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!

I took this picture in Karuizawa, Nagano. After walking around Karuizawa the whole day with my cousins, we arrived at this beautiful pond. You have to look closely until you realize it's flipped upside down.
I have a lot of great memories from Karuizawa and Nagano, spending time with my relatives. I feel like the beautiful nature of Nagano represents those beautiful memories. When I looked in the pond, I found myself smiling, appreciating the nature and the people I'm with.

福山城 博物館になっていてご立派 その日は混んでいてはいれなかったので二日目にいきました。予約制。はやめにいかないと、予約がうまってしまいます。
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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。

熊本にある「草千里ヶ浜」で撮りたかった一枚

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?

セブバトミントンクラブ

群馬の秋の景色。
紅葉の時期ど真ん中で友人と一緒に行けました！温泉に入ったり、卓球をしたりとても良い休暇となりました！

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。

卒業旅行で行った小笠原諸島！
帰りの船を追いかけてくれたダイビングショップの方々！他にも色々な船が追いかけてくれていました。特に島を旅立つ子供に向けた船からのダイブは感動的でした！

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！

JR最南端の西大山駅。
ひまわりと開聞岳とのダブルショット！ひまわりの頭が少しあっちを向いていたのが暑さでバテた人間みたいでした笑

今年の夏休みに屋久島の縄文杉を見に行きました！朝4時から登り始めて往復10時間の山道を登った先にあった縄文杉！忘れられない思い出です！

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.

[English／日本語]
A 3-minute walk from the school, you can have matcha and nerikiri at Hanano, a cafe specializing in Japanese green tea. This is a wonderful store that is both a boutique and a café. Here, you can even try your hand at making nerikiri (the Japanese confectionery pictured in the photo). International students, especially female students, like to look at the books of wagashi. A Vietnamese student said, "Wagashi changes its design with the seasons, and they are all so beautiful and wonderful. She said. The wagashi in the photo is designed as a "Gamaguchi" purse.
学校から徒歩3分、日本茶専門カフェ花野さんでは抹茶とねりきりをいただくことができます。こちらはブティックとカフェが併設されている素敵なお店です。こちらではねりきり（写真の和菓子）を作る体験もできるそうです。留学生、特に女子学生は和菓子の本を見るのが好きです。ベトナムの学生は、「和菓子は季節によってデザインが変わり、どれもとても美しいので素敵だ。」と言っていました。※写真の和菓子は「がま口財布」をデザインしたものだそうです。

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?

この前の旅行に行った時海に行ったので撮りました！また行きたい！

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.