Five storied pagoda fully prepared for new years prayer. This is from Sensoji temple, the famous iconic symbol of Tokyo.

Went to a soba restaurant in Akabane called "Zenmi Kotobuki" 禅味寿. I got the "天せいろ" Ten Seiro "Tempura Soba Served on a Bamboo Wicker Tray" If I had to translate it literally I guess lol. Cost 1350 yen and it was 大盛サービス free extra serving of noodles. And who am I to turn down free noodles? The choice was obvious and so I got the extra helping! I really liked the atmosphere of the place too. The waitresses were wearing Japanese-style clothing as well, which made it a really nice experience. I always enjoy visiting small shops like this where the owners have it decorated in their own style and you can see all of the bottles of sake or whatever else is used to create the atmosphere of the restaurant. Anyways, as for the food, the tempura was cooked really well and the soba was the perfect texture. At the end of the meal they brought some hot soba water so I could drink the remaining tsuyu soba sauce as a sort of warm drink. Was a great experience that I haven't had in a while!

Christmas day special Tokyo Tower illumination.

Like I mentioned yesterday, I went to "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" over the weekend and there were a ton of restaurants. The one that I chose to eat at was a tough choice, but I ultimately settled on "Do Miso Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" ど・みそ 東京ポートシティ竹芝店, but there was also an Okinawan-themed restaurant right next to it called "Okinawa Bar Kafu" 沖縄酒場 かふー that looked really nice as well, and smelled good. Either way from across the isle I got to eat some delicious ramen while listening to the Okinawan music which was really relaxing and created a nice atmosphere. I'm not sure what the ramen I got was called it was just the normal miso ramen from my understanding and I believe it cost ¥1100. There's another one that looks similar, has a similar name, and costs ¥1200 but that's a white miso ramen and not the one that I got. Either way, I'm sure it tastes good as well, because my ramen tasted great! I really liked that the restaurant had metal cups as well, it gives the water a different flavor and always makes it feel more refreshing too in my opinion at least. One thing I forgot to mention about the building if you open up their website, another futuristic feature you'll find is that the building actually shows the number of people in the building at any one time and also shows that percentage of male and female visitors. I thought this was really amazing. I'm not sure how it's done, but they must have censors located at the doors or in other places around the building that can analyze body structure or something similar. Either way it's a cool place!

日本の冬 立石

Lets enjoy the beauty of Marunouchi illumination. Here everyone was busy to enjoy the illumination.

Went to Takeshiba over the weekend and visited "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" I was in the area for other reasons, but just happened to stop by because the building looked interesting. Turns out I was right! The inside of the building had a bunch of really nice shops and was showing a futuristic VR robot being used to stock shelves in a convenience store. I didn't stick around to read everything that was being shown on the screen but this photo seems to be saying how they've created a VR system where users won't feel VR sickness, which I'd actually not heard about before, but it seems to happen after long periods of VR use and is similar to motion sickness I guess. The other photo looks like a simple picture of a sink but it actually has another really cool futuristic feature. The little slot on the right can actually disinfect your phone using UV. I couldn't take a photo of the actual process since I only had one phone but I tried it out and it was really neat. You just remove your case or anything else you have attached to your phone and pop it in and wash your hands. Takes like 30 seconds, about how long it should take to wash your hands, so it's a really convenient feature. Cool place though, I definitely recommend paying it a visit!

日本の冬

「日本の冬」

「日本の冬」

日本の冬

The beautiful winter illumination in Tokyo Station.

Went to Ootoya again and ordered something new. The dish used to come with meatballs if I remember correctly but it seems they changed it to fried chicken. Goes much better with the meal in my opinion and the grated radish over the top of it was a nice touch. I also really liked the pumpkin croquettes, I'm used to just normal croquette's I'm not even sure what they're filled with, but this was a nice change of pace and was kind of refreshing, probably because it felt very healthy lol. As always all of the side items tasted great and it was all only ¥740, so pretty much a steal if you ask me

埼玉県川越の風景です。 ここの街並みは好きでよくいきます。 最近は観光客も増えて混んでる時が多いですがとてもすきな街です。

トーベ・ヤンソンあけぼの子どもの森公園という公園です。駐車場も無料公園も無料です。1年に一度ライトアップいたします。 今はしてませんが普通に昼間もムーミンの公園でインスタ映えいたします。

茨城県にある神磯の鳥居です。ここの朝日はありがたいので是非行ってみて下さい。とても綺麗です。

Went to a place in Nihonbashi called Hakata Dojo 博多道場 and had a really nice lunch. It's like an izakaya but it had a really nice lunchtime atmosphere as well. I ordered the 日替わり肉ランチ which cost about ¥1000 but it tasted great. I really liked the moyashi that came with the beef plate, lots of flavor and the moyashi were really juicy as well so that was nice. It was a really nice place overall, I'd like to go back and see what it's like at night, maybe they have some special courses or something as well. I really liked the lanterns though, I think that's probably what contributed most to the place having a nice atmosphere. That and it wasn't exceptionally loud like some izakaya I've been to. Also the interior was decorated quite nicely as well, besides the lanterns.

六本木散歩

週末に八王子に行き、その地域を探索しました。武蔵皇陵大正天皇と昭和天皇の埋葬地をチェックしたり、「ごん助」と呼ばれるレストランで素晴らしい料理を食べたりすることができました。 武蔵御霊廟は本当に素晴らしく、森の中の広い砂利道のある明治神宮をたくさん思い出させましたが、この森は自然であり、人工ではないと感じています。 また、古墳は本当に伝統的で、古墳時代の古墳を思い出させました。 レストランの権助はとても素晴らしかったです。 いろんなコースメニューがあって、イノシシ肉も初めて食べました笑。 私は長い間狩猟肉を食べていなかったので、もう一度試してみて、実際の石炭でいろりいろりだと思いますで調理するのは本当にクールでした。戻ってこの地域をもっと探索するのが待ちきれません。 高尾山を登って、この地域が提供する他のすべてを見てみたいです。美しい街

六本木けやき坂のイルミネーションです。 夜の散歩がとてもいい感じでしたよ。 Canon EOS R5 Canon RF35mm F1.8 MACRO IS STM ブラックミストNo.05 フィルター使用

初霜が降りた氷点下の朝

【都会の森で】

クリスマスの間に美しく照らされたレインボーブリッジ。写真は東京タワーから撮影しました。

先日日本橋で買い物をしていて、この赤べこを見て、めちゃくちゃ可愛いなぁと思い、写真を撮ることにしました。 名前も私にはとても面白かったです。通常の「赤べこ」の代わりに、これは基本的に「ねむべこ」または「疲れたベコ」であり、通常は大きく開いている目ではなく、実際には目が半分閉じているのがわかり、疲れた表情になります笑。 日本の伝統工芸が大好きで、特に赤べこは作るのがとても楽しそうなので、赤べこ体験をしてみたいとずっと思っていました。私は、赤べこワークショップを試して本当に楽しい時間を過ごしている人々の別の場所でいくつかの投稿を読みました。 私も子供の頃から張り子を使ったことがないので、きっと懐かしい体験になるでしょう。 赤べこ工房をやってみたら「ねむべこ」も作ろうかな笑

木更津の工場地帯

【 沈み行く満月になろうお月様 】

欅崎通りの冬のライトアップ中の東京タワーの雄大な景色。

自宅付近からの撮影。 葉が落ちた木々の間から見えるお月様がとても幻想的な夜でした。

岩槻城跡公園 雨上がりのリフレクション。 水面に写り込んだ景色が、まるで絵画のような世界を作り出していました。

雪の日の集団登校。カラフルな雨具が雪景色に映えていました。