Went down to Takamatsu over the 3 day weekend last week. It was the first time either one of us had been to Shikoku before and it was a lot of fun. I'm surprised it's not talked about more, as there's so much stuff to do. We stayed near Takamatsu pretty much the whole time and we still didn't get to visit every place that we wanted to go. The first day mostly consisted of Ritsurin Park. The park garden itself was quite large and there was a lot of beautiful sights to see. We really wanted to go on the boat ride throughout the park's pond, but unfortunately it started to rain just a tiny bit and they closed the boat for the rest of the day, just before we arrived...☔️ Even still we had a lot of fun walking around the park. There were a lot of koi and turtles swimming in the pond too. We stopped by a small cafe-like building inside the park and i got an ice cream float and she got a coffee. In front of the shop one of the custodians came by with a big bucket of fish food and created a feeding frenzy amongst the koi. I'm pretty sure I saw a single catfish in there as well. After we finished our drinks we climbed to one of the best viewing spots in the park which had a really amazing view of the bridge and the pond. You can see the people on the boat we didn't get to ride too lol🥲 The one building shown in photo 9 was actually a tea house where I think you could try traditional tea ceremony and eat sweets as well, but they also seemed to offer just a normal tea drinking experience as well. We decided not to try it, but if you like tea ceremony it looked quite nice.

宮古島、佐和田の浜のsunset きれいでした

宮古島の来間大橋。 白い所には魚がいます

石垣島の久宇良牧場 子牛、子馬に会えました のどかです

Shot at Yonaha Maehama Beach on Miyako Island I put a shell in front of the crystal ball and took a picture.

Turquoise sea and red torii gate are two most popular attractions of Shirahama. Summer is undoubtedly best time to visit here and I had some great memories during our last trip to Shirahama.

浴衣×麦わら帽子×アイスバー

海の灯まつりinお台場 毎年7月の海の日にに海の安全を祈願して、七色の紙袋にろうそくの火を灯し、お台場ビーチに光のページェントを織りなすイベント。

The annual festival of Tomioka Hachimangu is held around August 15th. Also commonly known as the "Fukagawa Hachiman Festival", it is counted as one of the "Three Great Festivals of Edo" along with the Sanno Festival of Hie Shrine in Akasaka and the Kanda Festival of Kanda Myojin. The year in which the Hachimangu shrine's shrine goes to shrine once every three years is called the main festival, and the sight of 53 town mikoshi coming together to make a joint crossing is unique to the Fukagawa Hachiman Festival. The festival in Fukagawa is characterized by the traditional shouting of "Washoi, Wasshiyoi" and the alias of the "Mizukake Festival", in which the bearers and spectators are showered with purifying water from the crowd along the road, and the bearers and spectators are excited as one, and it has been carefully passed down by many people as a festival that conveys the essence of Edo to the present.

[Englsih／日本語] We recently went on an excursion to the Takao Komagino Garden. It was a 15-minute walk from Takao Station. It was a very hot day, but there was a stream running along the way, which was very cool. It was very cool inside the Japanese house, and the students looked in wonder at the bonsai trees that were displayed in various places. I was amazed at the beauty of the dry landscape in the garden, and was fascinated by the beauty of Nishikigoi carp. The lotus flowers were in full bloom. 先日、遠足で高尾駒木野庭園に行きました。高尾駅から徒歩15分。とても暑い日でしたが、道の途中で小川が流れていて、とても涼しげでした。日本家屋の中はとても涼しくて、ところどころに飾ってある盆栽を学生たちは不思議そうに眺めていました。学生たちは庭の枯山水のすばらしさにおどろき、錦鯉の美しさにうっとりしてました。ちょうど蓮が見ごろでした。

道後温泉に立ち寄った際に風鈴の音色に導かれやってきた廊下 綺麗でした😌

前から行きたかった愛媛のしもなだ駅にようやく訪れる事が出来ました😀雰囲気ある素敵な駅でした

丹波にある高源寺の風鈴祭りで立ち寄った時に集会場にあった七夕雰囲気がよく愛犬も願いを込め撮影させて頂きました

藍那里山公園 都会にあり、唯一田舎の様な体験が出来今の子供達にとってもこういう体験が必要と思い毎年訪れ何処か懐かしいそんな場所で穴場で映画「るろうに剣心」のロケ地ともなりました

藍那里山公園 都会にあり、唯一田舎の様な体験が出来今の子供達にとってもこういう体験が必要と思い毎年訪れ何処か懐かしいそんな場所で穴場で映画「るろうに剣心」のロケ地ともなりました

藍那里山公園 都会にあり、唯一田舎の様な体験が出来今の子供達にとってもこういう体験が必要と思い毎年訪れ何処か懐かしいそんな場所で穴場で映画「るろうに剣心」のロケ地ともなりました

神河町での一時暑い暑い午後の夏の一時

毎年訪れてる藍那里山公園の一時ここにいるだけで、癒されます😀

散歩の途中で撮りました。あまり近くに寄りたくなかったので腕を伸ばしてなんとか撮りました。

In Buddhism and hinduism, the lotus is associated with purity, spiritual awakening, and faithfulness. For me this flower is a symbol of strength and courage as it emerge from murky waters and live gloriously. From Ueno shinobazu pond

今年の7月に長浜に友人と行った時に見つけた大きな万華鏡の写真です！ドーム状になっていて手動でレバーを回すと中で綺麗な万華鏡が観れるものでした。外側が風車のようにくるくる回る姿が綺麗だったので撮りました

高校の頃の夏に向日葵がよく育っていたので花壇の前で親友と撮ってもらった時のオフショットです。

初めて沖縄県の西表島に高校の頃に修学旅行で訪れた際の写真です！いつかまた行けたらいいな！

今にも空に飛び立ちそうなヤドカリです。石垣島の米原ビーチで撮影しました。初夏の青空にヤドカリが映えます。 This hermit crab looks like it is about to take off into the sky. This photo was taken at Yonehara Beach on Ishigaki Island. The hermit crab looks great against the blue sky of early summer.

A summer farmland of Hokkaido ... The light and shadow makes the whole land picturesque during the afternoon. A land that cover in snow for most of the time of the year but during summer it looks so colorful and beautiful...

Hokkaido is a great summer destination as this place is less humid than other parts of Japan during summer and more flowery. This summer flower park, shikisainooka , is one such place that is very popular during that time. Its a kind of flower paradise. Very relaxing and eye shootings.

近くの公園で撮りました。日差しが強くて夏を感じました。

夏といえばやっぱりヒマワリは外せません。

愛媛県松山市下難波にある 立岩海水浴場（モンチッチ海岸） 遠浅で透明度抜群の青い海でした