Standing on a hill overlooking Yame’s tea plantation, I watch the sunset over the Ariake Sea. Mt. Hijridake in Saga, far away, is also faintly visible. Very beautiful. There are 300 tumuli in the vicinity, which shows that Yame was a prosperous place.
It rains so much that Owase is said to rain from below. Rainfall is the highest in Japan. I have visited Owase twice so far, and both times the weather was fine. Thanks to this, I was able to see beautiful mountains and the sea. It is also the entrance to Kumano Kodo. The world of the Kii Peninsula is profound.
I enjoyed Chinese New Year at Chinatown in Yokohama. Very gorgeous. Yamashita Park was crowded with tourists from all over the world. Large foreign passenger ships also dock at Osanbashi. It is unseasonably warm and the breeze blowing through the wharf is pleasant. It’s a beautiful harbor.
The autumn memory of the Sea of Okhotsk. In September of the year before last, I traveled to Abashiri and Ozora along the Okhotsk Sea. From the beach of Abashiri, I can see the Shiretoko Peninsula in the distance. “At the Cape of Shiretoko, when hamanas bloom …” (Shiretoko Bojo). The scenery of Ozoramachi is beautiful. The scene in which Van Gogh appeared in Akira Kurosawa’s movie “Yume” was filmed here. The yellow color of the sunflower stands out. In movie “Otokowa Tsuraiyo Wasurenakusa” appeared a lakeside of Abashiri Lake Japanese rose was quietly blooming.
My first visit to Amami Oshima.Amami in autumn has more nature and beautiful colors than I imagined. When I woke up to the pouring rain in the wee hours of the morning and went out onto the deck of the inn, I saw a panorama of the superb morning sunrise before my eyes. What a blessing. Hibiscus and Plumeria swaying between dark green. The sea is blue. Here is paradise.
Waiting for dawn on the beach in Chigasaki. From across the Miura Peninsula came the bright light of 2025. Clear weather again this year. The sea shines in the first sunrise of the year. The tip of the Boso Peninsula looked like a mirage. What a beautiful view!
Walking on the beach at sunset on Culture Day. People spend a peaceful time in the setting sun. Three portable shrines are parading along Southern Beach. Is it the autumn festival? This year is coming to an end.
I traveled to Saga from last year to this year. Karatsu, Kashima, Saga, Imari, Genkai-cho, Ureshino Onsen …. The prefecture is small, but it has more history (Saga Domain: Yutoku Inari-jinja Shrine), culture (Imari, Arita, Karatsu ware), and food (Nori seaweed, Saga beef, squid, sake) than I expected. The quality of sake is particularly high. It ranked last in this year’s prefectural national attractiveness ranking, but I feel like “Huh?.”
The equinoctial flowers have bloomed. Hot days continue, but the season is changing. The wind is somewhat cool today. Little autumn seems to have come. Here are my summer memories. I will miss the summer heat soon.