京都に住む方が京都で一番と称される秋の仙洞御所?
秋に訪れ感動の景色に包まれた日。
もみじに銀杏に色とりどりの日本の秋を感じられる場所☺️

苔の里★神聖な場所★砂利道★無料駐車場有り★車椅子だと園内は厳しいが駐車場から眺めるだけでもかなり癒やされました★季節毎に違った表情を楽しめます

【真夏の真鍋庭園】
日本初のコニファーガーデンとしても知られるお庭です。真夏日、ふわふわしていた芝生の上に歩き、さまざまな木の香りが漂ってきて森林浴でリフレッシュすることが出来ます。園内ではヤマアジサイがきれいに咲いています。
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岡山市にある日本三名園の一つ岡山後楽園。 毎年８月１日から３１日まで行われる夏の夜のライトアップイベイト「幻想庭園」が開催されています。照明演出も毎年少しずつ変わってきています。 期間中にはプロジェクションや音楽会なども開催されています。 少し涼しくなる夜にライトアップされた日本庭園を散策するのも良いものです。

岡山市にある日本三名園の一つ岡山後楽園。 毎年８月１日から３１日まで行われる夏の夜のライトアップイベイト「幻想庭園」が開催されています。期間中にはプロジェクションや音楽会なども開催されています。少し涼しくなる夜にライトアップされた日本庭園を散策するのも良いものです。

岡山市にある日本三名園の一つ岡山後楽園。毎年８月１日から３１日まで行われる夏の夜のライトアップイベイト「幻想庭園」が開催されています。
少し涼しくなる夜にライトアップされた日本庭園を散策するのも良いものです。

建仁寺
お庭でのんびり。
ゆっくり時間を過ごせます。

和歌山県和歌山市 養翠園にて

木々に溢れた庭園には「潮入の池」があり池中央にはお社がある守護神島が浮かびます。

撮影当時は来園者は私のみで、自然の声に耳を傾けながら自分だけの小さな異世界に浸ることができました。

Went to Fukushima over the Golden Week holiday.

On our first day we took a bus to Ouchi-Juku and had a great time looking at all the buildings and different shops. The negi soba (soba with a large leek) is famous there so my girlfriend ended up ordering that. She said it was a bit difficult to eat, but fun and tasted great. We also ended up trying a variety of different snacks in the area. The Age-Manju (deep fried manju) was really tasty and we actually ended up getting again later. I was able to take a photo from the famous photo spot at Ouchi-Juku as well (photo #4). I only have an iPhone camera, so the quality isn't the best, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

On the way back from Ouchi-Juku we returned via Yunokami Onsen Station and so we got to use the footbath that was attached to the station. It was a really great way to rest up after walking for so long.
The station itself was also really photogenic, so I snapped a couple photos from the platform and between the railroad tracks.

The hotel we were staying at for the night was in Aizu-Wakamatsu and on the way we found a nice little shop with a large akabeko cow outside and the staff was kind enough to take a photo of us with it.

For dinner, we went to a place called Sassa (左雨) and had a really great time. We ended up talking to the owners for a bit and they were super nice. It was also the best tonkatsu I've eaten in my entire life. It was cooked tp perfection, and the dressing that came with the salad and cabbage matched perfectly with it. We probably ended up eating way too many fried foods but it was all really tasty.

The next day we visited Tsuruga Castle.
The castle was quite cool, but it was a bit more crowded than Ouchi-Juku. Considering it was Golden Week, it wasn't much of a surprise.

Either way we had a great time. We started off going for a boat ride around the moat (I got my daily exercise in, as I was rowing the whole time lol). After that we went up into the castle and were able to see a view of the city from the top which was pretty cool. There were also live performances going on in the field in front of the castle which were fun to watch.

At that point it was about lunch time so we went over to the row of food stalls (photo #16) and grabbed a bite to eat. There were shops selling all sorts of goods as well, so we spent some time window shopping. After Tsuruga Castle, we went to Oyakuen Garden (御薬園). We ended up sharing a green tea by the pond and relaxing for a bit which was nice.

There were a lot of koi inside the pond and a variety of birds flying around as well, so the atmosphere was very relaxing. Photo #20 is supposedly the best view in the garden (it was written on a sign) so I snapped a photo of it. The photo doesn't do it justice, but it was a really incredible view.

All in all, we had a really amazing time in Fukushima, but we definitely would like to visit again, as there's a lot we didn't get to do still. I really wanted to try an akabeko workshop but we didn't get the chance, which was a bit disappointing, but we still had a lot of fun, so I can't complain.

I definitely recommend visiting Aizu-Wakamatsu if you have the chance!

京都府向日市の
竹の径です。
竹藪がとても綺麗で
地元の方々がお散歩するスポット
近年外国人を含めた
観光客を姿も見るように
なりました。

岐阜県岐阜市 岐阜公園 日中友好庭園にて
散った花びらが緩やかに動く様に日本の情緒を感じました。
#春 #フォトコンテスト

城南宮 春の山です。
手前の日陰は苔の上に落ち椿。
奥へ進むと華やかなしだれ梅と花びらの絨毯。
対照的な美しさが隣り合う光景は幻想的です。

ホテルオークラ神戸さんの庭園。神戸に雪が積もった日、日本庭園もうっすらと雪化粧。ホテルオークラ神戸さんは建物、お部屋、食事、そしてスタッフの皆さんの接客も全て最高。大好きなホテル、おすすめです。

1歳半の娘を連れて、栗林公園へ。初めて見る色鮮やかな錦鯉に釘付け。びっくりして泣いてしまうかな？と思っていましたが、ニコニコ楽しそうに眺めていました。怖がらずに餌もあげることができました。この日から娘は、水辺を見かけると鯉を探すようになりました。ここまでの色鮮やかな錦鯉はなかなから見られないので、またこちらに連れてこようと思います。季節の移り変わりも感じられる素敵な庭園です。

昭和記念公園の紅葉ライトアップ。
銀杏並木が有名だけど日本庭園の池に映る紅葉も美しいです。

岡山市の岡山後楽園は日本三名園の一つ。芝の綺麗な日本庭園として有名です。岡山城の天守閣を背景によく写されますが、ライトアップされた幻想庭園もとても美しいです。

岡山市の岡山後楽園は日本三名園の一つ、緑の芝が綺麗な庭園ですが、秋に紅葉した庭園も美しです。

岡山市の岡山後楽園は日本三名園の一つ、昼間の風景も綺麗ですが、春、夏、秋と年に3回開催される夜の「幻想庭園」の一コマです。

岡山市の岡山後楽園は日本三名園の一つ、昼間の風景も綺麗ですが、春、夏、秋と年に3回開催される夜の「幻想庭園」の一コマです。

岡山市の岡山後楽園は日本三名園の一つ、昼間の風景も綺麗ですが、春、夏、秋と年に3回開催される夜の「幻想庭園」は別の美しさがあります。

香川県栗林公園です。緑豊かで気持ちの良い庭園でした。

香川県の栗林公園です。とても綺麗で素晴らしい庭園でした。

京都の嵐山の大覚寺に行った時の写真です。
今にも雨が降りそうな感じです。

Finally managed to visit Shinjuku Gyoen over the weekend

Been meaning to go here for a while now and finally had the chance

The park itself was quite large, it was a bit surprising how much space it actually takes up in the city.
There were a lot of cool stone lanterns and other structures to see throughout the park as well.
The Taiwan building was pretty interesting to learn about. Apparently it was donated to Japan in 1924 by Japanese people living in Taiwan.
The sign outside mentioned that it was a nice place to feel the breeze and it wasn't a lie either. It felt really nice standing on the balcony overlooking the pond. The breeze came through perfectly.

Unfortunately we didn't bring a blanket with us to the park but there were a lot of other people laying down on the grass and it looked like a nice place to have a picnic.

We stopped at one of the rest areas and grabbed some drinks as well. I got a lemonade drink that was really refreshing and she got a café latte.

We took a quick tour through the greenhouse at the end as well and it had a lot of cool plants inside. I found this flower with grey leaves that I thought was really cool looking.

I definitely want to return during autumn to see how the park looks after the leaves change!

兵庫県福崎町にある応聖寺さんの庭園です。
関西花の寺二十五霊場 8番、 播州薬師霊場 第13番札所で沙羅 の寺として有名。 山門前には頭と足は石製で胴体は サツキ での生け垣の身長約8mの涅槃仏があります。 花の寺に相応しく沙羅だけでなく四季折々の花を見ることが出来ます。春から夏は室内から見えるサツキツツジの緑が美しく、秋には真っ赤に染まった椛も加わり夢のようなリフレクションの世界が楽しめます。

Visited Shibamata for the first time over the weekend.

I'd been meaning to go for a while because it seemed like an interesting place to visit in Tokyo, but I just hadn't had the chance until now.

It was a really nice place and I was surprised at how few people were there.
There was a ton of shops lined up along the main street and the wooden buildings gave it a really nice atmosphere.

I haven't seen Otoko wa Tsurai yo, but there were statues and posters of Tora-san everywhere, even inside shops and stuff. I guess I'll have to watch it some time when I have the chance.

We ended up eating lunch at one of the restaurants along the main road and they had some Tora Miso Ramen so we decided to try it. It was pretty good and had a decent amount of vegetables in it as well, so moderately healthy for ramen I suppose. We also got some dessert at a cafe afterwards and she got some dango while I ordered an ice cream float.

We also went to the nearby temple Shibamata Taishakuten (柴又帝釈天), or Daikyoji Temple and walked around the main temple grounds and also bought tickets to see the garden and the architecture inside the temple. The garden was really pretty and the walkway around it was quite nice to walk on.

I really enjoyed viewing the inside of the temple as there was a ton of hand-carved panels depicting different scenes. There were descriptions below each of the panels that described them as well, and they were interesting to read.

It seemed like they were all carved by different people but they were all highly skilled.

When we were leaving we found a nice little shows style candy shop and we bought some snacks and played a round of pinball on one of the pinball machines inside the shop. Haven’t played pinball since I was a kid, was pretty nostalgic.

If you're in Tokyo I definitely recommend giving this place a visit on the weekend.

On the final day of our trip we were a bit tired but still wanted to see a few things and just casually enjoy our time.

We ended up going to Marugame Castle as our first destination. It was really cool as it's one of the 12 castles in Japan that still has an original castle keep. The castle itself isn't very large, but the area surrounding it is. From the bottom of the castle the keep is quite small so it's hard to get a good photo of it, but we got a photo of it with one of the turrets along the moat wall which was cool.

We reserved a rickshaw ride the previous night as well so when we got to the castle we did a little exploring and then we went on a guided tour around the lower area of the castle. The rickshaw guide was a really nice guy and quite funny as well. Apparently he was a comedian but he enjoyed doing this job as well. He told us a bunch of different things about the castle and it's construction while also telling some jokes occasionally.

After the rickshaw tour we climbed our way up to the top of the castle and there were saw really amazing views waiting for us at the top. You could see the entire city almost. We also entered the castle keep, but it was relatively small. It was still nice to see the architecture on the inside but the stairs were a bit scary. They were incredibly steep and I was holding the handrails the entire time going up or down them.

After checking out the castle we were pretty hungry and so we decided to get some lunch. Being Kagawa is the udon prefecture we went to an udon specialty restaurant. I haven't been to many udon restaurants so it was kind of a new experience for me. They had it set up kind of like a cafeteria and you go through and choose what you want and other toppings to go with your udon.
I didn't see the trays for the extra toppings so I just ended up putting the karaage on top of my udon lol.
I got niku udon and it tasted really good. The karaage was a nice touch as well. Not the usual tempura most people get but it went surprisingly well with the soup.

After eating we headed towards Nakazu Banshoen, a garden with art exhibits as well. Before getting there we decided to stop by a Lupin-themed cafe though. It was a really tiny shop but we were able to cool off for a bit and relax which was nice since we were walking quite a bit.

The garden was quite large and had a lot of different points of interest within it. The stepping stones were fun to cross and the row of torii gates was pretty cool as well. You can definitely take some nice photos with them.

And that concludes our trip to Takamatsu! Overall it was a really fun trip and I definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't been to Shikoku or Kagawa before. We didn't even get to do everything we were looking at but we still had a blast!

Went down to Takamatsu over the 3 day weekend last week. It was the first time either one of us had been to Shikoku before and it was a lot of fun. I'm surprised it's not talked about more, as there's so much stuff to do. We stayed near Takamatsu pretty much the whole time and we still didn't get to visit every place that we wanted to go.

The first day mostly consisted of Ritsurin Park.

The park (garden) itself was quite large and there was a lot of beautiful sights to see. We really wanted to go on the boat ride throughout the park's pond, but unfortunately it started to rain just a tiny bit and they closed the boat for the rest of the day, just before we arrived...☔️

Even still we had a lot of fun walking around the park. There were a lot of koi and turtles swimming in the pond too.
We stopped by a small cafe-like building inside the park and i got an ice cream float and she got a coffee.
In front of the shop one of the custodians came by with a big bucket of fish food and created a feeding frenzy amongst the koi. I'm pretty sure I saw a single catfish in there as well. After we finished our drinks we climbed to one of the best viewing spots in the park which had a really amazing view of the bridge and the pond. You can see the people on the boat we didn't get to ride too lol?

The one building shown in photo 9 was actually a tea house where I think you could try traditional tea ceremony and eat sweets as well, but they also seemed to offer just a normal tea drinking experience as well.
We decided not to try it, but if you like tea ceremony it looked quite nice.

[Englsih／日本語]
We recently went on an excursion to the Takao Komagino Garden. It was a 15-minute walk from Takao Station. It was a very hot day, but there was a stream running along the way, which was very cool. It was very cool inside the Japanese house, and the students looked in wonder at the bonsai trees that were displayed in various places. I was amazed at the beauty of the dry landscape in the garden, and was fascinated by the beauty of Nishikigoi carp. The lotus flowers were in full bloom.

先日、遠足で高尾駒木野庭園に行きました。高尾駅から徒歩15分。とても暑い日でしたが、道の途中で小川が流れていて、とても涼しげでした。日本家屋の中はとても涼しくて、ところどころに飾ってある盆栽を学生たちは不思議そうに眺めていました。学生たちは庭の枯山水のすばらしさにおどろき、錦鯉の美しさにうっとりしてました。ちょうど蓮が見ごろでした。

[Englsh／日本語]Continuing from last week, here are some photos from Komagino Garden. The garden was magnificent. There was also a suikinkutsu (a device in which water droplets fall into a hollow created in the ground and reverberate the sound they make), which made a very cool sound.
先週に引き続き、駒木野庭園の写真です。庭園も見事でした。また、水琴窟（地中に作りだした空洞の中に水滴を落下させ、その際に発せられる音を反響させる仕掛け）もあり、とても涼しげな音を奏でていました。