I Go to Senbonmatsu Farm in Tochigi Prefecture

 

My wife and I stopped by Senbonmatsu farm on our trip to Shiobara hot spa resort.

Cherry trees were beautifully blooming at the park. 

I Go to Karasugamori Park

 

I went to Karasugamori park driving through tohoku highway. The picture above was taken at Kamikawachi service area. Cherry trees there were in full bloom.

Following pictures were taken at Karasugamori park. You can know how I usually take pictures.

All photos of today's post were taken by my wife, Kiyono using her smartphone. 

I Go to Tochigi Prefectural Sports Park and Utsunomiya Central Park

 

There are several places where I play tennis in Utsunomiya. Tochigi Prefectural Sports Park is the most frequently visiting place for playing tennis for me.

The park not only has sports facilities but beautiful flower gardens around the tennis courts, ball parks and football fields.

It's fun to take pictures after good exercises.

Utsunomiya Central Park has good flower gardens. It's just ten-minute-bike-ride away from home.

The garden is also a perfect place to take pictures in spring.

 

I Go to Mohka City on a Rainy Day

 

My wife and I went to Mohka city. 

We visited Chourenji temple, a cotton museum, Kubo Memorial Museum and a hot spa house on a rainy day.

It was even on Sunday, we met few people in those sites due to both COVID-19 and bad weather.

It was our first visit to the sites. We were able to spend very meaningful afternoon and had an enjoyable drive.

I Go to Imamiya Shrine in Sakura City

 

My wife and I dropped in for a short visit to Imamiya shrine in Sakura city.

There was a famous sake brewery "Senkin" near the shrine.

I once drank sparkling rice wine produced by the brewery more than five years ago.

I still remember how tasty that rice wine was.

I Go to the Biwazuka Kofun in Oyama City

 

The Biwazuka Kofun (ancient tomb) is located in Oyama city, Tochigi prefecture.

The city was the central region of ancient Shimotsuke province, and contains many kofun and the ruins of the provincial capital. 

The Biwazuka Kofun uses a natural hill as its base. 

The length is 123 meters, width is 70 meters and 9 meters high; it is said the second largest in Tochigi prefecture, estimated that this kofun dates from the first half of the 6th century.

I Go to a Restaurant, "10 Picnic Tables"

Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet during the Heian period. 

She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012.

The board in the above picture, located near "10 Picnic Tables" says that those are called tomb stones of Murasaki Shikibu.

But, according to Wikipedia, her tomb was built in Kyoto region. 

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