Night cherry blossoms in Takaen Castle Ruins Park

Matsumoto Castle in full bloom

Lake Nakatsuna, Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture Jizo also sees the cherry blossoms reflected in the water mirror.

Oide Park, Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Hakuba Village in the snowy mountains herald the arrival of spring.

At Azumino Park. Mt. Jonen, where the snow is melting and colorful flowers

Rape fields and the Milky Way in the Zhongshan Highlands

It is a rapeseed park in Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture. This is ? the scenery that appears in the song of the moonlit night ?. The river you can see is the Chikuma River, but it is also called the Shinano River and is the longest river in Japan.

It is a rapeseed park in Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture. This is ? the scenery that appears in the song of the moonlit night ?. The river you can see is the Chikuma River, but it is also called the Shinano River and is the longest river in Japan.

Man this is really beautiful. I never knew peach trees were this beautiful. I knew about plum trees and cherry trees of course, but these are really beautiful as well. It's so cool how the different colors and shades mix together in such a perfect way too. I wonder if they were planted to turn out like this or they just grew to be this way naturally. The river nearby is really amazing as well. It'd be a nice place to just sit and have a small picnic. I'm definitely jealous of anyone that gets to live near this area? I'd love to be able to wake up every morning during spring and see such an amazing view outside my window. I'll be going to see some cherry blossoms this weekend though so I can't complain too much!

Night cherry blossoms in Takaen Castle Ruins Park The pond is over, and there are no spectators

This is really cool, I love how you can see like 3 different landscapes in this photo. Cherry blossoms in spring, the Northern Alps still in winter, and in the middle it looks like a sort of dry landscape you'd see during the summer. I've read about the Hakuba Ski Resort but it looks like there's some beautiful scenery here in the spring as well. Then again, it is Nagano so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised lol. I'd personally like to go down and visit the town and see what they've got. I've been to a few small towns at the bases of ski resorts and mountains before and they're always really nice and have a really different feel from any other town. There's usually at least one really good restaurant to eat at as well. Something to look forward to in Nagano I suppose!

It is a single cherry tree of Nodaira in Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture. The remaining snow in the Northern Alps was very magnificent.

Shining Snow Monster It was the first time I had photographed an ice tree that had grown so much. I took this photo in conjunction with the glow of the sun. Location: Nagano

What a cool photo. I keep seeing pictures and stuff of Takachiho Gorge and I really want to go. I watched a video of it on here recently and it was really beautiful. Miyazaki seems like a really fun place to visit in general so it'd fun to get out there and try the boats and see all of the natural scenery. It had some really nice looking shrines that I was interested in visiting as well. It's so hard to visit all of the beautiful places scattered throughout Japan but I've got time so I'm gonna do my best lol. Earned some flight miles this year so I'm definitely heading out somewhere this summer. Maybe it'll be Miyazaki, we'll see. Although I've had my eye on Nagano lately as well so it's a toss up for now.

From Kurumayama to Washigamine, the Kirigamine Plateau continues with gentle undulations. Seasonal alpine plants such as Astragalus azalea, Nikko kisuge, and Matsumushiso dye the green meadow in various colors. Mt. Fuji, the Alps, the Yatsugatake mountain range, and other famous peaks that Japan are proud of are also overlooked. Kirigamine Plateau is also known as the birthplace of Japan gliders because of its abundant updrafts in the area, making it suitable for glider flight. Cited from Kirigamine Kogen tourism website.

"Ice Trees and the Rising Sun" I was about to give up due to the ridiculously strong wind and the cold cloudiness, Somehow, it cleared up at sunrise and the view changed to a superb view at once. I am very satisfied to be able to photograph the ice trees that can only be seen in winter. Location: Nagano

"Yatsugatake and the Milky Way in Winter" The perfect cloudless Milky Way day came, I photographed the Milky Way along with Yatsugatake at my favorite shooting point. It was the best with a starry sky! I used a soft filter to capture a large image of the stars. It is a sticking point. Location: Nagano

It is an illumination of the approach to Zenkoji Temple in Nagano Prefecture

At the Snow Festival in Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture

It is a morning scene with snow and icicles piled up in the rice fields blurred

It is a guardian dog of Zenkoji in Nagano Prefecture

In the 69th order of the Nakasendō, the pure Nakasendō 67-juku (from Itabashi to Moriyama), which surpasses Kusatsu and Otsu-juku shared with the Tokaido, Narai-juku is the 34th post town in the middle of the Nakasendō, counting from Itabashi-juku on the Edo side and Moriyama-juku on the Kyoto side. The post town that prospered with many travelers at the highest altitude of the 11 Kiso inns, ahead of the difficult Torii Pass, was called "Narai Senken". The townscape has been selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings, and retains a strong trace of the past. Quote from Narai-juku Tourist Association Narai-juku

"Illuminate the footprints" I took a picture of the morning sun climbing near Mt. Yokote and the footprints of animals left in the snowfield. Although it was cold, I was very satisfied that I was able to take a picture of the light streak. Location: Nagano Shiga Kogen

Nagano・Narai-juku Snow falls on a quiet post town

Matsumoto Castle in the midst of snow Matsumoto, Nagano

In Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture, to the village of Kamakura. The kamakura blue seen at dusk is fantastic.