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

a sea turtle

My daughter found it !

Sakura in IZU

Sakura

is coming.

Hina matsuri

Doll's day.

Sign of autumn

The sign of autumn.
A cricket on the road.
I run, it sings.

2015 Rugby World Cup

Congratulations on the victory of Japanese team for the match against South Africa team.
It is indeed the historic victory.
It's shame that no TV channels are broadcasting this histrical event in Japan.

The flower of Autumn

Another name is "Higan Bana", meaning "the flower of the other world".