Spiraea thunbergii

Spiraea thunbergii seems to start blooming.

Year 2021 started

At a shrine near here.

Hand made mask

No masks at all, @any stores.

So I made this.

It's not so difficult :)

Tokyo emergency measures

The state of emergency

At last Government has declared the state of emergency in Tokyo and 6 other regions.
This declaration seems to be softer than one of EMEA countries.
They ask people to live inside, avoid crowded zone, keep distance when you talk, avoid closed zone.

They also ask to close Japanese style pubs ( Izakaya ),Pachinko parlors, bars,related to the categories mentioned above.

Yes, this is asking, not order.
People might get together and spread coronavirus, Covid-19.

I don't want to say "Fingers crossed".  Instead, I want to live inactive.

vs Ireland

Rugby World Cup in 2019.

xmas tree

Christmas is coming...so big sales is.

girls day

the 3rd of March is a kind of the day for the children, especially for girls here. 

good for them.

ET made of snow

We had much snow yesterday.

Merry Christmas!

From under the sea in Ishigaki island.

Mt.Fuji

on my way to home.

under the sea

@Ishigaki Island.

Cherry blossoms

The cherry trees are now in full blossom.

an earthworm

Temperature is getting high.

It's good for it to crawl around.

Today's Mt.Fuji

View from Tokyo.

Kanazawa Castle

This castle is located next to Kenrokuen.

Neagari matsu (The rood rose pine tree)

The small pine tree was planted on the high embankment about 200 years ago.

The ground around the root of the tree had been removed and gradually the root rose like this. 

Kenroken

This park is called "Kenrokuen" in Kanazawa city.
One of three great gardens of Japan and developed about 300 years ago by the clan, called Maeda in Edo era.
These pinetrees are suspended with the braided straw ropes for the heavy snow in winter season.

Kanazawa station

The gate to the Kanazawa station.

This gate is made with all wooden logs.

Architect of this gate is the same person as the national stadium.

Map is here.

Thanks to the bullet train, it will take 2 hours or so to come and visit Kanazawa from Tokyo.

Day flower