいい感じでキレイだったな～😌

I visited many times Shinjuku national park but after watching "Garden of words" I fall more in love with this garden and I decided to visit it in summer season. Luckily the day was rainy day. It was absolutely eye soothing. It was taken on that day. The view from kyu goryo tei is fresh and green.
Location: Shinjuku national garden

夏野菜😋
お野菜もハンバーグもあつあつで美味しかったです๑´ڡ`๑

美観地区で綺麗な竹林のある建物周辺で撮った1枚です｡鬼灯が水に浸かっているのを見ると,竹の青さも相まって涼しげに感じます｡

A Japanese aesthetic concept has developed around the beauty of a scene of a garden or nature framed by a circle window. The circle windows are referred to as the "Window of Enlightenment". This was a unique experience during my Kamakura trip. I was very excited to see this place. Previously once I tried to go to Genkou-an shrine during my Kyoto trip but unfortunately, it was closed at that time. Finally, during the summer, I got a chance to see this beautiful view at Meigetsuin temple. The calm and peaceful atmosphere of the shrine already gave peace of mind but this view has something special.

家族と最後にした線香花火。
花火は光り輝く瞬間も素敵ですが、散ってゆく瞬間もまた夏を濃く感じます。
『終わり』を楽しむところも含めて日本の夏と感じます。

夏と言えば花火！
コロナになる前の最後の年の
富山県 新湊 海王丸パークの花火大会🎆
凄い迫力だった！
今年はダメになっちゃったからな～
来年また観れるといいな～😌

サルスベリはやっぱり青空が似合う☀️

空に向かって！

待ちに待った地元の花火大会が3年ぶりに開催されました。今まで通りとはいかないものの、久々に地元の風物詩を家族やたくさんの人たちと共有できて、とても感動的な時間でした✨

待ちに待った地元の花火大会が3年ぶりに開催されました。今まで通りとはいかないものの、久々に地元の風物詩を家族やたくさんの人たちと共有できて、とても感動的な時間でした✨

栃木県野木町の夏の風物詩、向日葵。
沢山のヒマワリが朝日を浴びて顔を出してました。

Sunflower is her soul flower, as sunflowers are the epitome of bright, happy and cheer, her vibrant and happiness made this frame perfect. This was her first ever visit any sunflower field and you can feel that happiness. This picture was taken at Kiyose sunflower field in Tokyo

新潟県長岡花火大会へ初めて行きました。
最初から最後まで感動に包まれました。

2022年8月6日撮影。高千穂之峰山頂より。夏草が風になびいて爽やかでした！
もう花も咲かない時期ですが背の高くなった元気いっぱいの草を見てると元気もらえます。

新潟県長岡花火大会へ初めて行きました。最初から最後まで感動に包まれました。

夏といえばの向日葵。やっぱり美しい。

愛知県豊田市小渡町で8月いっぱい行われてる『小渡の夢かけ風鈴』です。
いろんな種類の風鈴が町全体にかけられており、風が吹くと一斉に鳴る様はとても風流です。
風鈴の色付け体験や浴衣の着付けなどもやっています。
小さな川も流れており風鈴の音と河のせせらぎで涼まれるのはいかがでしょう🤗

Tambo art is one of the most popular artistic activity in Japan during the summer time. In tambo art the whole paddy field used as a canvas. Different colored or varieties of rice or paddy are planted to create the an amazing picture depending on the theme of that year. This is from Fukui prefecture's Takefu knife village where the school students prepared this beautiful cherry tree using tambo art. Its really very attractive and unique activity which everyone would love to see. The best time to enjoy this kind art varies but August to September might be the best time.

The last couple photos I wanted to post from our trip to Takamatsu.

The first one was at one of the stations by Ritsurin Park. It just tells you not to try and go past the railway crossing after the bar has come down but I thought the pictures on it were pretty funny lol.

The second was just one of the manholes that I thought looked nice. Snapped a photo of it outside of Takamatsu Castle

日光市の天然氷のかき氷。
頭がキーンとせず、フワフワな、かき氷です。

夏休み。神津島へ親子旅行！
天上山へ一合目から登山。
絶景の景色で風と夏を感じて。

夏休み。神津島へ親子旅行！

富山県の射水神社で夏に初めて「水おみくじ」が出た時。
暑い日だったけど、涼しげだったな～😊

During the summer times the mountains looks so green with the fresh leafs. From the Hinode park in Hokkaido I got this very picturesque photo where a vast range of mountains can be seen. Additionally the patchwork fields creates the scenario more beautiful.

京都のある町家にて撮影。日本の夏は賑やかさだけでなく、しっとりとした静かな時間もまた風情があります。

Samba is the traditional Brazilian dance and a cultural heritage of that country. Although in Tokyo there are not so many Brazilian but very fortunately there is a Samba carnival in Tokyo which is known as Asakusa Samba Carnival. The carnival is very colorful and full of joy and entertainment. Due to the corona pandemic last 2 years the carnival was cancelled and it seems this year also the carnival will be cancelled but in 2019 I was able to enjoy it. It was my 1st time to enjoy such a colorful and cheerful festival.

On the final day of our trip we were a bit tired but still wanted to see a few things and just casually enjoy our time.

We ended up going to Marugame Castle as our first destination. It was really cool as it's one of the 12 castles in Japan that still has an original castle keep. The castle itself isn't very large, but the area surrounding it is. From the bottom of the castle the keep is quite small so it's hard to get a good photo of it, but we got a photo of it with one of the turrets along the moat wall which was cool.

We reserved a rickshaw ride the previous night as well so when we got to the castle we did a little exploring and then we went on a guided tour around the lower area of the castle. The rickshaw guide was a really nice guy and quite funny as well. Apparently he was a comedian but he enjoyed doing this job as well. He told us a bunch of different things about the castle and it's construction while also telling some jokes occasionally.

After the rickshaw tour we climbed our way up to the top of the castle and there were saw really amazing views waiting for us at the top. You could see the entire city almost. We also entered the castle keep, but it was relatively small. It was still nice to see the architecture on the inside but the stairs were a bit scary. They were incredibly steep and I was holding the handrails the entire time going up or down them.

After checking out the castle we were pretty hungry and so we decided to get some lunch. Being Kagawa is the udon prefecture we went to an udon specialty restaurant. I haven't been to many udon restaurants so it was kind of a new experience for me. They had it set up kind of like a cafeteria and you go through and choose what you want and other toppings to go with your udon.
I didn't see the trays for the extra toppings so I just ended up putting the karaage on top of my udon lol.
I got niku udon and it tasted really good. The karaage was a nice touch as well. Not the usual tempura most people get but it went surprisingly well with the soup.

After eating we headed towards Nakazu Banshoen, a garden with art exhibits as well. Before getting there we decided to stop by a Lupin-themed cafe though. It was a really tiny shop but we were able to cool off for a bit and relax which was nice since we were walking quite a bit.

The garden was quite large and had a lot of different points of interest within it. The stepping stones were fun to cross and the row of torii gates was pretty cool as well. You can definitely take some nice photos with them.

And that concludes our trip to Takamatsu! Overall it was a really fun trip and I definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't been to Shikoku or Kagawa before. We didn't even get to do everything we were looking at but we still had a blast!

[English／日本]
The other day, we had a summer festival as a school event. At that time, we went to Hiyoshi Hachioji Shrine, a 5-minute walk from the school. Girls wore yukata and boys wore happi of Okunitama Shrine. It was a very hot day, but the breeze through the shrine grounds was very pleasant.
先日、学校のイベントで夏祭りをしました。そのときに、学校から徒歩5分の「日吉八王子神社」へ行きました。女子は浴衣、男子は大國魂神社のはっぴを着ています。とても暑い日でしたが、境内を抜ける風がとても気持ちよかったです。