Why travel?

Travels refresh me! When I feel thoroughly tired and have worry, I go to travel.
Do you feel tired of your life? Do you come to a deadlock? So, you should go to wherever, you refresh yourself with your trip!
Surely travel can't solve your problems. But travels give us new view points, new idea, new thinking, new attitude about it and new friends.

It become easier and easier solve your problem. Effectively, travel is very fun! We need search happy time!

Becaouse ......It is after!

This picture was taken by seto-nai-kai("seto" inside sea) in the morning. I like this mist and light of rising sun.

Why travel?

Where is this?

It is "setonaikai"!
My grandmother lives in "ehime". So I went to see her last spring. It is a "seto-oohasi(seto-big bridge) . I love this view! I took these pictures on train "siokaze".

cherry blossom

This is cherry blossom. This cherry blossom is "someiyosino". It is most popluar Japanese sort. Japanese have most sort of this. This flower is most important and special flowers for Japanese. There are many song of cherry blossom. Other cake, sweet, desserts, "kimono", paper, dying, something.... Japanese people like to use image of the flower. We use the leaves to protect cake.

In spring, most Japanese go to watch that. If we can not watch, we feel sad. It's a big event. Every year, Japanese make a big deal out of coming into the flower. TV news and newspapers and people's word report everyday. People is fearful that the cherry blosam drop before next holiday.
In holiday, Japanese hold a feast. Watching that, they drink and eat and sing.
And people an Old famous poet wrote "I hope to die under the Cherry blossom at their best." Then he could die such a situation. Japanese feel sympathy with his hope.
This pictures is taken in kokyo(the Imperial Palace) in Tokyo.

It is Bad point that many drunken person grow and a few cruel person injure the flower. And drunken don't watch this because they go into ecstasy over making up a racket.

One of most famous cherry blossom place is "UENO"park in Tokyo.
Then they use Blue seats to sit on the time. They thow away there. The used seats become material of roof and house for homeless person.

Uirou is traditional cake in Nagoya city in Japan

This cake is "uirou". It is famous cake in Nagoya city.
It's made of rice powder and sugar. I like it. It's a sweet and soft. It's like a siratama. It's like a youkan. They buy this one, as Japanese travelers visit in Nagoya. But Nagoya people don't like it. Maybe they go off Uirou. Uirou have some kind. For example, green(taste of mattya-green tea) and black and anyone. The picture of Uirou is pink. The image has cherry. Culture　of Japan hold flower and leaves of cherry dear. The leaves protect food from decay.

Nagoya city opened international exhibition last years.
This area's people are known that they like luxury. The characteristic appears from "aduti-momoyama age"(1573-1600). There are some gorgeous castle and temple and shrine. The other famous things are ceramic and beautiful dyed goods.

When Nagoya woman get married, her father use much money and do a regal feast. When Nagoya people make new house, The father scatters small change and sweet from roof.

Nagoya women's makeup and hairstyle are brilliantly. Especially, they are called "Nagoya-jou" and their hairstyles are called "Nagoya-maki" by fashion magazines in Japan.

first post

This is my first blog post. I'll talk about various views of Japan. I took some pictures of famous places and unknown places. I like scenes of daily life.

I love travel with alone or somebody. I go to wherever. I have been Mexico, Thailand, and America; surely I will go to wherever of Japan!

The some pictures are traditional Japanese scenes. But such views are becoming less and less common.

I took this picture in Okayama when I took the train. Okayama has rich soil and the climate is mild. The picture is of a traditional farmer's. Japanese agriculture has economic problems. So many farmers have second jobs or change jobs.