福島県（たしか伊達の方）で車内から発見、雪が降る中寒いのを我慢して（笑）撮影しました。
2022/2/19 22:45
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【サンタさんに届け！】

福島県川俣町の道の駅にあるイルミネーションの風景です！！
川俣町特産のアンスリウムが飾られたクリスマスツリーがライトアップされています！
ちびっ子が「うちにもサンタさん、来るかなー！」とお母さんと話していて、癒やされました！

Was shopping the other day in Nihonbashi and saw this akabeko and thought it was really cute so I decided to take a photo of it.

The name was quite funny to me as well. Instead of the usual "akabeko" this was a "nemubeko," or "tired-beko" basically, and you can see how the eyes are actually half way shut instead of the normally wide-open eyes, giving it the tired look lol.

I've always wanted to try an akabeko experience as I love traditional Japanese crafts and akabeko in particular seem really fun to make. I've read a few posts in another places of people trying akabeko workshops and having a really fun time.

I haven't used papier mache since I was a kid either so it'd probably be a nostalgic experience for sure.
If I do try an akabeko workshop, I think I'll make a "nemubeko" as well lol

福島県の雄国沼
金沢峠からのショット
LAOWA15ｍｍのフレアはおもしろい

福島県北塩原村
雲海が晴れ始めた田園に秋の朝日が射して神々しい雰囲気になった

福島県のつばくろ谷から見た不動沢橋の紅葉です。ちょうど紅葉が見頃だったので素晴らしい風景が見れてすごく感動しました。

磐梯山と夕日

福島県 達沢不動滝
次は紅葉の季節にリベンジ

福島の一切経山⛰

夏空と魔女の瞳

福島県の猪苗代ハーブ園のアンブレラスカイ！
天井に吊るされた傘のリフレクションが最高です☂️
たくさんの傘で可愛く彩られて、梅雨の時期も楽しくなっちゃいますね✨

ロープを伝うお猿。
どこへ向かうのでしょうか。我々も久しぶりに遠くへ旅に出たいです。

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

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。

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。

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!

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

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 ?

福島県にある達沢不動滝です。
秋には紅葉と滝で撮れるスポットで有名ですが、冬の雪と滝も綺麗でした。

奥に見えるのが福島県金山町にある大志集落です。
只見川の横を走る電車と共に撮影しました。
雪のないシーズンは緑が綺麗なので、また行きたいと思います。

福島県大内宿です！

福島県会津地方の下郷町は古き良き日本のイメージがそのまま残る人気スポット。

下郷町には激動の時代を生きた会津藩士たちが残した伝統が現代にも受け継がれています?

阿賀川が作り出した奇跡の景観と言われる「塔のへつり」はインスタ映え間違いなしの会津観光で見逃せない観光スポットです✨

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