Flowers in Hakone Wetland

 It was slightly raining when my wife and I visited Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands in August.

Lotus flowers and other pond-side flowers were beautifully blooming.

It took us almost half a day to walk around every part of  the botanical garden.

Since very few people were visiting there, I felt as if I were the owner of the garden.

Wild Insects in Hakone Wetland

A mantis on a lily is looking at me.

A gold beetle is on a flower.

I went to Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands to see its native plants and species with my wife.

Hakone town is located near Mt. Fuji. It took us half a day to get there by car.

There are various kinds of plants and insects in the area.

A pellucid hawk moth is having flower honey.

Burger Shop in Fussa City

DEMODE DINER is the name of a burger shop in Fussa city of Tokyo.
I went to the shop with my wife on our way back from my company's recreation facility in Hakone.

McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's are ubiquitous franchise burger shops in many counties, I guess.
That's also true in Japan.
So, it's sometimes very hard to find a ma-and-pa burger shop in Japan too.

The shop offered good taste dishes and comfortable atmosphere on a rainy day afternoon in western Tokyo area.

Cactus Flowers Bloom

The cactus at home had two buds a couple weeks ago for the first time since I bought it several years ago.

The buds became bigger and bigger everyday.

A few days before blooming, the color of the buds slightly turned pink.

Finally, it bloomed last week.

The flowers were unbelievably beautiful; the flowers kept their shape only two days, after that they withered.