Photographed 1/1/25. It is Hanachozu of Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin. It is a New Year's specification. 🎍

The 59th Suisen Festival flowering update is now available! Blooming remains at about 50 percent, but the white petals are slowly increasing little by little🎵 https://www.shimoda-city.info/post/20250108...

Photographed 1/1/25. After prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store. At the beginning of the year, you can sit down if you go as soon as the store opens. Royal Earl Grey Bouquet & Tea Latte and Royal Milk Tea Chiffon Cake. Everyone at the Bell Ring Street store was very helpful last year as well. Best regards again this year. 🙇‍♀️

I went to see the illuminations of Heian Jingu Shrine. The moment I saw the fantastic lantern road, I set up my camera with Nature. It is one of the views that I want to see for a long time.

Samurai Armor experience Samurai fought fair and square in one-on-one battles, which was the samurai way of fighting. During this time, it was not acceptable for the adversary to initiate a fight. If they did, they were considered "cowards.

Photographed on 12/28/24. It is the Torii (shrine gate) gate of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine and Kadomatsu. 🎍

This is one of the photos when I went to the First Pilgrimage to the Shrine. I took this photo at the Musashi Mitake Shrine on Mt. Mitake. New Year's resolutions, prayers for passing, etc. Ema filled with many wishes Swaying in the wind, with a unique tone I was playing.

Photographed on January 6, 24. CAFE ANDON's café latte and fig and prune carrot cake. The latte art is also lovely.

On New Year's Day 2025, my family and relatives visited Kyoto. I took a picture of the back of a parent and child holding a child in the Kamogawa River in the evening and watching the long quiet scenery together, so I took a picture. Wishing you a good year!

The practice of swordsmanship was intended above all to nurture the mind. The samurai, through diligent practice and extreme concentration, desired to attain a state of unthoughtfulness, free of attachment or preoccupation, and thus able to respond instantly. A warrior is prepared to die each morning. In the quiet moments of the morning, he imagines himself being struck by lightning, doused by fire, or cut to pieces with a sword or spear. It is hard to remember that one step outside the doorway is the world of death. #Honor #Bushido #samuraisword #katana

Yesterday, we visited CAFE ANDON. It's a hot sandwich with avocado shrimp. We would like to thank everyone at CAFE ANDON for their support over the past year. Best regards again this year. 🙇‍♀️

White Silver Sangi Railway Fujiwara Towns, Inabe City, Mie Prefecture

Today, I thought it was free, so I took a walk in Kawagoe, but it was quite crowded. This is the Ai sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

The Way of the Brush Along with the martial arts, many other arts flourished, including calligraphy, tea ceremony, tea bowls, poetry, incense, and Noh drama, and a samurai needed to have knowledge of both the sword and the brush in order to be seen as a cultured gentleman. #kangi #calligraphy #kimono #osakacastle

Happy New Year🎍 Thank you all for 🙇 ♀️ your continued support this year This is Nagashima Spa Land in Mie Prefecture. Held in New Year's Eve fireworks every year, and you can play until 3 a.m. only on New Year's Day. Be sure to 🤤 visit on New Year's Eve this year

Photographed on January 3, 25. It is a one-year cheap sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. New Year's Day is full of colors.

Photographed on January 3, 25. It is a one-year cheap sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Snow Fairy Did you know that there is a snow fairy in Hokkaido? Its name is "Shimaenaga" Originally, this wild bird called Enaga resembled a long-handled ladle in appearance. The chief of the handle (e) → named Enaga In fact, there are long-tailed moths in Honshu, but this pure white subspecies of long-tailed moth only lives in Hokkaido That's why Hokkaido is called Shima. The long-tailed moth, which lives only in Shima→ was named Shimaenaga It is only called the snow fairy, and you will see it from the time when the leaves fall and the snow begins to fall For that reason, it is also called a bird that signals snow

When I was shooting at Kawasaki Daishi, there was a person with an atmosphere, so I called out to him. There were a lot of people there because it was the third day of the day, but miraculously, I was able to take a picture at the moment when the person was able to do it, and I was able to capture the atmosphere that this person had. What impressed me was that in the conversation, he said, "I'm very happy to be able to get older as I get older." It made me think that I would like to take this kind of "toshi". What do I want to be in the winter of the new year, from January?

Photographed on January 4, 25. We asked LEC COFFEE. Lemonade and Sweet Potato Mont Blanc Pudding. The pudding is firm, topped with Sweet Potato and Mont Blanc, and is delicious. We look forward to working with you in 2025. 😊

First Pilgrimage to the Shrine at Hakusan Higa Shrine It became a photo that made me feel like I was being watched over by a komainu. You don't get to see much blue sky in Ishikawa Prefecture in winter, so that's also the point of this photo!

At Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, I found a fortune teller for a beckoning cat.

Live with strength While driving in a car in Furano, I felt lonely in the Silver World. However, rather than loneliness, I was encouraged by the appearance of trying hard to survive alone in -20 degrees.

Small footprints This is usually a no-go area. However, the footprints 、、、 It was a world created not only by people, but also by various creatures.

Morning in Aizu When I was waiting for my friend to come out of the hotel, I took a picture from the hotel window. Sunrise shines partially, and you can feel the warmth in the cold.

Beyond the Phantom Winter Icicles that are about to fall. Icicles that have endured in the cold for days and days. How far will it go?

Daily life in Fukushima After having dinner with my friends, I was on my way back to the hotel. I took a picture while waiting for a traffic light. Nothing is decorated, but the lights of the cars create a sense of warmth.

Today, I took a walk in Kawagoe before work. It was crowded everywhere. This is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Happy New Year. Warm New Year greetings from Tsukigase Plum Valley. Tsukigase Plum Valley lets you take in at a glance the plum blossoms and the gorge, with the plum seen as the harbinger of spring. Designated a Place of Scenic Beauty in 2020 and now marking 100 years, the Tsukigase Tourism Association, together with local residents, works to preserve this wonderful plum gorge so everyone can enjoy it. The “Tsukigase Plum Valley Plum Festival,” starting on February 9, opens with the 40th Tsukigase Plum Valley Early Spring Marathon on its first day and runs through a variety of events up to the Spring Banquet on March 23, with preparations underway to welcome everyone. We ask that you visit Tsukigase Plum Valley, which we have spent a year preparing, and offer this as our New Year greeting. Noriaki Ida, President, Tsukigase Tourism Association