Weather wasn't too bad this weekend! I managed to get a little shopping in as well. There were a few things I needed to buy and I went to Akabane for the first time in a while. I really like the layout of the area. It's really convenient and the shopping street has a bunch of stuff that you can look at. I'd like to explore the area more one of these days, but that will have to wait until after the pandemic ends I suppose. I managed to find some interesting statues around one of the shopping centers as well. I wasn't able to take a photo of all of them because people were sitting next to them, but I took a photo of one of them at least. I'll have to go back to get photos of the other 5 or 6 next time. There was one statue of a man fishing, I thought it was pretty cool. Anyways, here's the first one right outside of the entrance. A small warrior in armor holding a spear in one hand and what looks to be some sort of pagoda in the other.

近所の公園で撮った一枚です。
上を向いた向日葵にミツバチが止まるのを待ち構えて撮りました。
※縦構図なのでタップしてみてください！

日陰で一休み

千葉県南房総市を散策中に木々の間から見た1枚。青葉の自然のフレームから覗いた風景がとても夏らしく素敵だったのをそのまま表現しました。

A photo I managed to take while walking today. Wasn't able to get up close unfortunately. I think it's Katori Shrine although I could be wrong on the reading of the kanji. The weather was pretty decent today, not as cloudy as usual. I'd like to go back here and see what the inner portion of the shrine is like so I guess I'll have to make another trip over here. Been keeping at my workouts. I want to buy a bench but I'm not sure where I'd even keep it lol. I'd rather workout outside if possible anyways, the outdoors in Japan is great. Even in the middle of Tokyo you can find places covered in greenery. I want to start jogging to work on my lung capacity and overall health but I really hate jogging lol. I know the track along the Arakawa River would be perfect for it too, but I'm not sure. Maybe I should get a bike since it's a really nice cycling route. Then again I'm not sure where I'd keep the bike either lol. Anyways, hope everyone is having a great Friday!

袋田の滝

竜神大吊橋

夏のはじまり。
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あとがき。
日本の夏。友達、あるいは大切な人と楽しむはずの夏。いつかまたこんな素敵な「夏」がくることを祈ってます。

茨城県のプラトーさとみ
8月新月期の貴重な晴れの日に撮影
ペルセウス流星群も若干捉えた

Lots of awesome photos being posted today. It's kind of making me jealous with how beautiful they all are. I went for a walk today and took a picture somewhere along the Arakawa River. I'll have to try and walk it all the way to Kitasenju someday lol. That or maybe take it all the way to Chichibu in Saitama. I know it's a really long river. I don't think I could make it that far though sadly. Kind of disappointed that summer is basically over already but at the same time I'm excited for the autumn colors this fall. Hopefully I can get out and visit some temples and shrines out in the countryside or something. I saw some photos like that mostly in Kyoto but I'm sure there are some places nearby Tokyo or in the Kanto region in general where I can see some nice scenery. If not then I'll just have to go somewhere and find it!

これは地元の街を散歩しながら撮ったものです。
この日は夕方から雨予報が出ていて、夏っぽいものを探しながらふと予報を思い出し空を見たら、入道雲がこっちに迫ってきていて、｢あっ、夏だ｣と思って雨が降る前に撮りました。

夏っぽく青さを足して雲のモクモク感をだして、手前にシルエットで鉄塔を写し空が目立つように仕上げました。

水田と筑波山のコラボ

I managed to get a good workout in today as well. I can already feel my stomach muscles starting to get sore. I found a pretty decent coffee today. Decided to try something besides a black coffee today. Still a Boss coffee but it has a pretty low sugar content and doesn't taste too sweet or too bitter. Considering trying a new one tomorrow but this one was quite good so I might just be drinking this from now on. I want to keep my options open but it's hard to keep searching once you find something good. I found a photo that I forgot to upload before. I visited the Edo Tokyo Museum and outside there was a statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu riding a turtle lol... It's probably one of the more interesting statues I've seen in Japan but I suppose it symbolizes power and longevity, which Ieyasu certainly had both of.

水田と筑波山のコラボは茨城県の代表的な風景

I got another good workout done today. Just gotta keep at it. I was hoping to see Blue Impulse today but I didn't see them anywhere overhead and didn't manage to hear any jets in the air either. I saw a lot of photos being posted on social media though so that was pretty cool. I'm looking forward to checking out the Paralympics though, hopefully it gets good coverage on tv. I'm not really a coffee drinker but lately I've been trying different coffees from the local convenience store in an attempt to find one that I like. I tried the Boss coffee today since I always see commercials for it and it seems to be pretty popular, but it seemed a bit watery to me so I think I'm going to have to keep searching. If anyone has any coffee recommendations for me I'd love to hear them lol

日本の夏といえば風鈴は欠かせない！
ということで、埼玉県川越市にある川越氷川神社に行ってきました。夏の日差しと風鈴を入れて「日本の夏」を表現してみました。

茨城県大洗 神磯の鳥居
朝日の撮影スポットとして有名だが、夜もいい感じ

Man the rain today was pretty crazy for a bit. Glad that it stopped sooner than later. Wasn't able to find any parks this weekend, was busy being a nurse for my girlfriend after she received her second dose of the vaccine lol. Bit of a shorter post today as I'm pretty tired from doing that over the weekend. Wasn't able to get any decent pictures this weekend sadly, but I did get this picture of a fountain near Toyo Station. Thought that the statues were quite interesting so I managed to take a quick snap of it before leaving. Was hard to get a good angle because of the pillars being so close to the fountain, but I did my best.

茨城県 三王山自然公園の朝

これは群馬にある｢日本一｣というかき氷屋さんの、いちごのかき氷です。
氷は秩父の天然氷を使っていて、日光の天然氷にも変更ができます。また、いちごのシロップは手作りで作られていて酸味と甘みのバランスがよく、店名にもあるように暑い夏には1番じゃないかと思います。

かき氷は日本の夏にはかかせないものと思いますし、今では日本全国に様々なかき氷があって、より身近な存在になったのではないでしょうか。

そんなかき氷を、全体ではなくあえて美味しそうな部分に絞って撮りました。

楽しく踊っているかのようなひまわり達に元気をもらいました☺️🌻

昨年のペルセウス座流星群の時期になります。
周囲は流れ星に歓声を上げる中、目の前にそびえ立つ夏の天の川に感動してました🌌
そんな日本の夏の絶景です💫💫

なかなか以前のように出かける事が難しくなってしまいましたが、景色は変わらず綺麗なままでした🌻☺️🌻
佐倉ふるさと広場での夕日です🌅

宣言の合間に葛西臨海公園。良い風

風が強く吹いている日で撮影には不向きでしたがなんとか青空と向日葵が撮れました。

夏の花といえば向日葵。
地元の伊佐沼で撮影しました。

And it's Friday! Was really feeling the soreness in my muscles today after working out yesterday, but it's a good feeling. Need to get a better workout for my lower stomach though, only feeling it in my mid-section really. I'd like to find a park where I can work out as well. A place with like some pull up bars where I can work on pull ups and general calisthenics besides just weight lifting at home. There are quite a few parks in Tokyo though so it shouldn't be too hard to find something. Just don't to get in the way of other people using the park. Was able to take a nice photo of a river running through Meguro today as well. Not sure which one but I think it'd look nice in the spring or fall, so maybe I'll have to go back in a few months and see if the leaves around it have changed color. Praying for good weather this weekend but we'll see. At the very least I'd like to do some laundry lol. Hope everyone has a good weekend, maybe I'll post something tomorrow as well but I generally stay off social media on the weekends. Until next time!

地元の川越水上公園です。
朝日を浴びながらランニング中に撮影しました。

茶畑と富士のコラボ

静岡県にて

夏に暑い日は滝の側にいると気持ちが良いんだ
マイナスイオンいただきたいです♪♪
山梨県富士河口湖町撮影した