旅行ではないのですが、地元の大阪で行ったことのない神社へ。
和服の女性が映えてたので、後ろ姿を。

駅近くのホテルから。
北陸新幹線、金沢駅へ入ってくるところ。
今は終点だけど、来年にはもっと南へ、福井まで走ることになる。

長野旅行

広い敷地の牧場で牛さんに感謝しながらソフトクリームいただきました?
写真はコーヒー味のソフトクリームです?

ちょっと遠いけど避暑地なので夏には毎年お世話になってます♡

南伊豆の季一遊。
弓ヶ浜にある旅館です。部屋風呂もさいこうで、サービスもよくまさにお・も・て・な・し！
お料理の写真はないですがとても美味しかったです?
良い旅館でした(∩´∀`∩)?

Our recent trip to Kurobe gorge was one of the best trips in Japan. Those sharp V shaped gorges and spectacular river water we saw during the train ride was one of the best. This beautiful hydro electric power plant named shin yanagawara , looks just like an ancient castle which is on the shore of Lake Unazaki.

生きる化石、シーラカンス。
マイナス20℃での冷凍保存。
ワシントン条約の規制により、世界でここだけしか見れないレアな姿らしい！

伊豆にあるアニマルキングダム。
動物との距離近し！

9月に訪れた法隆寺。
台風襲来前でしたが、斑鳩の風が心地よかったです。
名物柿の葉寿司も美味しかった‼

The next day returning from my two and a half months travel in Europe, I visited Nara, one of the most historical cities in Japan, with my friends. Compared to the cool weather in Europe, the Japanese summer was too hot for me. It seems like it was too hot for the deers too. I wanted to jump in with them!

高松市の栗林公園で撮った写真です。

伏見稲荷大社内で撮った写真です。狐のシルエットが綺麗です。

北海道美瑛町の青い池です。この日は天気も良く青色が綺麗に撮れました。

Enjoying the beautiful pre-autumn morning in a traditional way. Over 5 million red spider lily were full bloomed at kinchakuda park in Saitama Prefecture. The place was very crowdy and it was difficult to take a satisfactory shot. As a novice photographer it was very challenging to me. Anyway after attempting several times finally I was satisfied. I think the beautiful red carpet with the spider lily and the traditional umbrella creates a good combination.

四国カルストの帰りに立ち寄った高知県梼原町の雲の上の図書館
妻が本好きで喜ぶかなと思い立ち寄ったのですが、私の方が感動し広い空間と木の温もりが伝わり凄く居心地のいい場所で、地元の子達が勉強していて、凄く恵まれた環境だなと感じました。?

高知県須崎市にある伝照栽培深夜高速道路を走ってると、辺り一面この光が綺麗で気になり高速道路降りて見て見ました。
後に調べるとミョウガの栽培で初めて見る光景に感動しました?

卒業旅行で行った小笠原諸島！
帰りの船からの景色。皆さんに手を振ってもらって島とのお別れ…到着までに片道24時間かかる島。頻繁には行けないからとても貴重な時間でした。また行きたいな。

曼珠沙華のを見に行きました！ギリギリ見頃で一面赤色でとても綺麗でした！

兵庫県新温泉町にある居組県民サンビーチ
展望台から見下ろすこの光景が綺麗で長い間行ってなく久々にまた見てみたい光景です?

兵庫県神河町の水車?

毎年数回は訪れてる兵庫県神河町見所満載で5月頃には水車が設置され、梅花藻も近くで拝見出来ます?

兵庫県宍粟市にあるミツマタ群生地初めてこの光景を目の当たりにした時は感動しました?
薄暗い森の中ホタルの様に黄金に輝くミツマタは幻想的で森の妖精達の様でした。又紙幣の原料にも使われており凄く貴重でまさに黄金の森でもありました?

兵庫県宍粟市にある二本の夫婦の様に立つ桜?有名ではありませんが、宍粟市で桜スポットを探してたら偶然この桜に出会いその後この桜の木の下が憩いの場になっており、家族で昼間はお弁当食べに私達家族の花見スポットになり、お気に入りの場所で夜勝手にライトアップし撮影してみました?
未来に残したい何年後も見ていたい夫婦桜?

Some photos of our trip to Sawara in Chiba Prefecture over the 3 day weekend a couple weeks back.

On the way to Sawara we stopped at Chiba Station and had lunch at a place called Common Café. I order a burger not expecting a lot, but it was the best burger I've had in a long time actually.

We arrived a bit late in Sawara and were kind of tired so we decided to just go to the hotel, shower and relax for a bit and then have dinner.
We had a reservation at a French restaurant called Mougins and it ended up being a really great experience.

After eating dinner we were headed back to the hotel and we heard some hayashi and cheering in the distance and we decided to check out what was happening. We found a dashi parading through the streets and they were stopping at different places to pick up alcohol lol. Apparently they'd been doing it every Sunday, I think since corona started.
It was pretty cool to see though.

The next day we went to check out the Sawara Historical District and after reaching our destination we decided to take a break at a cafe. We ordered a shaved ice and some sort of soda. They were both really delicious, especially the shaved ice. It was some sort of flavor using tea from Kyoto and milk. I forget what it was called exactly though.

We also stopped by the former residence of Inoh Tadataka, the famous Japanese cartographer.
It was quite interesting seeing where he lived.
After visiting his residence, we to the nearby museum and learned about his life and everything he did.

I was pretty blown away by how incredible he actually was. I was a bit surprised that I hadn't learned much about him when I was studying the history of Japan, but after visiting the museum I'm convinced he was truly a genius.

Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures inside of the museum, but seeing all of the tools that he used to draw maps and learning how they worked was really interesting.
On top of that, the maps he drew were unbelievably accurate.
I think it mentioned somewhere that his maps were used until the 1900's, despite being drawn several hundred years prior.
His cartography was only one of the endeavors he pursued as well. There were also some documents that explained how he helped his town get through the famine, and also documents detailing how he dealt with local lords imposing taxes on his town.

Besides the museum, we also took a boat ride through the canal that ran through the historical district.
The canal was quite nice, and you could see the historical buildings that lined the sides of it while going through it.
We had to lower the cover on the boat for several bridges as the water level was quite high due to the recent rains, but that just made the experience even more memorable.

The tour guide on the boat mentioned how when the canal was used back in the Edo period, it was incredibly busy and boats would have been bumping into each other constantly while passing through.

During the boat ride through the canal I noticed some interesting statues on various lanterns and decided to check them out. They all turned out to be interesting and unique.

We ended our trip by having a late lunch near the historical district.
We had planned to take a train back to Tokyo but missed it by a few minutes.
Fortunately, a bus arrived at the perfect time and so we rode that back to Tokyo. It was much better than the crowded trains.

Overall it was a really good day-trip style excursion and I definitely recommend it!
Managed to find 2 poke lids too!

Over 5 million red spider lily is bloomed here in Kinchakuda park in Hidaka city of Saitama prefecture. The bright colors of this flower attracts the tourist from a long distance apart. Here the one flower bloomed over the top of the red carpet like colors. This flower is very eager to show its beauty to the flower lovers.

長野県地獄谷温泉この光景見たさに6時間かけて来たのですが、常にお猿さんが温泉に入ってると思い、ワクワクしながら娘を抱っこして山道をひたすら歩いたのですが、誰も入っていなくてショックでした?
そこから何とかお猿さんが温泉に入ってる光景を撮影したくてかなり待ったのですが、ほんの一瞬でそこからは全然入ってくれませんでした?

京丹後久美浜にある桟橋
今まで見た桟橋で一番お気に入りの場所?ここも天気の良い日は桟橋から満点のプラネタリウムを眺める事が出来てこの日は残念ながら曇りだったのですが、早朝雲の隙間から光芒見る事が出来感動でした?

京丹後にある立岩の天の川
この日は結構荒波で風が強く撮影機材が倒れてびしょ濡れに?それでも小宇宙の様で綺麗でした?

A scarlet autumn morning in a traditional way at Kinchakuda park in Saitama prefecture. This is most probably the biggest place to see the red spider lilies in Japan. A very vast area turns like a red carpet. This unique flowers and a traditional touch makes the day perfect.

以前食べた揚州商人のネギラーメン(๑´ڡ`๑)

さいたま新都心いってきました

画像拡大推奨です