Location: Udon restaurant in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. Sanuki udon with anmochi. Especially in the eastern part of Kagawa Prefecture, there is a custom of eating white miso zoni with bean cake on New Year's Day. You can also enjoy Sanuki udon with anmochi as a New Year's udon.

Shooting location: Around Yuki-no-yu, Shioe-cho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. Winter tradition: Bamboo lights lit up

Shooting location Tsuboyang Minamihama, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture Shidahama Three swans standing on the shore of a lake on a clear snow

Shooting location Lake Motosu, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi This is one photo of the collaboration between a mid-meteor in the cold sky and Mt. Fuji.

Shooting location Fukuroda Falls, Daigo City, Ibaraki Prefecture Fukuroda Falls shows the faces of the four seasons. This is one of the photos of another world that you can't believe is Japan closed by spectacular ice.

Toyama Feb 2021

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.

Wow this is beautiful. If there's one thing I'm going to miss come spring it's going to be all of the beautiful winter photography that I've had the pleasure of seeing this year. That being said I'm sure spring will be just as beautiful thanks to all the greenery and cherry blossoms coming to life. This photo is really cool though. Before I zoomed in it looked like some historical castle townscape covered in snow but then upon closer inspection it's a modern area with modern homes. The river is cool too, it reminds me of a moat separating a castle from its town at this angle and probably because of the cobblestone. The mountain backdrop is really amazing too, I suppose that's maybe where the mine cart runs to? Guess I'll have to visit Asago to find out!

Morning in Benifuji. It was dyed in wonderful colors.

From the mountains after snowfall. It was a wonderful tree and Mt. Fuji.

"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

Railway workers clearing snow near Etchu Yatsuo Station. Toyama January 2021

The guards Somehow this scene reminds me of the guards in front of Buckingham Palace. Photo taken in Toyama, Jan 2021

Yatsuomachi Fukujima, Toyama 27 Jan 2021

What doesn't kill you makes you sweeter Toyama 27 Jan '21

A bronze statue in Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, at Himemiya Shrine. Does the snow-covered figure look like a girl celebrating her coming-of-age ceremony? It was so cute that I involuntarily released the shutter.

Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, a post box in front of the coffee shop "Arajan".

Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, snowy cityscape.

Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, a trolley trail road covered with snow.

Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, in front of Himemiya Shrine.

Snow piled up in Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture.

With the theme of winter, I wondered what I could shoot in the Kanto region, where it doesn't snow, and the first thing that came to mind was birds. When I was looking for winter birds in the Japan, there was a bird called "Tsugumi", so I took a picture of it singing. By the way, the most important thing I tried to do in this shoot was to stand at the same level as the birds. I thought that by standing on the same line of sight, I could see the scenery as "Tsugumi" sees.

This photo was taken at Serigaya Park in Machida City, Tokyo. The season was winter, and as the autumn leaves were coming to an end, I was able to take photos that made me feel winter. Until we meet again.

In Gifu City, it rarely snows every year, and this year it rained, so I went to a nearby shrine to take pictures before work.

If letters carry warm thoughts and affection, I wonder whether a mail post ever feels cold. Toyama January 2021

Sunset over Tateyama, view from Jinzugawa riverbank. Toyama 2021

冬の窓 (4) Photo taken in Toyama

A winter afternoon in Toyama, 2021

Tateyama Yatsuomachi Fukushima, Dec 2020