高遠城址公園の夜桜

桜の見頃を迎えた松本城

石川県加賀市 大聖寺川沿いの桜並木道
黄砂が舞うなかだったけとポカポカ陽気でキッズ達はタンポポ片手に楽しくお散歩日和

去年の春、新型コロナでステイホームでキッズ達は息抜きさせるために近くの桜のある公園に行き、桜を見ながらこの子達を絶対守らなければと非常に不安で重たい空気がありました。
今年の桜を子供の笑顔をみて去年一年は守り抜けた! と実感すると共に今年もまた守っていかないといけないなと改めて誓った日でした

長野県大町市中綱湖 水鏡に映るオオヤマザクラを、お地蔵様もお花見。

長野県白馬村大出公園 雪山の白馬村に満開の桜が春の訪れを告げる。

Wow, what an amazing photo. It so cool to see different angles like this. Back in America the orientation of the stars is different and it makes two very different skies (I think I prefer this angle more personally). This Myoko Sunshine Land looks interesting though. Might be a fun place to go on a date. Or if you have kids obviously it'd be great for that. Niigata is just a little outside of day travel distance though so I'd love to visit here, but it'd be in the future definitely. Maybe I can get a decent camera and try to start taking some pictures like this, although I doubt I'd be able to snap anything this good lol

あづみの公園にて。
雪解け進む常念岳と、彩り豊かな花々

中山高原の菜の花畑と天の川

長野県飯山市にある菜の花公園です。ここは、?朧月夜?の歌にでてくる風景です。
見える川は千曲川ですが、信濃川とも呼ばれる日本一長い川です。

長野県飯山市にある菜の花公園です。ここは、?朧月夜?の歌にでてくる風景です。
見える川は千曲川ですが、信濃川とも呼ばれる日本一長い川です。

Man this is really beautiful. I never knew peach trees were this beautiful. I knew about plum trees and cherry trees of course, but these are really beautiful as well. It's so cool how the different colors and shades mix together in such a perfect way too. I wonder if they were planted to turn out like this or they just grew to be this way naturally. The river nearby is really amazing as well. It'd be a nice place to just sit and have a small picnic. I'm definitely jealous of anyone that gets to live near this area? I'd love to be able to wake up every morning during spring and see such an amazing view outside my window. I'll be going to see some cherry blossoms this weekend though so I can't complain too much!

高遠城址公園の夜桜
全体的なライトアップが終わり、見物客も居なくなった池

What a cool photo. It has such a mysterious atmosphere to it. I really love this about weeping cherries. They always look especially beautiful at night too I've noticed. I like the wagasa as well, it really completes the look. I'm not sure if it's supposed to look mysterious or not but it definitely gives off that kind of vibe. It's like something you would have seen in Demon Slayer. Maybe this is where they got the inspiration for some things? The fog caused by the lighting is really awesome as well. Not surprised that it's at the base of Mt. Fuji either, there are so many amazing sights around the mountain and I guess this is just another one to keep in mind when visiting the area.

This is really cool, I love how you can see like 3 different landscapes in this photo. Cherry blossoms in spring, the Northern Alps still in winter, and in the middle it looks like a sort of dry landscape you'd see during the summer. I've read about the Hakuba Ski Resort but it looks like there's some beautiful scenery here in the spring as well. Then again, it is Nagano so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised lol. I'd personally like to go down and visit the town and see what they've got. I've been to a few small towns at the bases of ski resorts and mountains before and they're always really nice and have a really different feel from any other town. There's usually at least one really good restaurant to eat at as well. Something to look forward to in Nagano I suppose!

長野県白馬村の野平の一本桜です。
残雪の北アルプスがとても雄大でした。

Last weekend in Toyama

I love the timing on this photo getting the wave crashing against the rocks just perfectly. I've never been to Fukui but I know that Oshima has that big red bridge and I want to go check that out. I'm assuming this is where it leads to, and if so, then I really want to give it a visit. I guess the island has a shrine as well that's an Important Cultural Property so that sounds like it'd be interesting to see as well. I didn't realize this was next to Tojinbo though, I want to see those massive jagged cliffs for myself. I've seen them in photos and it always looks really awesome but seeing it in person is always totally different. I imagine it'd be even more amazing!

Cloud pattern

Toyama December 2020

神通川

今日いい天気でした。
散歩に行きました。

It was a really beautiful day today in Toyama.

輝くスノーモンスター

ここまで成長した樹氷を撮るのは初めてでした。
太陽の輝きと合わせて撮影しました。

撮影地：長野

What a cool photo. I keep seeing pictures and stuff of Takachiho Gorge and I really want to go. I watched a video of it on here recently and it was really beautiful. Miyazaki seems like a really fun place to visit in general so it'd fun to get out there and try the boats and see all of the natural scenery. It had some really nice looking shrines that I was interested in visiting as well. It's so hard to visit all of the beautiful places scattered throughout Japan but I've got time so I'm gonna do my best lol. Earned some flight miles this year so I'm definitely heading out somewhere this summer. Maybe it'll be Miyazaki, we'll see. Although I've had my eye on Nagano lately as well so it's a toss up for now.

車山から鷲ヶ峰にかけて、ゆるやかな起伏が続く霧ヶ峰高原。
レンゲツツジやニッコウキスゲ、マツムシソウなど、季節の高山植物が緑の草原を色とりどりに染め上げます。富士山やアルプス、八ヶ岳連峰など、日本が誇る名峰も一望のもとに。
また、一帯に豊かな上昇気流が発生し、グライダーの飛行に適している霧ヶ峰高原は、日本のグライダー発祥の地としても知られています。

霧ヶ峰高原観光サイトより引用。

「樹氷と朝日」

とんでもない強風と寒さな上どん曇りで諦めかけていましたが、
なんとか日の出のタイミングで晴れてくれ、一気に絶景に変わりました。

冬にしか見られない樹氷を撮影できて大満足です。

撮影地：長野

「八ヶ岳と冬の天の川」

雲一つない絶好の天の川日和が訪れたので、
お気に入りの撮影ポイントで八ヶ岳と合わせて天の川を撮影しました。
満点の星空で最高でした！

ソフトフィルターを使用して星を大きく写したのが、
こだわりポイントです。

撮影地：長野

Sunset over Tateyama, view from Jinzugawa riverbank.

Toyama 2021

冬の窓 (4)

Photo taken in Toyama

A winter afternoon in Toyama, 2021