the old weeping cherry tree…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
floating fallen sakura in the huge puddle…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
fully blooming sakura…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
fallen petals in the puddles…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
sakura checking her make-up…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
the laboratory in the sakura woods…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
sakura road…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
dreaming days…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
Japanese flowering cherry beside the usual walking route…
Sakura Days@Tokyo
the first sakura which I had seen this year…
Nobody Train@Tokyo
at the terminal station…
The Muddy Ground@Tokyo
after the overnight rain…
Frozen Time@Tokyo
vanishing after a long time…
The Snowy Mountain@Nagano
Mt. Asama…
My Favorite Malt@Tokyo
my good partner also this year…
Foot Prints@Tokyo
the first step of the year…
White-eye@tokyo
a short rest after meal…
Wall Flowers@Yamanashi
white flowers of peeling paint…
Rusted Can@Tokyo
after so many years…
Tasteful Wall@Tokyo
drawn naturally by a long time…
Sakura Hill@Tokyo
covered with four-season cherry…
Rainy Autumn Sakura@Tokyo
blooming four-season cherry in the rain…
Autumn Sakura@Tokyo
four-season cherry had started to bloom…
Autumn Street@Tokyo
the ginkgo street…
the Distant Buildings@Tokyo
from the top of the hill…
Natural Planter@Tokyo
half autumn colored plant alone…
the Huge Ginkgo@Tokyo
over 600 years old…
Wall Art@Yamanashi
autumn color painting on the wall canvas…
the Great Painter@Tokyo
the autumn has been very eager for painting everywhere in town…
Natural Planter@Tokyo
supporting autumn leaves…
Autumn Hat@Tokyo
the old house wearing each seasonable colored hat…
Handcart@Nagano
rusting in the forest…
Rainbow@Tokyo
the huge rainbow after the rain…
Friendly Antelope@Tokyo
exchanging looks for a long while with me…
Unusual Path@Tokyo
the different walking route this morning…
the Closed Window@Tokyo
the windows of the 2nd floor had never opened for a long time…
Jizo@Yamanashi
six on one stone…
Rice Ball@Tokyo
the huge rock at the center of the path…
Fallen Maple Leaves@Yamanashi
in the stream…
Small Autumn@Tokyo
at my feet…
Natural Planter@Tokyo
morning glories…
Tennis Court@Tokyo
the forgotten ball of an umpire…
Ribbon@Nagano
the red butterfly in the forest…
Pine Cones@Nagano
the large family…
the Sea of Larch Trees@Nagano
in the dead silence…
Rice Ball@Nagano
the huge rock in front of larch trees forest…
Rusting Can@Tokyo
Sooner or later even steel can will be disappearing…
Fluffs of Geum pentapetalum@Yamanashi
ready to fly…
Fallen Autumn Leaves@Tokyo
floating on the melting ice…
Decayed Can@Tokyo
Time must be the greatest sculptor in any age…
False Butterfly@Tokyo
withered hydrangea…
Old Sign@Tokyo
the memory of my childhood…
the Sound of Silence@Tokyo
ripples by the autumn wind…
the Red Dragonfly@Nagano
which has come with autumn…
Off Season@Nagano
the closed cottage in the deep grass…
the Golden Time@Nagano
the momentary perfect time…
Closed Past@Nagano
everybody had already forgotten…
Windy Hill@Nagano
where i could have a good talk with the wind…
Butterfly@Nagano
in deep meditation…
Decaying Car@Nagano
after really long time…
Decaying Car@Nagano
after a long time…
Autumn Clouds@Nagano
the huge fish swimming in the sky…
Running Sheep@Nagano
in the sky…
Sunset Mountain@Nagano
the mountain was full of pampas grass…
the Floating Leaf@Tokyo
the indication of the coming autumn…
Fallen Red Flowers@Tokyo
the sunset walk regreting the passing of flowers…
Midnight Rain@Tokyo
suddenly it started…
Wood Art@Tokyo
It keeps itself alone and courageous above all surroundings…
Disappearing Can@Tokyo
after the long time…
Mushroom@Tokyo
at such the most dangerous place…
Lycoris Radiata@Tokyo
by the railroad…
Mushroom@Tokyo
watching out for surroundings cautiously…
Amanita Caesareoides@Tokyo
in the prime of life…
Amanita Caesareoides@Tokyo
a youth…
Amanita Caesareoides@Tokyo
don’t trample on me…
Amanita Caesareoides@Tokyo
brothers…
Amanita Caesareoides@Tokyo
hello everybody…
Amanita Caesareoides@Tokyo
howdy, the world…
Long Walk@Tokyo
the unusual walking course…
Sunlight Valley@Tokyo
the morning sunlight was overflowing…
the Wind Path@Tokyo
the wind was streaming among the trees…
the Hidden Windows@Tokyo
eyes on the wall…
Disappearing Can@Tokyo
assimilating to the earth…
Pipe Art@Tokyo
orderly arrangement…
Lycoris Radiata@Tokyo
at the parking…
the Huge Mushroom@Tokyo
the hugest mushroom in the park…
Decayed Bus@Nagano
still there with each memories of old days…
Silent Forest@Tokyo
in the morning sunlight shower…
Mantis@Tokyo
ready for fight…
the Jungle River@Tokyo
trees by the river has been growing quickly day to day…
Sunset Clouds@Tokyo
the sudden ascending current may be a sign of the heavy rain…
Tokyo Sakura Trum@Tokyo
the railroad among small old houses…
Natural Planter@Tokyo
a modest fun…
Hill of Wind@Nagano
the ensemble clouds, grass and wind on the hill…
Rose@Tokyo
The bloom of the pinkish rose lent brilliance to the narrow path…
at Such a Place@Tokyo
tomato at the garage…
Natural Planter@Yamanashi
a new role of the stump…
Natsu-Mode@Tokyo
It is Japanese tradition to visit a shrine on New Year’s Eve to purify one’s mind and soul before beginning a new year. On New Year’s Day, one will visit the shrine once again praying for a peaceful and healthy year, and this act is called Hatsu-Mode (literally translated as, the First Worship).
Natsu means summertime in Japanese so Natsu-Mode is the Summertime Worship. With half a year gone by, one will visit the Shrine again at the end of June to cleanse their sins they have accumulated through the first half of the year, and make another visit in the beginning of July to pray for peace and health for the second half of the year.
Narrow Slope@Tokyo
the long and winding slope to her home…
Natural Planter@Tokyo
new lives germinated…