Turquoise sea and red torii gate are two most popular attractions of Shirahama. Summer is undoubtedly best time to visit here and I had some great memories during our last trip to Shirahama.

Sea Lights Festival in Odaiba Every year on Marine Day in July, a candle is lit in a seven-colored paper bag to pray for the safety of the sea, and a pageant of lights is woven on Odaiba Beach.

The annual festival of Tomioka Hachimangu is held around August 15th. Also commonly known as the "Fukagawa Hachiman Festival", it is counted as one of the "Three Great Festivals of Edo" along with the Sanno Festival of Hie Shrine in Akasaka and the Kanda Festival of Kanda Myojin. The year in which the Hachimangu shrine's shrine goes to shrine once every three years is called the main festival, and the sight of 53 town mikoshi coming together to make a joint crossing is unique to the Fukagawa Hachiman Festival. The festival in Fukagawa is characterized by the traditional shouting of "Washoi, Wasshiyoi" and the alias of the "Mizukake Festival", in which the bearers and spectators are showered with purifying water from the crowd along the road, and the bearers and spectators are excited as one, and it has been carefully passed down by many people as a festival that conveys the essence of Edo to the present.

When I stopped at Dogo Onsen, I was guided by the sound of wind chimes in the corridor It was 😌 beautiful.

I was finally able to visit Shimonada Station in Ehime, which I had wanted to go to for a long timeIt 😀 was a nice station with an atmosphere.

When I stopped by the wind chime festival of Kogenji Temple in Tamba, the Tanabata atmosphere in the assembly hall was good and my dog was also photographed with wishes.

Aina Satoyama Park It is located in the city, and it is the only place where you can experience like the countryside, and I thought that this kind of experience was necessary for children now, so I visited every year and it was a nostalgic place and it became a filming location for the movie "Rurouni Kenshin".

Aina Satoyama Park It is located in the city, and it is the only place where you can experience like the countryside, and I thought that this kind of experience was necessary for children now, so I visited every year and it was a nostalgic place and it became a filming location for the movie "Rurouni Kenshin".

Summer temporaneous hot afternoon in Kamikawa

Just being here temporarily in Aina Satoyama Park, which I visit every year, is healing 😀.

In Buddhism and hinduism, the lotus is associated with purity, spiritual awakening, and faithfulness. For me this flower is a symbol of strength and courage as it emerge from murky waters and live gloriously. From Ueno shinobazu pond

This is a large kaleidoscope photo I found when I went to Nagahama with a friend in July this year! It was dome-shaped, and if you manually turned the lever, you could see a beautiful kaleidoscope inside. I took this picture because the outside was beautiful spinning like a windmill.

This is an off-shot when I had my best friend take a picture in front of a flower bed because the sunflowers were growing well in the summer when I was in high school.

This is a photo of my first visit to Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture on a school trip when I was in high school! I hope I can go there again someday!

It is a hermit crab that seems to take off into the sky at any moment. This photo was taken at Maibara Beach on Ishigaki Island. Hermit crabs shine in the blue sky of early summer. This hermit crab looks like it is about to take off into the sky. This photo was taken at Yonehara Beach on Ishigaki Island. The hermit crab looks great against the blue sky of early summer.

A summer farmland of Hokkaido ... The light and shadow makes the whole land picturesque during the afternoon. A land that cover in snow for most of the time of the year but during summer it looks so colorful and beautiful...

"Kawasaki Daishi wind chime City" Kanagawa In front of a kuzumochi shop

"Kawasaki Daishi Furinshi" Kanagawa There were a lot of cute wind chimes on sale.

"Kawasaki Daishi Furinshi" Kanagawa The wind chimes I looked up at from below were cool and soothing by the sound.

During summer sunsets become slow and delayed show of colors. During this time the sudden changes of the color from blue to yellow to orange, to purple, and finally gray shades of sky is some extraordinary nature's show. This photo was taken from Jogashima in Kanagawa prefecture

A splash of water , slow wind and the buzzing noise of insects.... A perfect summer trip at Karuizawa gives only and only refreshment. Sitting in front of this falls calm the mind and peaceful too.

[English/Japanese] Continuing from last week, I will talk about a crepe shop in Nish- Hachioji. There is a crepe shop called "Twin's Crepe" just a minute walk from the school. The crepes here are so popular that they have been introduced on TV many times. The crepes are beautifully rolled in thin crepe dough and are a work of art. The taste is of course very good. You can eat them as a reward for studying hard😊✨ Continuing from last week, I would like to talk about crepe shops in Nishi Hachioji. There is a crepe shop called "Twins Crepe" a 1-minute walk from the school. The crepes here are so popular that they have been introduced on TV many times. Beautifully rolled in thin crepe dough, crepes are almost a work of art. The taste, of course, is very tasty. You can 😊✨ eat it as a reward for your hard work.

The first thing that comes in mind when I think about Japan and Sea is the great painting of Katsushika Hokusai. Yes , The Great Wave off Kanagawa. That image shows the deep relation of this country to the sea and summer is the best time to enjoy the seaside activities and fun. Coincidentally this image was taken at Enoshima, Kanagawa. Just in that famous painting boats were tactically crossing the huge wave , this surfer too riding on that huge wave and brilliantly overcome it and came to the shore.

Feeling the summer in the clouds at the end of the country road, I released the shutter.

It was beautiful as it seemed to indicate the arrival of summer with clouds appearing from the other side of the rice fields and bamboo bushes.

It is a quiet scenery in western Kanagawa Prefecture The green rice fields were vivid and beautiful.

It is a nostalgic scenery with clouds floating at the end of the countryside There is such a wonderful place in Kanagawa Prefecture

Rural scenery of Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture It is an original scenery that makes you feel very summer.

Summer scenery in Doshi Village The sound of cicadas echoed and I felt nostalgia

It is the original scenery of Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture I want to spend my summer vacation in a place like this.