The Ise-Okitsu Station, Mie prefectureNew!!
2025-11-16 Looking at a map, notice a local railway is stretching from Matsusaka city (sea side) in Mie prefecture to the border between Mie and Nara prefectures (in deep mountains). I had wanted to visit the place someday. It was a beautiful autumn day today, so decided to visit Ise-okitsu that is the terminal and […]
Chrysanthemum Corridor at Hasedera Temple, Sakurai City, Nara
2025-11-09 Visited Hasedera Temple as I learned that chrysanthemum flowers are displayed at the stairs in the temple. Many visitors there. Various chrysanthemums bloomed beautifully and quetly in the rain. (All photos taken with SIGMA sd Quattro.) Nostalgic shops on the street connected to the temple. Map
Moss carpet at Toshodai-ji Temple, Nara City
2025-10-04 On a rainy day, walked to Toshodai-ji Temple from the nearest station. Both wildflowers along the roadside and the plants of the temple got wet by rain and were standing quietly. (All photos taken with SIGMA sd Quattro) Toshodai-ji Temple Map
Shimagahara, Iga City, Mie
2025-09-07 Visited Shogatsu-do Hall related to Nigatsu-do Hall of Todaiji Temple in Nara. Shogatsu-do Hall is located near the JR Shimagahara Station and it was a quiet nice place. The atmosphere is as shown in the photos itself. (All photos taken with the SIGMA sd Quattro.) Shogatsu-do Hall Map
Tateri Kojin Shrine, Nosegawa, Yoshino, Nara
2025-08-30 Visited Tateri Kojin Shrine, located deep in the forest of 1,000m class mountains. Its long stone steps leading up to the main shrine are lined with large plain (not painted) wooden torii gates, a rare sight even in Japan. On the way back, stopped by Hashimoto-in Temple in Gose City to see the Rengeshoma […]
Lotus flowers at Fujiwara Palace ruins, 2025
2025-07-12 Visited Fujiwara Palace ruins again this year to take photos of lotus flowers even on a very hot summer day. It seemed in the peak, and the flowers and leaves shining through the sunlight were so beautiful. (All photos taken with SIGMA sd Quattro H and sd Quattro) Map
From JR Sakurai Station to Shorinji Temple
2025-06-28 Walked from the JR Sakurai Station, Nara to Shorinji Temple that stands about 40 minute distance fom the station. There is the old torii gate of Tanzan Shrine along the way. Felt summer was approaching out there. (All photos taken with SIGMA sd Quattro) Map
Hydrangeas flowers at Hannya-ji Temple, Nara City, Nara
2025-06-14 Visited Hannya-ji Temple on a rainy day to see the hydrangeas flowers. I worried about the flowers immersed in the water of glass bowls as they looked too much artificially decorated when saw in a guidebook, but they were beautiful than I thought. (all photos taken with SIGMA sd Quattro) Map
Iris, not a dataset but the real ones in Yagyu, Nara City
2025-06-07 Visited the iris garden in Yagyu to see iris flowers. Only 20% of the flowers were in bloom, so seems a little early. Still, they were beautiful and able to see lots of dragonflies and some frogs. (All photos taken with SIGMA sd Quattro) Map
Ooyama-renge and thistles at Hashimoto-in, Gose City, Nara
2025-05-11 Consecutive to last week, visited Hashimoto-in to see flowers of Ooyama-renge (Magnolia sieboldii). It seemed a little bit earlier than the peak but could see the flowers. Even though only a week had passed, grass and wildflowers had grown much taller and the thistles had started to bloom. I was able to see frogs […]