During the summer this bright flowers make any scene very enjoyable, eye soothing and relaxing.
This picture was taken at musashi Kyuryou national government park where I first encounter with this flower for the first time. Love the stroll around the park during the weekend.

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.

[English／日本語]
Hachioji City has many interesting vending machines. The photo shows a ramen noodle and a pork cutlet sandwich. There are also chiffon cakes and seasonings vending machines. Please look for them. We once had a foreign student from a country that only drinks warm tea. The first time he came to Japan, he drank cold tea from a vending machine and was surprised at how cold it was.
八王子市には面白い自動販売機が多くあります。写真はラーメンとカツサンドです。その他にもシフォンケーキや調味料の自動販売機もあります。ぜひ、探してみてください。以前、本校の留学生であたたかいお茶しか飲まない国の学生がいました。日本に来て初めて自動販売機で冷たいお茶を飲んだ学生はその冷たさに驚いたと話していました。

3年ぶりの開催、長野県飯山市斑尾ジャズのイベントにて。最高の音楽と美味しいワインやfoodで
久しぶりに夏のアウトドアを楽しめました。

自宅の庭先で撮った1枚。
8月もあと少し。
夏の終わりを線香花火の儚さに例えながら表現しました。

富山県立山 雪の大谷です 18ｍあります。

富山県朝日町の桜です。
チューリップと桜と雪山のコラボです。

美ヶ原高原/長野県

牧歌的風景が広がっています。

日本の夏の風物詩 / 香川県高松市

日本の夏
福島県郡山市の布引高原ひまわり畑

日本の夏
福島県郡山市の布引高原ひまわり畑。

夜空に咲く満開の大輪

都心を離れて長野へ家族旅行。
虫好きの息子にとっても、息子を見ている親の私にとっても、かけがえのないひととき。

成田にて夜明け前から太陽発見

座間のひまわり
ちょっと時期が過ぎていたのと台風が残念だった

富山県護国神社のバックに花火と万灯のコラボです。

さくらの塔です。

富山県富山市の富岩運河のナイトクルーズです。

富山県富山市の桜です。

北海道のモエレ沼公園です。
すばらしい建築物です。
自然に溶け込んでいます。

山梨県
忍野八海

水吹く鯉

山梨県
忍野八海

穏やかな時間でした

山梨県
忍野八海

水と緑がとてもきれいな場所

立川市 昭和記念公園で撮影。日差しが強い日でしたが、その分木漏れ日が綺麗でした。

夏の穴場、自然の下。

暑さが無限に広がるような風景。どこを目指して歩いても永遠に夏らしい暑さが追ってくる。

大阪府吹田市、万博記念公園日本庭園は蓮の花の美しい場所です。角度によってはうまく岡本太郎氏の太陽の塔や、エキスポシティの観覧車や公園のオブジェを入れて、額に飾られた一枚の絵のように撮影できます。

＃まつり
やんさんま 富山

Visited Machiya again. I'm not sure why but I seem to really like the atmosphere there. I think the streetcar passing through gives it a different feel than other places.

Anyways, I decided to grab some lunch and found this nice restaurant called Tokyo Local Base. I got this omurice and wow, it was probably the best omurice I've ever had. The sauce tasted really good and the egg was perfectly cooked.

I wish I would have taken a photo of the inside of the restaurant because it was quite relaxing and, just like Machiya, had a really nice atmosphere. It was a bit crowded when I came, but I managed to enter the restaurant right when the lunch rush was starting to die down and so there wasn't many people by the time I got my meal. Definitely recommend checking it out if you're looking to grab a bite in the area.

静岡県
宇久須神社

夏と空と鳥居と緑