
Blue moon
Photograph collection
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Early spring...
Sunday, November 02, 2025
Day of Taiko Performance
Strolling around Inuyama on the day of Taiko event...
太鼓のイベントの日、犬山をお散歩してみたよ…
Cute manholes everywhere... Fire truck is for fire hydrant. Blue one is for rainy water.
かわいいマンホールがあちらこちらに…消防車は消火栓。青色は雨用。
Little post with tiny pomegranate.
小さな郵便ポストにかわいらしいザクロ。
Inuyama has some Dashi (Japanese festival car which does need manpower) for festivals. This little black and white house has a Dashi inside.
犬山にはお祭りで使用される山車(人力で動かす)がある。この白黒の建物の中に山車がしまわれている。
Walking in the street, I found this two little statue of monkeys on the building. Inuyama is famous for monkey, so maybe on the roof? I am not sure...
町を歩いていると2つの小さなおさるさんを見つけた。犬山はおさるさんも有名だから、屋根の上にいるのかな?分からない…
Orange roof came in my eyes... It is Sensho-ji (temple). I did not go in, but I felt some power. There was a little sign in the entrance. The sign is said "Leaf drops, returns to the root"... Umm, something to think about.
オレンジの屋根が急に目に留まった。先聖寺(せんしょうじ)。中には入らなかったけど、何かパワーを感じた。入口に小さな貼り紙。貼り紙には「葉落ちて根に帰る」何か考えさせられた。
I found nice old house... Komesei Kyutaku. Built in 1889. Inuyama merchant was living in the house. In 1891, Noubi earthquake, happened and one part was corrupted. In 1918, Kura (warehouse) was rebuilt.
素敵な古い建物を見つけた。米清旧宅(こめせいきゅうたく)。1889年に建てられる。犬山商人が住んでいた。1891年の濃尾地震により一部崩壊。1918年、蔵が再建される。
View from the train. It was sudden storm. During the storm, there was a gap of the sky... Heaven's radder...
電車の車窓から。突然の夕立。夕立の空の隙間から…天国への階段…
Sunday, May 04, 2025
Nice weather to be...
Botanical garden and zoo with my mum...
お母さんと一緒に動植物園へ…
植物園を歩いていたら、日本庭園で素敵な物に出会った。
Wisteria flowers are growing wild and covered on huge tree... We went bottom of the tree and saw flowers. I felt strong energy from the flowers.
藤の花が大きな木を覆うように育っていた… 木の下に行ってお花を見てきた。とても強い力を感じる事が出来た。
Only one Iris flower... I was looking it from other place. My mum found a nice spot to take photo and she showed me the place. "Thank you."
アヤメの花が1輪…違う所からお花を見ていたら、お母さんが良い場所を見つけて教えてくれた。ありがとう。
Blue and green, turtle and carp. How wonderful day...
青や緑、亀や鯉。とてもいい日だね。
The big and little turtles were swiming with the carp. Enjoy swimming under the gorgeous weather.
大きな亀さんと小さな亀さんが、鯉と一緒に泳いでいたよ。素敵なお天気の下、楽しく泳いでね。
Beautiful azarea flower and Japanese garden...
綺麗なつつじと日本庭園…
Interesting flowers were growing top of the hill. Not many people visit this area, so bit sad that flowers will not notify by many people... but here I am. I found you.
Gymea lilly (Doryanthes excelsa) is the name. The flowers are growing on really high place, so I took by my DSLR camera.
面白いお花が丘の上に咲いていたよ。人が少ないので、素敵な姿が沢山の人に見られないのは悲しい…でも私は気付いたよ。名前は、ガイミア・リリー(ドリアンテス・エクスケルサ)。高い所にお花が咲いていたから、一眼レフで撮ったよ。
After the banksia flowers. Gentle touch... It was spicky and hard like a brush.
バンクシアの花の後。優しく触ってみたよ…チクチクして、たわしみたいだったよ。
Grevillea flowers. Green balls of flower buds grow curly shapes, then tips turn red colour. Coming out one red thing (picture), then grow more and thse base turns yellow. Interesting.
グレビレア(ハゴロモノキ)。緑のプチプチの花芽がくるくる解け、先が赤くなり、1本赤いのが出てきて(写真)、最後は根元が黄色くなる。おもしろいね。
Afterlunch, we walked to the zoo. On the way, we walked through the rose garden. Early bloom rose were blooming.
It was a beautiful day, so the rose was looked so pretty... This is one of my favourite photos of the day. The colour was so lovely. Yellow and pink...
お天気も良く、バラのお花がとてもかわいらしかった。この写真はこの日のお気に入りの一枚。色がとても綺麗。黄色とピンク…
Flower is blooming and flower buds are there... It was hard to tell blooming or not, becasue it is called Green rose.
Wow, finally saw Komodo Dragon. "Hi Taro. How's it going?". It was probably his nap time, so he was not moving and just open and close his eyes... Komodo dragon's skin looks really rough and has spicky nails.
わ~、やっとコモドドラゴンに会えたよ。「たろうくん元気かい?」お昼寝の時間だったみたいだから、その場を動かず、目を開けたり閉じたりしただけだった。コモドドラゴンはごつごつの皮膚と鋭い爪をしていた。
Let's have a look my favourite animal. "Koala time!! Hi Rin." Koala enclosure is little dark and cannot use flush, so it is little tricky to take photos and Rin was back side of the enclosure, so I had to use maximum zoom. This was the best one on the day.
さあ、大好きな動物を見に行くよ。「コアラの時間。りんちゃん、こんにちは。」コアラ舎は薄暗く、フラッシュ禁止なので、写真を撮るのが難しい。しかも、りんちゃんは、後ろの方にいるので、マックスでズームを使わないといけなかった。これはその中でもいい写真。
It was nice day out with my mum.
Sunday, April 06, 2025
On Spring Day...
One sunny day at botanical garden
ある晴れた日の植物園
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| Kerria Japonica やまぶき |
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| Sakura さくら |
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| Iris Japonica シャガ |
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| Look up and see the spring sky 見上げてごらん春の空を |
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| Vivid spring 素敵な春色 |
Lunch time under the Aussie bush...
| Rhododendron シャクナゲ |
| Acer amoenum "Satsuki-beni" 五月紅 |
| Camellia 椿 |
| Sakura petals on the dandelions タンポポに桜の花びら |
It was a lovely day for taking photos.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Zoo and Botanical Garden
Spring walk
Nice weather to wake up. Decided to go to The Zoo and Botanical Garden.
朝起きたらいいお天気。動植物園にお出かけしました。
Animal time. I visited very short time, because it was so many people.
動物の時間。沢山の人だったので、動物園はほんの少し。
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| Japanese monkey にほんざる |
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| Sea Lion アシカ |
Found some Australia in Japan.
日本でオーストラリア見つけたよ。
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| Sulphur crested cockatoo キバタン |
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| Kangaroo paws (Red) カンガルーポー(赤) |
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| Kangaroo paws (Yellow) カンガルーポー(黄色) |
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| Banksia バンクシア |
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| Big stone lantern 大きな石灯篭 |







































