Night cherry blossoms in Takaen Castle Ruins Park

Matsumoto Castle in full bloom

Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture Cherry blossom tree-lined path along the Daishoji River In the midst of the yellow sand dancing, it was cheerful, and the kids enjoyed a walk with a dandelion in hand. Last spring, due to the new corona, the kids stayed home and went to a park with cherry blossoms nearby to take a break, and while looking at the cherry blossoms, there was a heavy air with great anxiety that I had to protect these children at all costs. Seeing the smiles on children's faces this year's cherry blossoms, I protected them last year! It was a day when I realized that I must protect it again this year.

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.

Wow, what an amazing photo. It so cool to see different angles like this. Back in America the orientation of the stars is different and it makes two very different skies (I think I prefer this angle more personally). This Myoko Sunshine Land looks interesting though. Might be a fun place to go on a date. Or if you have kids obviously it'd be great for that. Niigata is just a little outside of day travel distance though so I'd love to visit here, but it'd be in the future definitely. Maybe I can get a decent camera and try to start taking some pictures like this, although I doubt I'd be able to snap anything this good lol

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

What a cool photo. It has such a mysterious atmosphere to it. I really love this about weeping cherries. They always look especially beautiful at night too I've noticed. I like the wagasa as well, it really completes the look. I'm not sure if it's supposed to look mysterious or not but it definitely gives off that kind of vibe. It's like something you would have seen in Demon Slayer. Maybe this is where they got the inspiration for some things? The fog caused by the lighting is really awesome as well. Not surprised that it's at the base of Mt. Fuji either, there are so many amazing sights around the mountain and I guess this is just another one to keep in mind when visiting the area.

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.

Last weekend in Toyama

I love the timing on this photo getting the wave crashing against the rocks just perfectly. I've never been to Fukui but I know that Oshima has that big red bridge and I want to go check that out. I'm assuming this is where it leads to, and if so, then I really want to give it a visit. I guess the island has a shrine as well that's an Important Cultural Property so that sounds like it'd be interesting to see as well. I didn't realize this was next to Tojinbo though, I want to see those massive jagged cliffs for myself. I've seen them in photos and it always looks really awesome but seeing it in person is always totally different. I imagine it'd be even more amazing!

Cloud pattern Toyama December 2020

Jintsu River The weather was nice today. We went for a walk.

It was a really beautiful day today in Toyama.

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

Sunset over Tateyama, view from Jinzugawa riverbank. Toyama 2021

冬の窓 (4) Photo taken in Toyama

A winter afternoon in Toyama, 2021