I Go to Centaurea Flower Fields

After browsing nearby top season flower parks on the web, we decided to go to Tochigi Wanpaku Park the other day.

Centaurea flower fields in the park were perfectly　blooming as the web site commented.

I thought the gardeners there planted just centaurea flowers in the fields, but some red poppy seeds were brought in them.

As a consequence, the color contrast of light blue centaurea flowers and red poppy flowers happened to make the scenery a beautiful natural carpet.

Children's Day in Japan

 

Japanese Children's Day is a national holiday which falls on May 5.

It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.

On this day, families customary raise the carp-shaped colorful banners at their home.

Local government in Tochigi city displays Uzuma river with about one thousand banners on the day since 2006.

We went to the river in this season for the first time and enjoyed seeing the display.

"TRAVEL CAFE" in Hotel Mystays Utsumomiya

Beef Steak with radish sauce and fried sprout

We dropped by a cafe on our way back from Utsunomiya University where cherry trees were in full bloom.

The cafe or "TRAVEL CAFE" is located on the second flour of a hotel just next to JR Utsunomiya station.

The cafe had a spacious eating space and all-you-can-eat salad buffet.

We Visit "café SAVOIAs-21"

We went to a cafe near our home the other day.

The building was renovated from a Japanese old warehouse.

The house frameworks were quite old; they wrote the name of the head of carpenters and the construction date on its ceiling main crossbar.

It says the original storehouse was built on November 12, 1951.

The external walls were made of stone plates and inside walls were made of woods.

"TRATTORIA ESSE" Is a Classy Italian Restaurant

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I went to an Italian Ristorante or restaurant  called TRATTORIA ESSE with my wife several months ago.

They served tasty sweets, flavory espresso coffee and delicious pasta.

Since it located back road and a few hours had passed for top lunch time, no other customers were at the restaurant.

Top Season of Cherry Blossoms Is Passing in Tochigi Prefecture

Cherry Trees at Futara-yama Shrine.

Two kids are playing at campus of Utsunomiya University.

Pink and White flowers are blooming at campus of Utsunomiya University.

Reflection of my wife Kiyono walking at campus of Utsunomiya University.

Family Reunion at a Riverside Restaurant in Shimane Prefecture

I live with my wife.
My daughter Rina lives in her college dormitory.
My daughter Emi lives in her own flat.

It's quite hard to find a chance to meet at the same time together.

But, the chance came last month.

We were able to have a family reunion party at a small river side restaurant in my hometown Shimane prefecture.

Though, it was a rainy day, the weather turned the view from the restaurant a fantastic evening atmosphere.

My mother, my brother and my sister-in-law all were very good in health.

We had a really fun time at the restaurant called Ohashi-Kan which had a more than 100 year history.

View From Ohashi-Kan, or a traditional Japanese restaurant

I Walk about Utsunomiya Castle Park

Cherry trees at Utsunomiya Castle Park are full-bloomed recent days.
I walked about the park and enjoyed seeing beautiful scenery yesterday.
It's a calm sunny day perfectly fit for a short walking.

Scenery of Mt. Fuji from an Airplane Window

If you have a chance to board an airplane from Tokyo to Yonago, I recommend you take a left side window seat.

You can enjoy viewing scenery of Mt, Fuji for several minutes from the sky.

Two daughters, my wife and I went back to Shimane last Tuesday and stayed two nights there.

I took several pictures and a video of Mt. Fuji while going back to my home town.

View from Haneda Airport

Haneda Airport Departure Terminal

Scenery of Mt. Fuji from a Train Window

If you have a chance to ride a Shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo, please do not forget to take a left side window seat.
You can enjoy viewing scenery of Mt, Fuji for a little less than half an hour.
I took several pictures of Mt. Fuji while coming back from my home town Matsue to Tokyo.

A Crescent Moon Appears in the Morning

I found a crescent moon early in the morning the other day. The sky was turning its color from dark blue to bright orange
I gazed at the sky for a while, even I had to leave home for office in several minutes later..

Morning on The Last Day of Our Travel to Australia

The travel to Australia was far better than I had anticipated before.

Weather couldn't be better, being able to see amazing wild lives, friendly people, nice food ...

We brought back priceless memory, beautiful photo data I had taken and souvenirs.

Even having no plan yet, I can't  wait for the next trip to somewhere.