I thought this was a really nice article and video. I hadn't heard about Utase ships or Utase fishing before. I mentioned the other day in a post about the Edo-Tokyo Museum how I really liked seeing the architecture of the ships and just happened to come across this today. I love how you can see a full broadside view of the ship and its sails. Apparently there are a bunch of different varieties of sails and different numbers used depending on the size, etc. of the ship. I've never had the opportunity to go to Kumamoto sadly, but I'd like to see this in action if I get the chance. I've seen a lot of photos of Kumamoto Castle as well, so that's definitely something I'd be checking out if I visited. I'd like to do it in the spring to see the cherry blossoms as well.

先日熱田神宮にて、イチョウの並木道で撮った写真です。
遠くから見たら、まだ緑だったんですが、近くで見たら、秋だなっと感じました。

初投稿！きっぴぃと申します！
日本の秋、チャレンジします！

この写真は奈良県にあるお寺さんで
撮りました！

空写真を撮ろうとしたら紅葉を
発見し、逆光を利用し撮影しました

紅葉が行き交っていて幻想的な
雰囲気で、撮る事ができました！

使用:Nikon D7500

福島県北塩原村
雲海が晴れ始めた田園に秋の朝日が射して神々しい雰囲気になった

新緑も美しい奥入瀬渓流。秋のハイキングを紅葉が彩ります。渓流沿いには紅葉スポットがあちこちにたくさん！清らかな水の流れとともに楽しみながら歩いてみてください。

白糸の滝は紅葉時期が一番美しいと思うのです。

毎年大渋滞の日光いろは坂を抜けて…

茨城県水戸市
水戸芸術館のARTTOWER
ブロッケン現象
縦構図

京都・奥嵯峨にて撮影です。

京都・詩仙堂でキュンです❤︎

愛知県豊田市小原村の四季桜の里です。
四季桜の開花時期は秋なので、紅葉と桜を一緒に見られる日本で唯一の場所です。

長野県渋温泉の秋の朝見た景色です。
複雑に重なる小径と朝の光が、立体的で美しかったです。

Some photos I took during my visit to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. I really enjoyed seeing the recreations of the Edo cityscape and seeing what the city would have looked like back in the day. I like that you can also get a feel for what life was like at that time and you can even see people doing various jobs or holding tools related to them. I enjoyed seeing the boats as well, as it showed how shipping would been carried out at the time, and you also get to see the architecture of the ships, which was really awesome in my honest opinion. I also tried getting a decent photo of Tokugawa Ieyasu but I was really short on time when visiting as the museum was about to close, so I definitely need to go back there again. I wanted to see some of the other exhibits as well, stuff like the Great Kanto Earthquake exhibits, etc. so I have an excuse to visit again lol.

晩秋の時期に弘前公園の中を歩くと、門をくぐって紅葉が見えるスポットがあります。桜の時期以外にも弘前城は見どころ満載です。

「おかえりモネ」の舞台となった、宮城県登米市の田園風景🌾

私が過去に仕事の都合で転勤し、数年間住んだ街です。
引っ越してすぐ、季節を五感でめいっぱい感じられる、自然豊かなこの街に強く心を惹かれ、今でも心の故郷となっています✨

登米市が好きすぎて、車が故障してしまった今もレンタカーを借りてドライブに出かけるくらい😌
この写真は、そんなドライブの日に出会った、宝物のような風景です。
写真に写っていない両側にも、美しい田園風景がはるか先まで続いています。

金色の海のように一面に広がり、風が吹くと波のように大きく揺れる稲穂。
あまりにも感動して、すぐに道端の広い所に車を停め、夢中になって何枚も写真を撮りました。

車を降りた時の青々しい稲穂の香りも、青空・緑の木々・黄金の稲穂の美しいコントラストも、一生忘れられません。

登米市は景色が本当に美しく、また食べ物もとても美味しく、人々も優しい。
こんな素敵な街に出会えて本当に良かった😌

今、私は登米に再び移住するために、仕事を頑張っています。
その頃には「おかえりモネ」はとっくに終わっているだろうけど…
「おかえりモカ」って、この街に暖かく迎えられたいな😌💓

大好きな登米市の魅力が、少しでも皆さんに伝わりますように✨

Just a smaller post today. A photo that I took in Asakusa before the pandemic broke out. I remember eating some delicious ramen in the area as well. Hoping that everything returns back to normal by new years. Would love to visit Sensoji Temple this year if possible. Or at least some other shrine within range for Hatsumode. I still need to climb Mt. Fuji as well, but maybe in a couple more years. As long as I do it before I can't walk anymore lol

皇居外苑の桔梗門付近から東京駅を撮影しました。

Went canoeing in Hagure, Saitama and I managed to turn red thanks to a nice sunburn. Was super tired the next day after a ton of canoeing but still managed to get a good amount of sightseeing done in Gyoda. Visited Oshi Castle 忍城 and the nearby museum, bought some tabi shoes from a shop that’s been in business for more than 100 years 創作足袋千代の松, stopped by a couple of shrines and enjoyed some of Japan’s scenic beauty. Had a total blast, and one of the locals even gave us some incense as a gift for visiting Gyoda!

北海道の秋を一眼レフで切り取り。場所は函館市香雪園。11月上旬に見頃となる紅葉は日本最遅の秋の終点。ソフトファンシーフィルターにより懐柔な表現で紅葉を撮影しました。

秋田県湯沢市にある小安峡の紅葉風景です。
ここは皆瀬川の急流が長年にわたり両岸を深く浸食してできた峡谷です。岩づたいの階段を降りると、その先には遊歩道が続いていて、その先に98℃の熱湯と蒸気が激しく噴出している「大噴湯」があります。
春は新緑、秋は紅葉。そして冬は峡谷に下がる大きなつらら「しがっこ」を楽しむことができます。
この写真は河原湯橋から小安峡の紅葉風景を見下ろして撮影したものです。

秋晴れの日に撮影したもみじの木。レンズフィルター【ソフトファンシーフィルター】をつけての撮影で、ふんわりした雰囲気を出しています。晴れx紅葉は非常に相性が良く、見ていて明るい気持ちになれますね。

雨上がりの彼岸花！
水滴がついていい味出してめっちゃ綺麗でしたー！

北海道「八郎沼公園」秋になるとライトアップが行われており、きれいなオレンジ色が水面に反射して幻想的です。三脚おっ立てて、長秒露光で低ISO感度で撮影しました。

Some more photos I took at Todaiji Temple. The first statue is of Vaisravana 多聞天/毘沙門天, another of the Four Heavenly Kings, holding a staff and some sort of small pagoda,. The second statue is Cintamanicakra 如意輪観音, a bodhisattva. The third photo is a unfortunately poor quality photo of Vairocana, the Cosmic Buddha from my understanding. The rest of the photos are models of Todaiji's Great Buddha Hall from 800 and 300 years ago, and Nandai-mon, the Great South Gate. The pagoda is, from my understanding, a replica of one of the lost pagodas that used to be located at Todaiji Temple, but I believe was burnt down? I could be wrong about that though. Then last is a photo of the heads of Virudhaka 増長天left, and Dhrtarastra 持国天right, two of the Four Heavenly Kings. Lots of cool stuff to be seen at Todaiji! Definitely recommend it. My photos don't do it justice at all.

函館にある笹流ダム前庭広場では秋になると、背の低いもみじの木は一斉に紅葉します。紅葉が見頃を迎えた後、足元にはたくさんのもみじの葉が落ちて、それはまるで天然の赤絨毯のようでした。今回はその天然の絨毯を一枚に収めてみたので、ぜひ御覧ください。

彼岸花が咲いていて秋を感じました！
とても綺麗で見惚れちゃいました！😄

I found some photos of when I visited Todaiji Temple. I took a photo of the bronze lantern out front of the temple because I thought it looked really cool, but it's pretty crazy to think that the lantern is around 1,300 years old at this point. I also took some photos of a few of the statues inside the temple, the first being Akasagarbha 虚空蔵菩薩, one of the Eight Great Bodhisattva, and the second which took me forever to find the name of... being Virupaksa 広目天, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. I'm not sure what Virupaksa is made of but I think this statue is made of wood, although I could be wrong. It looks like a different material from the other statues inside the temple, although it's been quite a while since I visited and I can't recall exactly. All the statues are really awesome though. I'll have to upload some more photos later!

Some photos I took at Nijo Castle in spring 2018. You can see the cherry blossoms in some of the photos just starting to bloom, but not quite in full bloom, and the rest of the gardens were really enjoyable as well. I really liked the gold decorations/designs on the buildings. The gate was also really cool. I believe it's called Karamon Gate although I'm not 100% sure on that. The moat around the castle was pretty neat as well, I can imagine it was a strong fortification, especially since it belonged to Tokugawa Ieyasu, although I'm not entirely sure about the rest of the castle's history. The photos of the moat and surrounding area were taken from on top of a small vantage point, and I wonder if it was originally some sort of turret, but I'm not sure about that either. Either way, I definitely recommend giving it a visit to anyone in Kyoto or anyone planning to visit Kyoto. I believe it was relatively close to the Golden Pavilion as well, so if you have the chance, why not?

函館が誇る紅葉の名所「見晴公園（香雪園）」10月下旬から11月上旬にかけて見ることが出来る紅葉並木は圧巻です。赤、橙、黄色、緑と様々な色のもみじが楽しめ、園内を散策すると紅葉を心ゆくまで楽しむことが出来るでしょう。

茨城県ひたちなか市 大荒神磯の鳥居
荒波であればあるほどエモーショナル