The Plum Blossom Festival is now in progress at Kairakeun, one of Japan's three great gardens. About 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties are planted in the vast garden, and the feature is that you can enjoy the plum blossoms for a long period, with early blooming, middle blooming, and late blooming. Currently, 70% of flowers are bloomed. Beautiful night illumination also happened last weekend.

The Plum Blossom Festival is now in progress at Kairakeun, one of Japan's three great gardens. About 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties are planted in the vast garden, and the feature is that you can enjoy the plum blossoms for a long period, with early blooming, middle blooming, and late blooming. Currently, 70% of flowers are bloomed. Beautiful night illumination also happened last weekend.

Today’s 2nd recommended place is yokohama . This gorgeous city has all those things that can attract any traveler. It has magnificent skyline, green and beautiful gardens, historical places and museum, amusement destinations, shopping areas and what not! and a great ocean beauty too. This port city has variety things to offer. But the best part of it is to enjoy the sunset from the deck area while the sky changes its color and city lights blinks like stars.

My today’s recommended place is Kawagoe’s Shingashi river side cherry blossom viewing spot. Though this place is really very close to #tokyo yet very few travellers actually know about this place. I’m not telling that it is a offbeat destination but not as much popular as it should be. Beautiful cherry blossom tree both side of the river and the falling petals all over the water made it so beautiful. Just imagine a boatride on a river of petals. surely it would be a unforgettable experience.

まるで神が舞い降りたかのような
光景を見た。

撮影地
神磯の鳥居⛩

[English／日本語]
The most famous gourmet food in Hachioji is ramen. It is so well known among ramen lovers that there is even a type of ramen called "Hachioji Ramen. Unlike other ramen, "Hachioji Ramen" uses a large amount of onions in its broth. In Nishi-Hachioji, there is a Hachioji Ramen restaurant called "Goemon" where people stand in line. It is a 3-minute walk from Nishi-Hachioji Station, so it is very close to the school. I tried it for the first time the other day! It was a very tasty ramen with the sweetness of onion, just like "Hachioji Ramen". The international students at the Japanese language school like ramen very much. Some of the male students in particular eat ramen every day, and it is one of the reasons for their weight gain. (By the way, many female students get fat from eating bread.)
八王子で一番有名なグルメといえばラーメンです。「八王子ラーメン」というラーメンの種類があるくらい、ラーメン好きの間ではよく知られています。「八王子ラーメン」は他のラーメンと違って、スープの中に大量のたまねぎが使われています。西八王子には行列のできる八王子ラーメンのお店「吾衛門」があります。西八王子駅から徒歩3分なので、学校からもとても近いです。先日初めて食べました！「八王子ラーメン」らしくたまねぎの甘味を感じるとてもおいしいラーメンでした。日本語学校の留学生たちはラーメンがとても好きです。特に男子学生は毎日食べる人もいるので太る理由の一つになっているほどです。（ちなみに女子学生はパンで太ってしまう子が多いです。）

Spring in Japan means cities surrounded by rows of cherry blossom trees, but whenever we imagine we think about light pink or white flowers and their fragile petals fluttering in the breeze. But these dark pink cherry blossoms are also gorgeous and they bloom much before than common sakura. These flowers are called Kawazu zakura and you can see this grand view if you visit this town from late Feb to early march.

大観山で雲海を撮影後
雲海の中に飛び込んでみたらそこは異世界でした⛩

芦ノ湖より?

葉山の真名瀬港から相模湾越しに見る夕暮れ時の富士山。
晴れた日の夕方、この場所から見える富士山は本当に黄金色で大きく見えます。

葉山・長者ヶ崎付近の岩場。
沈む直前の夕日とそれに照らせれて映る水溜まりの中が綺麗。
一瞬、日本じゃない様な気もするけど都心近くでもこんな場所沢山あります。

ムーミンバレーパークの湖に青空が映って世界が広がった瞬間。

東京からもデッカい富士山が見れます。

新大久保日暮れ時

Hie shrine is a very popular tourist spot in Tokyo metropolitan nagatacho area. The god enshrined here is believed to be guardian deity of the Tokugawa family. Just outside the temple area there are several torii gates which looks very beautiful. So, my today's recommended travel spot is Hie shrine.

東京の愛宕神社で隔年で開催される出世の石段祭。
急な石段を神輿を担いで降りてくるシーンは正に圧巻です！

My today's recommended tourist spot is Fukaya green park. Cherry blossom season is coming soon and here I want to recommended this place. The overall area of the park is not very large but its well organized. A combination of tulip and cherry blossom can be seen here at the same time.

Today's place is 昭和記念公園. Spring is one of the best times here in Japan. In Tokyo, this park is the perfect place to find almost all kinds of spring flowers.

明日、2月22日は、ねこの日です。なので、猫に関係する場所を一つ紹介します。それは、世田谷区にある豪徳寺です。豪徳寺は、招き猫発祥の地です。招き猫が沢山、納められています。もし、時間があれば、行ってみてください。
最寄り駅 世田谷線宮の坂
小田急線豪徳寺

[English／日本語]
Tomorrow, February 22, is Cat Day. As previously mentioned, Hachioji is also a cat-friendly town. There are shelter cat cafes around Hachioji and Nishi-Hachioji Stations. There are also many cats in the Hanamachi area, which I introduced earlier, and they are loved by the locals. Today we will introduce you to "shutters with cats painted on them" in Hachioji, the first of which is located in Hanamachi. The second one is a Nepalese curry restaurant located a 2-minute walk from Nishi-Hachioji Station. Both have great designs!
明日、2月22日は「猫の日」です。以前も紹介しましたが、八王子は猫にやさしい街でもあります。八王子駅や西八王子駅の周辺には保護ネコカフェがあります。また、以前紹介した花街近辺には猫が多く、地元に人達に愛されています。今日紹介するのは八王子にある「猫が描かれているシャッター」です。1つ目は花街にあります。もう一つは西八王子駅から歩いて2分のネパールカレーのお店です。どちらもデザインが素敵ですよね！

埼玉県児玉郡の桜、「児玉千本桜」です。
埼玉県北部では有名です。
毎年綺麗な桜が咲いてくれます。
今年も楽しみです。

東京の品川駅の近くにある「アクアパーク品川」で撮りました！！写真部の友人と写真を撮りに訪れました。
イルカのパレードが行われており、光と音に合わせてイルカ達がかっこよく飛びます。イルカ達の可愛さとかっこよさに惹きつけられること間違いなしです！！！また、パレードの他にもジャングルゾーンやペンギン、アザラシ、カワウソ、サメなどの海の動物たちが見られます！
ぜひ品川駅に行った際に訪れてみてください！

東京都、乃木坂駅近くの建物です。海外にいるような気分になれる建物と青い空に惹かれてシャッターを切りました。ちょっと気分を変えるのに、空を見上げるのはおすすめです。

京都府宇治田原町にある正寿院の風鈴まつりです。境内にたくさんの風鈴の小路があり、季節によって、紫陽花や向日葵、コスモスの風鈴が飾られます。とても可愛らしく、音色も気持ち良く、癒されます。
正寿院では、風鈴だけでなく、一年中客殿の猪目窓や天井図も楽しめます。

これは、小田急百貨店本店(既に閉店)マンハッタンヒルズから撮った夜景写真です。前方に、東京モード学園があり四本線はバス停があります。

My today's recommendation is Hakone. From where one can see several things, like lake ashi, mount fuji, owakudani volcano and many more. But I thing the best part is ridding the pirate ship over the lake ashi and enjoy the breath taking view of mount Fuji from the lake and also the view of Heiwa no torii. This red color torii gate is very famous tourist spot in Hakone.

この写真は、正月に箱根旅行に行ったときの写真です。湯本富士屋ホテルの前、あじさい橋で、撮りました。 神奈川 箱根

[English／日本語]
The other day I had lunch at Hokkaido Soup Curry Workshop Seven West, a 3-minute walk from Nishi-Hachioji Station. I chose the sweet curry, but it was quite spicy and I could taste a variety of spices. The chicken on the bone, which was cooked so well that it fell apart when touched with chopsticks, was the best part. Most of the students enrolled in our school are from Southeast Asia. Almost all of them have "curry" in their countries. When I show the students how to make Japanese home-style curry, they are surprised at how different it is from their own country. And they are even more surprised when they learn that there is another type of curry in the same country, Hokkaido Curry!
先日、西八王子駅から徒歩3分のところにある「北海道スープカリー工房セブンウェスト」でお昼ご飯を食べました。カレーは甘口を選びましたが、けっこう辛く、色々なスパイスを感じられてとてもおいしかったです。お箸でさわっただけで崩れてしまうほど煮込まれた骨付きチキンが最高でした。本校に在籍している学生のほとんどが東南アジアです。ほとんどの国で「カレー」があります。学生たちに日本の家庭的なカレーの作り方を教えると、自分たちの国との違いに驚きます。また、同じ日本でも北海道カレーという種類があるのを知るとさらに驚きます！

Kanagawa's Jogashima island is a great weekend destination. The view from the island is beautiful but during the sunset hour the views are outstanding and scenic. It is hard to select one out of them. Till I select this one where the light house is the prime object. I remember when the sun almost set down and I was crossing this place the dramatic sky behind the light house made the view so thrilling.

地元の夕景です。
雨上がりの一枚です。

浅草の浅草寺の仁王像