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hoshino resort tomamu
Ice Village
This is a wedding at the Ice Chapel.
Three ceremonies are held each day, and fireworks are set off at the end of each service.
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The exercise rides for horses at Tokachi Ranch have started again this year.
They are said to have begun to relieve lack of exercise in pregnant mares.
Now they have become a popular midwinter event in the Tokachi region.
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Yesterday it dropped to minus 26 degrees, so the water vapor in the air froze on the tree branches, creating beautiful hoarfrost.
Hokkaido, Sarabetsumura.
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Otowa Bridge in Tsuruimura, Hokkaido
It is a famous spot for photographing the red-crowned cranes.
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Hoshino Resorts Tomamu’s Christmas
Everyone was making snowmen
and enjoying snowball fights.
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A frosty morning
Is this the remains of a ranch?
I greeted the sunrise at an abandoned farmhouse with a silo.
Most of the fields have been harvested
and soon snow will be piling up.
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The swan takes off
Because the swan has a large, heavy body
it runs and pushes off the water to gain speed
before taking flight.
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This is an avenue of larch trees.
The larch needles turn orange
and when they fall, the first snowfall arrives,
and Hokkaido enters its long winter.
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A silhouette of a whooper swan bathed in the setting sun.
Some birds use it as a stopover before flying further south in Japan, but many spend the winter in Hokkaido.
At sunrise and sunset, the river glows gold as they land on the water or take flight, creating a truly beautiful sight.
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This year’s Halloween Garden at Tokachi Hills in Makubetsu, Hokkaido.
The scenes from the garden.
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