This year I embarked on one of the most important trips of my life: Japan.  I was off to find my people.  I was also traveling with my boyfriend and his family.  The ultimate goal of the trip was to climb to the top of Mt. Fuji, and since we were climbing a little off season, we had to pray for good weather.  We toured Tokyo, Nikko, Hakone, Kyoto and Hiroshima with GAP Adventures and then spent the last couple of days on our own in Osaka.  Now what can I say other than this was the most amazing trip EVER.  I absolutely love Japan and felt at home.  I loved the big city vibe and style of Tokyo, the quiet shrines of Nikko, the food in Kyoto, the history in Hiroshima and the youth of Osaka.  We made it to the top of Mt. Fuji, where my boyfriend proposed by the crator.  The journey was surreal to say the least.  I found my people, and I can’t wait to go back.

This is a Watery Wednesday entry.

I haven’t titled a post with parentheses in a while… felt like it might be time again, for no real reason.    We’ve been busy today as usual.  We both have so many things and projects in various states of completion that we’re working on – I sometimes miss the feeling of working on one thing from start to finish and feeling that clean timeline of completion at the end.

Our landlord also called today, asking us to renew our lease.  I’d prefer having the option of renting month to month since we’ve already been here a year now.  What if something happens next spring and we’re able to buy a house while the government is still giving away $8,000 to new homebuyers?  I know it’s a stretch, but it’s possible.  Wow, I can’t believe how big of a difference in coloring there is between those two photos.  Yikes!  I’ve gotta get better at adjusting the curves and being more consistent.  There’s such a huge difference between our house’s artifical lighting and the camera’s flash (I used a flash on the top pic, but didn’t on the bottom one).  I did learn something neat about curves accidentally the other day though while I was trying to figure something else out: making the curves line into a gentle “S” shape on that screen usually makes things look better.  And it’s true!  It’ll really be a happy day when I learn enough about photography and editing to know why that is though, lol.

i went to 日光 nikko on sunday with angel! ♥ we bought a world heritage pass that’s only available to foreign tourists (3600円 each) ^^ it includes a round trip from asakusa to nikko, the entrance fees to the 5 shrines/temples, and unlimited bus rides! a really good investment if you’re planning to go for the world heritage sites trail!

we left dorm at 06:30 *O* it costs 190円 from waseda to asakusa! we actually talked too much on the train and missed our stop at nihombashi by about 6 stops!!! thank goodness i noticed or we would have ended up in chiba!

waseda –> [tozai line] –> nihombashi –> [ginza line] –> asakusa –> [tobu line] –> tobu nikko

off we go!

we’ve entered tochigi prefecture!

hiro enjoying autumn

arrival at nikko after more than 2 hours

nikko is a quiet, serene city nestled in the mountains

and as you can see it’s 543m above sea level

while waiting for the bus

getting off at the first stop! i like this photo a lot

we exchanged our coupon for this set of entrance tickets worth 1000円

first temple : 輪王寺 rinnoji temple’s main hall, 三仏堂 sanbutsudou

spotted this cute mini post office box on the way up to toshogu lol

second stop : 東照宮 toshogu shrine, dedicated to the shogun tokugawa ieyasu. my dad visited this shrine 14 years ago

inside the shrine

the famous 3 monkeys! hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil

the torii are all carved with the tokugawa family crest, the hollycock (aoi in japanese)

nikko is a city rich in nature and there’s an abundence of trees that are dated more than 2000 years back

^_^

wonders of nature

i really like this photo, it has an autumnish aura to it! i almost sprained my back trying to get on top of the ledge, and then almost broke my leg trying to come down hahah

a mini forest growing from the moss

i love this shot too!

in front of 二荒山神社 futaransan shrine, popular among couples for its enmusubi

the eerie 大猷院霊廟 taiyuin reibyou, the maosoleum where tokugawa iemitsu was enshrined

mysterious stones stacked up

where the gods above look down at the human world

the view from heaven?

elaborate, intricate gold patterns

this place was too eerie for us to make cute poses so we took solemn photos

finally, time to eat!!!

a reaaaaaaaally late lunch

steaming hot oyako-don on a cold day!

i spotted this and couldn’t resist!

one of nikko’s local specialties, モッフル moffle! if you’re curious, the name comes from a combination of mochi and waffle. i chose chocolate with whipped cream ^^ ♥

only in japan can you find oden, ramen and pasta in a can

we walked around town after we were done with the world heritage trail

♥

the most beautiful cabbage i’ve ever seen

the 神橋 shinkyo, also known as the sacred bridge. it’s so difficult to get a good photo of in the dark!!! but it certainly does look mystical

5pm in nikko

one of the few remaining shops that were still open for business… steaming hot buns!

japan gets dark really early. i’m not lying, look at the clock

we collected maple leaves as souvenirs

we took the last train back to asakusa, which leaves at 6pm

a mini pamphlet of the icebucks, tochigi prefecture’s ice hockey team ^^ so cute!!! ♥

it was a great day! it’s so awesome that even deep in the mountains we still can manage to buy kimonos XD;; i can’t wait to go back again! we’re planning to rent bikes the next time and go around the lake and waterfalls ♥

I woke up at about 5:00am and prepared sandwiches for my husband and I.

I asked my parents in advance, whether they would also want some sandwiches.

However they said that they had their own bread.

The sandwiches looked very delicious, however I forgot to add mixed mayonnaise with the fillings, so the taste was just bread flavor. I think that I must have been half asleep at that time.

My husband and I picked my parents up at their hotel in Shinjuku, because they are unfamiliar with big cities.

By the way, how to get to Nikko from Shinjuku is very easy. The train which connects the two cities started operation 3 years ago and the required time is only 2 hours.

When we reached Nikko, we boarded in a bus which we had reserved in advance.

The first destination was Shinkyo bridge, which stands at the entrance to Nikko shrine.

The bridge is ranked as one of Japan’s three finest bridges, however it was only constructed recently,so it was not so interesting for us.

After we visited Shinkyo bridge, we moved to the next destination.

The next destination was Kegon waterfall which is located in Okunikko.

Kegon waterfall was very beautiful, however it was too cold in Okunikko. I heard from a local person that it was the coldest day so far this Autumn.

After we appreciated Kegon waterfall, we saw a man who was selling apples in a parking area.

We tried to eat some samples. They were very sweet and delicious, so my mother and I suddenly wanted to buy them.

You may laugh, but the apples were our first souvenir.

The schedule of the bus tour was a bit tight, so the bus moved to the next destination before long.

The next destination was Futarasan shrine chugushi. We saw a traditional sacred dance which is called “Yaotome-kagura“.

Two women who appeared to both be called “Miko“, came into the sacred room and danced in front of us.

To tell the truth, I wanted to take pictures, however, nobody was taking pictures, so I gave up to take pictures.

I think that since the ceremony seemed to be sacred, the audience felt guilty about not only making noise, but also taking pictures.

After Yaotome-kagura, the shrine’s guide urged us to worship at their shrine, and all members obeyed the recommendation.

I felt strange, because nobody refused to do it.

I imagine that such a custom in which we worship at a shrine, is very common for most Japanese.

The way worshiping by all members was also correct.

The next destination was Chuzen temple, where we saw a wonderful “Tachiki-kannon” which had been carved from a still living tree.

Tachiki-kannon was very big and marvelous, so I recommend you to see it, if you haven’t already been there.

Regrettably, taking photo was not prohibited.

By the way, the temple’s guides were good salespeople. Not only their explanation about Tachiki-kannon including the history of their temple was very comprehensive, but also their sales pitch to inspire customers to buy their special charms, was excellent.

Their explanation about the benefit of the charm was very detailed, for example, someone, who had bought one, had won 630,000 yen in a lottery.

They continued to explain that if we were to rub a charm and the color changed, yellow was a lucky color.

Their explanation was too fluent so I didn’t buy it, however some participants might buy it.

The next destination was a hotel where we had lunch.

To tell the truth, the hotel’s atmosphere and the taste of the lunch was not so interesting, besides it was expensive. We had to order this lunch before we started the bus tour.

If we had the choice for our lunch, I would have researched a more interesting restaurant.

The following image is of our lunch.

After we had lunch, we got back on the bus.

On the way to Nikko shrine, we took a very famous mountain road which is called “Iroha-zaka“.

The bends of Iroha-zaka are very dangerous.

The number of the bends is 48, and the number of Japnese hiragana, for example いろはにほへと(i, ro, ha, ni, ho, he, to) is also 48, so the mountain road was named “Iroha-zaka”.

The following image is a photo which I took through the window of the bus. You must realise that Iroha-zaka is very dangerous.

To my regret, we couldn’t enjoy seeing the colored leaves, because this autumn is colder than usual, so the best season to enjoy the colored leaves had already finished.

Soon after we reached the final destination, Nikko shrine.

That area was very crowded, because it was the first day of the long weekend.

First, we visited the famous temple called “Rinnoji temple“.

Rinnoji is the most important temple in Nikko, and is the main temple of Chuzen temple.

Rinnoji is also part of the group of Nikko shrines and temples which are National Heritage listed.

Rinnoji was very big, beautiful and magnificent. However there were very persuasive staff selling the temple’s wares, wearing Buddhist outfits.

Many visitors were buying various charms.

By the way, all bus’s guide not allowed to explain about Rinnoji or Nikko shrine, so our guide was just waiting for us at a the parking area in the bus. I imagine that there must be some strict rule as to why they cannot give explanations.

After we appreciated Rinnoji, we moved to Toshogu shrine which is the most famous sightseeing spot in Nikko.

It appeared that the number of the visitors was increasing. As a result, we needed to wait for our turn to see some famous buildings and sculptures.

After we enjoyed looking around Toshogu shrine, we walked to the next destination which is called “Futarasan shrine“.

When finally the bus tour was finished, all members of my family were very tired.

Our bus guide was professional, because she had memorized all explanation of each sightseeing spot, however my father said that her explanation was a bit too much on the return journey, because many members were tired.

All members got off the bus at Kinugawa station, and went to their hotels.

By the way, I highly recommend our hotel which is called “Isshinkan“.

The dinner and breakfast were both very delicious, just as the staff of the travel agency had said they would be, when we had reserved our trip.

However the service was not so sophisticated, even though the hotel’s staff were very friendly and their hospitality was excellent.

In addition, Isshinkan is the only hotel in Kinugawa, which has “kurhaus” where people can recuperate in a hot spring.

One of the hotel’s concepts was for the guests to be able to enjoy the atmosphere of the hotel including displays of the many handmade crafts which have been made by the hotel’s staff.

We really enjoyed staying at Issinkan. It might be in my top 1 or 2 hotel in which I have stayed until now.

The following image is of the welcome tea and sweets.  We could take a rest in the lobby for a few minutes.

Female guests could select one yukata and obi, and receive a tabi. This type of service is not common. If it had not been so cold outside, we would have enjoyed strolling around the hotel.

My father said that the flavor of the fish was very delicious and I agreed with him.

To tell the truth, he does not like usually fish, so it was very rare that he ate fish, even more so that he said it was delicious.

My father and I ordered some kinds of local Japanese sake, and enjoyed comparing the flavors.

Not only the fish, but also local beef and the dessert were also very delicious.

The following images are of my family.

After we enjoyed dinner, we soon went to bed.

My husband and I planned a short trip with my parents, to go to Nikko and Kinugawa which are located north of Tokyo.

To tell the truth, it was our first trip to travel together as a group.

In addition, it was also the first time for my parents to travel in the Kanto region.

Since my father retired from his job this spring, my parents sometimes travel together.

However, their trips are usually just one day trips near Tokushima, where they live, because they have a dog.

Due to various reasons, my parents couldn’t stay at a hotel for more than one night for a long time.

Last Friday, my parents visited Tokyo Disney Land without me, soon after they had arrived at Haneda airport.

I remember that when I was a child, my parents and I once visited there.

However, because of heavy rain, we couldn’t enjoy it very much.

This time, the weather was fine, so my parents appeared to enjoy Tokyo Disney Land very much.

By the way, actually it was me who decided to go to Nikko, because I hadn’t been to Nikko yet.

Most people who have grown up in the Kanto region, have been to Nikko at least once.

Of course, my husband has also been to Nikko several times.

So he recommended me to reserve a bus tour, especially if I wanted to visit both Nikko and Okunikko in one day.

As a result, our trip became very enjoyable.

The next article is about our first day in Nikko.

A picture from our walk this afternoon around the Calvada Duck Pond…

I’ve had a hard time finding the opportunity to blog over the last couple days, and today is no exception.  So, here are just a few pictures from the last 24 hours.  It’s kind of hard to find interesting things to blog about when we spend 90% of our waking hours either in the shop or trying to answer emails, since I really want this blog to be more about our life and not so much about our work.  Uggh – it’s frustrating!

The people who spray our house for bugs told us about a house their friend is trying to rent out, and said it would be perfect for us, so we went to check it out. It was OK, but it really would have had to have been much more perfect to convince us to try to move again right now.

What is this new mode of transportation Cow has obtained!?!?!

You woke me up. Pfft!

Just a few pictures of a new toy we gave to Nikko today… It’s been almost exactly a year since we got him today, so that means he’s right around a year and three months old.  We get basically everything for him at the Acme General Store except for bully sticks, which we buy from Westbrook Dog online.

Никко – это большой природный парк и также один из старейших храмовых комплексов  на территории Японии. Он расположен всего в паре часов езды от Токио. Мы могли бы выбраться туда и раньше, но специально дожидались “момидзи” – красных листьев, а это такое же значимое событие в японской природе, как и цветение сакуры. Вобщем-то мне красная листва даже больше по душе. Правда нас никто не предупредил, что высоко в горах пора красных листьев как правило не совпадает с порой всех остальных осенних красок. Так что в природном заповеднике нас ждали в основном голые деревья, но на территории храмов (которые расположены пониже) краски всё ещё буяли.

CSC_0497, originally uploaded by bogdanna.

Народная поговорка:
Не говори “кекко” (“отлично”), пока не увидишь Никко

Остальные фотографии Никко залиты на мой фликр: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogdanna/

I took some pictures of Nikko this evening for fun and to help me experiment with some settings on my camera.  I thought it might be fun to post my favorite four, and then try to convince anyone who reads this post to vote on which one is their favorite.

The scanner is back from the dead, so here is another older post beefed up with new pictures.

Cycling buddy Nigel and I did a couple of rides from Tokyo over the years (if you just can’t get enough of him, fret not! He is prominently featured in Flashback #5), starting with a 400 km loop up to Nikko.

Tip#1 – if you want to ride for any distance in and around Tokyo without traffic, find a river. If you are lucky it’ll have a cycling path. We were, and this one did (Tonegawa), which was nice but it kept stopping, then starting up somewhere further down or even on the other side of the river. Anyhow, it got us up to the relative quiet of the hills on the edge of the Kanto plain. Here is Nigel at lunchtime, proving he can use chopsticks.

And our bikes at the noodle stall.

This is Toshogu shrine , part of the UNESCO-protected temples and shrines of Nikko, and the one with the ‘hear no evil, see no evil, say no evil’ monkey carving, if you’re into shrine trivia.

And a bunch of sake barrels at the same temple. I’m sure they’re used for religious purposes…

The following day we threw ourselves at irohazaka, a winding climb of 38 hairpin turns (I didn’t count…it just seems to be a well-known fact) that is steep and full of cars, but makes it all worthwhile by selling soft ice cream at the mid-way point. Here we are sweating – proof of the struggle this hill demands.

Thinking we had the worst behind us, Nigel and I relaxed at Lake Chuzenjiko, even taking time out to photograph some of those ridiculous Japanese swan boats you can find on just about any lake in the country.

But it wasn’t over. We still had another few hundred vertical meters to go up, but luckily after the lake the traffic thinned out and it was a really pleasant ride to the pass. The rest was a fast downhill to Numata City, and some re-hydration.

The following day, our last, was insane. This was a 3-day weekend and we had to get back home for work the next day. But there was a slight problem; we were very, very far away. I can’t speak for Nigel, but I was afraid to know how far exactly, so we just got up real early and blasted off towards Tokyo.

This is one of the only shots I have from that 200 km day. I look quite fresh, I think, at least when compared to the crumpled heap of jelly I was at home some 12 hours later.

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First, a cute puppy picture.  Aw, we love him so much!

Second, the first long official trailer for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time has been released!  And if you’re reading this and don’t already know, we’re super excited about it because we made the wh1ps for this movie!!!  About halfway through the trailer, there are two quick scenes with the wh1ps.  To see pictures we took of the whips we sent for the production, click here.  And to watch the trailer in HD on Youtube, click here or I’ve also embedded it in this post below.

Too tired to post what I wanted to post for today, had a super intense math test that I prepared 3 days for.

So blah, here you go:

Sick ass JZX90 at Nikko Circuit. Photo credit: Mayday Garage.

Tonight Paul is working on making some keychains that we’ll be using very soon to teach a class on how to replace a wh1p’s fa11.  In the picture above, he’s greasing up some brand new half-completed fa11s, and in the picture to the left he’s greasing up a long piece of lace that he’ll make into the mock keychain “points.”  I’d be helping, but I still have another 2 1/2 feet left to bra1d on a ten footer I need to finish right now.  I’m hoping to take some good pictures soon of a fa11 replacement (maybe even at the class) so that I can make a series of pictures with instructions for our Wh1p Blog too.

Also below is a pic I took of Nikko earlier… poor guy could barely keep his eyes open, he was so tired.  When I took him for his walk this evening, we ran into another woman with a 9 month old 10lb puppy.  So the pups got to play with each other for awhile while the woman and I talked dog shop – which includes bully sticks, nylabones, wheat gluten, corn, socialization, vaccinations, etc.  Hahaha, it’s a good thing I can laugh at myself!

By the way, I’m still struggling with how reddish-orange everything  is in pictures that I take indoors in poor lighting (like in this picture of Nikko that I took in our living room).  I’ve adjusted the “curves” a bunch which makes a huge improvement over the original, but I still can’t get the color quite right that way.  Maybe I need to start figuring out how to mess with the ISO settings, or maybe the lighting in our house really is just extra warm between the brown couches and carpet and wood ceiling.

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Després de dedicar tot el dia d’ahir a visitar part de Tokyo, avui hem decidit allunyar-nos una mica de la gran ciutat i anar a la recerca d’una mica de pau i tranquil·litat (almenys tanta com ens sigui possible en un país amb gairebé 130 milions d’habitants). Totes les referències ens dirigien cap a Nikko, o sigui que ja ens veieu de bon matí anant a agafar el tren amb les lleganyes encara posades. Després de no poques combinacions de trens i metros, hem aribat al nostre destí. El primer que sorprèn en arribar a Nikko és la seva estació de tren, la més antiga del Japó oriental, l’edifici de la qual va ser projectat per Frank Lloyd Wright el 1915.

A Nikko trobem tot un conjunt de temples i mausoleus que han estat declarats Patrimoni de la Humanitat. A mitjans del segle VIII el sacerdot budista Shodo Shonin ja va fundar una primera ermita en aquest indret i, més tard, el clan Tokugawa va escollir Nikko per instal·lar-hi el mausoleu de Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tota una demostració de poder i ostentació de la família que, durant dos segles i mig, fou l’àrbitre suprem del poder al Japó. En definitiva, quelcom semblant a un parc temàtic de temples budistes…

Comencem la visita pel temple de Rinno-ji, el més antic dels temples de Nikko, i reconegut pel Sanbutsu-do o Pabelló dels Tres Budes, i el Sorinto, un pilar de bronze que es diu allotja 1.000 volums de sutres (escriptures budistes) i és un símbol de la pau mundial.

El següent que visitem és el santuari Tosho-gu, dedicat a Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), estratega i gran polític que fundaria la dinastia que gobernaria el Japó durant 250 anys i seria l’encarregat de portar la capital del país a Edo (actual Tokyo).

En aquest santuari, on tot el que es pot decorar ho està i sense escatimar mitjans, destaquen la recarregada porta Yomeimon, la pagoda de cinc pisos i l’estable sagrat que acull el famós relleu dels tres micos savis, que representen tres principis del budisme Tendai.

Els dos últims temples que visitem són el santuari Futara-san i el santuari Taiyuin-byo. Aquest últim és el mausoleu de Tokugawa Iemitsu, el nét de Ieyasu, potser fins i tot més sublim que el del seu avi, ja que a la bellesa i decoració pròpia de l’arquitectura del santuari s’hi afegeix la tranquil·litat i bellesa de l’entorn natural. Potser en aquesta valoració ha influït de ben segur el fet que en el moment de visitar Tosho-gu, estava a vessar de gent i en canvi, en aquest últim, gairebé estàvem sols…

Arribats a aquest punt, l’estómac ja ens fa rau-rau, així que decidim baixar cap al poble de Nikko a dinar. De camí ens aturem a fer unes quantes fotos al pont Shinkyo, el lloc on, segons la llegenda, Shodo Shonin va creuar el riu sobre dues serps gegants. Val a dir que, si bé el pont original data de 1636, per a ús del shogun i dels missatgers imperials, l’actual és una reconstrucció de 1907.

Dinem al restaurant Hippari Dako, segons la guia “tota una institució entre els viatgers estrangers”. Potser això és el pitjor del local, perquè pel que fa al menjar, gaudim de la fantàstica senzillesa d’un enorme plat de noodles i uns gyoza i yakitoris a compartir. Fem una darrera volta sense més interès pel poble de Nikko i, amb la panxa plena, ja podem afrontar el viatge de tornada a Tokyo.

Un cop a Tokyo, aprofitem el que queda de tarda per descobrir la part est de Shinjuku, “el lloc on Tokyo es diverteix”. Sales de pachinko, cinemes, grans magatzems i locals de dubtosa reputació suposen tot un contrast a la serenor de què hem gaudit durant tot el matí a Nikko. Potser per aquest contrast o potser perquè estem rebentats, decidim tornar relativament aviat al Ryokan Shigetsu per descansar i recuperar forces per l’endemà. Queden encara molts dies per endavant…

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Studio Ghibli Museum, Mitaka

Matsushima Bay

Matsushima Bay

Matsushima Bay

Matsushima Bay

Matsushima Bay

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Nikko

Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Ryuzu Falls, Nikko

Nikko Laboratory Fisheries Research Agency, Nikko

Kegon Falls, Nikko

Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Nikko

Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Nikko

“i’m bored”
Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Nikko

Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Nikko

Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Nikko

Rinnoji Temple, Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Nikko

Lake Towada

Lake Towada

Lake Towada

Lake Towada

Lake Towada

Lake Towada

Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Oirase Trail, Lake Towada

Lake Towada

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Umanose, Zao

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Zao

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

“Three Colours Blue”
Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

“There’s a dragon in the Lake”
Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Goshiki-Numa Lakes, Urabandai

Bandaisan Gold Line-Bandai Azuma Skyline, Urabandai

Bandaisan Gold Line-Bandai Azuma Skyline, Urabandai

Bandaisan Gold Line-Bandai Azuma Skyline, Urabandai

Bandaisan Gold Line-Bandai Azuma Skyline, Urabandai

Bandaisan Gold Line-Bandai Azuma Skyline, Urabandai

Bandaisan Gold Line-Bandai Azuma Skyline, Urabandai

Bandaisan Gold Line-Bandai Azuma Skyline, Urabandai

Ofukazawa Bridge, Naruko

Ofukazawa Promenade, Naruko

Ofukazawa Promenade, Naruko