青森県鶴田町、鶴の舞橋
鶴の舞橋のある津軽富士見湖には、600年前の悲恋物語があります。
当時の清水城城主間山之守は、狩りの途中に立ち寄った家で出会った白山姫と恋仲になります。丈なす黒髪に色白の姫の容姿は白百合のようであったと伝えられています。しかし、城主は、ある豪農から紹介された琴姫に心変わりし結婚してしまいます。これを知った白山姫は大溜池に身を投げ、その遺恨は白竜となって城主を呪います。そして、城主もまたこの溜池に身を投げたということです。
村人達の供養により、今では、この大溜池は津軽新田の水源地となり豊かな恵みをもたすようになったということです。

秋田県八郎潟の"桜と菜の花ロード"
八郎潟は、先の大戦後の食糧不足解消を目的に、1977年3月、20余年の干拓工事の後に、17,239haの"希望の大地"として生まれ変わりました。
1984年、村の創立20周年記念として村民が3年で3,000本の桜を、また、50周年記念では1,000本の桜を植栽。菜の花は地元ボランティアによって植栽されたとのことです。
約11kmにわたる染井吉野、八重桜、紅山桜と菜の花ロードの圧巻に “感謝” !!

晴天に誘われて、山形市の霞城公園に桜を見に訪れました。桜は盛を過ぎ散り始めていました。
城の石垣の上を歩いていると、只々穏やかな桜吹雪の中、凛とした射的の音がしていました。矢が弓を放れる音、的を射る音がなんとも心地良く響いていました。
ご本人の了承を得て投稿しています。射形はまだまだですと謙遜されていました。

山形市唐松観音堂は、日本一の芋煮会で有名な馬見ヶ崎川の上流にあります。
1661年当時の城主松平忠弘公により建立されました。本尊の観音様は弘法大師の作と言われ、お堂は京都清水寺を模した懸造りとなっています。
この観音様は、清水観音のお告げに従い、炭焼き籐太に嫁いできた豊丸姫が持参したものと言い伝えられています。奥州藤原氏の黄金文化を背景として、炭焼籐太伝説や二代目金売吉次伝説、姫が源義経を招いたとする伝説もあり、昔話に趣を感じさせられるものでした。

What an amazing tree! It makes sense that it's called the "Waterfall Cherry." I can totally see the resemblance in how the cherry blossoms hang down like that. Interesting that there's actually a "Three Great Cherry Blossoms Trees of Japan." I'd really love to go see this and Usuzumizakura in Gifu and Jindaizakura in Yamanashi. It's incredible to think that even after more than 1,000 years this cherry tree is still standing and is just like a fine wine in that it gets even better with age. There's so much beautiful natural scenery in Japan to see. I wonder what the sky is like here at night. I bet you can probably see a lot of stars from here

染井吉野は七､八十年の命。宮城県涌谷町では25年前に「桜の回廊」プロジェクトを立上げ、経済成長や河川改修で失われた桜並木を復活させました。
涌谷伊達家の居城涌谷城と江合川沿いの約1キロ程の小さな並木ですが、春の時期だけこの桜のトンネルが現れ、近隣の人びとがお花見を楽しんでいます。

福島県三春町の瀧桜は、日本三大桜のひとつ。桜として初めて国の天然記念物に指定された名木です。
樹齢は1,000年を超えると言われる紅枝垂桜の老木ですが、満開の花を咲かせた様は、正に重層に流れ落ちる滝のように見えました。
訪れた日は、地元の人も最高の条件と言う程で、青空と鮮やかな菜の花の色と満開の桜は、春爛漫を満喫させるものでした。
「都まで、音に聞こえし、瀧桜、いろ香を誘え、花の春風」と詠まれたとのことです。

福島県会津若松市の鶴ヶ城です
ふと見上げたときの風景を撮りました。

みやぎ蔵王白石スキー場の近くに水芭蕉の森公園があります。
水芭蕉が見頃とのことで出掛けてみました。水芭蕉が群生しており訪れる人も多かったのですが、数の少ない猩々袴に目を止める人は少なかったように思います。
線香花火のようで愛らしいこの花も知って欲しいと思いました。

小さな神社の桜
小さな神社にある立派な桜で毎年地域の方々にステキな景色を見せてくれてます

最寄り駅の大しだれ桜
駅舎よりも大きく、毎年キレイに花を咲かせる大樹です。

最寄り駅の大しだれ桜

青森県上北郡横浜町で毎年5月中旬に開催している
「菜の花フェスティバルinよこはま」

青森の春は遅いですが、5月になると、黄色いじゅーたんのようにキレイに菜の花が咲きます！

青森県三戸郡五戸町にある
「正子のチューリッぷ園」さんで撮影した
「チューリップアート」

2年前に撮影しましたが、令和元年にちなんで日の丸🇯🇵が描かれていました！

「桜と雲海」この場所は秋田県横手市大森町の大森リゾート村です！
ここは秋と春に雲海が見れる自然豊かな公園です。

我が家のローズガーデンになります。
つるバラが1番素敵な昨年の様子です^_^

場所は秋田県横手市大森町

Awesome! The samurai residences of Kakunodate were awesome when I went there. The cherry blossoms were really amazing as well. Along the river and all along the houses. I remember I talked to one of the local shopkeepers here for a minute and it was really nice. There's supposed to be castle ruins somewhere near the town as well but I didn't get a chance to see them. This is a great place to visit in the spring for anyone curious. I highly recommend checking it out. Be careful of the big green spiders though, lol. I think they're probably harmless but they are quite surprising...

Made some Yokote style Yakisoba today. Reminded me of a cafe I went to back in Akita. Tasted pretty good and was nice since I haven't been able to visit any festivals lately and eat some of the tasty food from the stalls! Hoping There's some awesome stuff happening this spring. I want to get out and try all the food I've been missing out on and drink some plum wine under the cherry blossoms! Was a long, fun day today though, gonna get some sleep now🥱

ストーブで暖をとっている実家の犬の後ろ姿をポラロイドカメラで撮影しました。寒がりなようで、冬は常にストーブの前か、炬燵の中にいます。都会ではあまり見ない、実家感のあるストーブが気に入っています。

What a cute photo! I remember when I went to Akita, I don't remember the name of the flower park I'd have to look it up, but they had a small rabbit enclosure there and it was really neat getting to see them just hopping around munching on carrots and stuff. The place had some really good ice cream as well so that was a big plus. Speaking of ice cream, I just remembered the babahera ice that I had in Akita. That stuff was really good as well. It was like a sort of sherbet I think, but apparently it's only sold by old ladies which is how it got its name. I guess that's an interesting fact that I have to share today. If you're ever in Akita be sure to keep an eye out for it. I think I tried it somewhere around Lake Tazawa

Ahhhh! I've got to see Soma Nomaoi. It looks cooler and cooler the more I hear about it. Sending signals with a conch is super cool. It sounds like something that you'd hear about in a myth or folklore, but the fact that this was actually used is really interesting. A bit of a tangent, but it's awesome seeing all of the different helmet styles used in Japan. It's not exactly something unique to Japan, but Japan definitely has some of the coolest looking styles. This one kind of reminds me of traditional Japanese lacquerware and I like how it's very sleek and practical. Hopefully I'll be able to check this out this year. I want to visit Fukushima anyways so it'd be great if I could get it all to line up!

「十和田湖 光の冬物語」
十和田神社 本殿
キレイに光っていました！

青森県十和田市
「十和田湖 光の冬物語」
に２日間行ってきました！

雪の中、花火が打ち上がりました！
BGMは、鬼滅の刃の主題歌
LiSA 『紅蓮華』が流れました！

ステキな花火をありがとう！

Awesome photo. I've heard of Soma-Nomaoi before. I really want to check it out actually and see all the horse races and stuff. I guess they do drills that were used by the military back in the day which would be really cool to watch as well. I'm a huge fan of horseback archery and archery in general so if they have that that'd be awesome as well. I didn't know there were portable shrines as well. I'd have to read up more on the festival but it definitely looks interesting. I have a friend over in Fukushima Prefecture so if I could get out there and meet them when this is happening it'd be awesome. Hopefully corona has settled down by July, but if not then I guess there's always next year. I'll have to eat some tasty festival food somewhere else I guess 😂

I love the reflection the bridge and surrounding treeline makes on the surface of the river in this photo. Really beautiful stuff. I'd like to visit Aizu-Wakamatsu because I've heard that Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle is awesome and also the local sake in the area is supposed to be really good as well. I'm not too familiar with the area but I know Aizu-Wakamatsu is surrounded by mountains and that Mt. Bandai is over there. Maybe that's it in the background? I'm not too sure, but whatever the case may be it's a really breathtaking photo. Japan's snowscapes really are a gift that keeps on giving. Especially this year there's a ton of beautiful landscapes like this and getting to see them posted everywhere is really great. Everyone has such amazing photos it makes me want to try my hand at photography 😂. Maybe someday, we'll see lol

Went to Tokyo Skytree and enjoyed beef tongue at Rikyuu, the popular Sendai restaurant. The planetarium with songs from DREAMS COME TRUE was really touching🌟I wanna visit again sometime soon😌

God the snowscapes of Japan just get better and better. I keep hearing and reading about Ouchi-Juku all over the place and it's really got me itching to visit. I really love these old post stations and their historic feel. The buildings are really rustic and just looking at them makes me feel comfortable and relaxed. I really love the thatched roofs as well. I can imagine enjoying some delicious soup and tea next to an irori and just letting all life's troubles be whisked away. Top it if with some hot springs and I can't even imagine a better way to relax. Apparently there's the hot spring Yunokami onsen about 15 minutes from Ouchi-Juku but I guess there's also a footbath in Ouchi-Juku itself as well? Or maybe it's in the same area as Yonokami Onsen, I'm not 100% sure on that. Hopefully it's heated either way 😂

山形県の銀山温泉の景色です。
ポストもすっかり雪化粧されてました。

山形県の銀山温泉の景色です。