Ray's Rabbit Hutch 2: July 2022

Sunday, July 31, 2022

I went to a monument of a former elementary school in Daigo-machi town, Kitaibaraki city.

The name of the school was Uwaoka Elementary School. The school had been build in 1879 and closed in 2001.

Now, it was open for tourists for free of charge.

The tree frog suited well on a hydrangea leave. He seemed to enjoy seeing beautiful flowers around him.

I thought that we would come back here again someday, maybe several years later in early June.

I went to Kitaibaraki city with my wife last week. We visited three sightseeing places.

One of them was a hydrangea forest park.

We found that the season of the flower had just finished.

The sign placed on the entrance of the park mentioned that the festival of hydrangea had finished one day before our visit.

We coincidentally met the owner of the park, then he kindly invited us to see the flowers in the park for free.

Even the festival had been overt, the flowers were still very beautiful and we enjoyed seeing them and taking pictures of the flowers.

I visited Seven Gods of Good Fortune or Fukujin in Nikko the other day with my wife.

The Seven Lucky Gods or Seven Gods of Fortune are believed to grant good luck.

This God was only female Fukujin given the attributes of financial fortune, talent, beauty and music.

She carries a biwa, a Japanese traditional instrument and is normally accompanied by a white snake.

She is the patron of artists, writers, dancers, and geisha.

I went to the golden carp museum in Kanuma city, but it was not open on the day. Only ducks were swimming at the pond in front of the museum.

We stayed a hotel near the museum and enjoyed hot spring and delicious dinner.