Published 4 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
In this garden, "Robai village", more than one thousand wintersweet trees have been planted. Sweet smells fill the area. It is unusual for me to see many yellow flowers on snow.
Published 4 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Many Wintersweet trees, Robai in Japanese, have been planted in this area, "Robai village". The trees were plated originally to product cut flowers of Wintersweet. About 10 years ago, the area was opened for visitors.
Published 4 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Onouchi valley is located in the mountain area in Saitama Prefecture. The Ice art has been made in winter season by watering on the trees.
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
These icicles are artificially made for tourists by the people lived in this village. It is very cold in this valley. Water strea...(more)
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
"Dondo Yaki" festivals are held at many place in Japan in the middle of January. People roast small rice cake on the fire and eat it, ...(more)
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
The temple was build on a hill in the west side area of the Tamagawa river. The "Mokkoku tree" on the west direction has been desig...(more)
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Until about 2 years ago, this park was surrounded by large pine (or other conifer) trees. At that time, the trees were cut...(more)
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Mt. Takagawa is one of the popular hiking spots in Otsuki-city. The mountain is known for its wonderful view of Mt. Fuji. The day I...(more)
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
This old house was built about 200 years ago. This is one of the typical example of the farmer's house in the late Edo period. Sorry for bad photo quality. The interier is actually very dark.
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
This old house (Miyazaki house) seems to be built on early 19th century and was designated as one of the important cultural...(more)
Published 5 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Horinji temple is located on the north shore of Akigawa river. We can see beautiful scene of the Akigawa river from the side of Horinji.
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Yuyakekoyake village is located in the country part of the Hachioji city. In this area, there are camping sites...(more)
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Almost all Japanese know the nursery rhyme, "Yuyake Koyake". The Lyric was wrote by a poet Uko Nakamura. In front of th...(more)
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Moritown ("mori" means forest in Japanese) is the largest shopping center in Akishina city. In recent years, everywhere in Japan has been illuminated with colorful LEDs from the end of November to the end of the year.
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Mt. Iwadono can be seen from the Chuo Expway. The south side of the mountain has a steep and huge precipice, but we can stand up on...(more)
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Mt. maruyama, actually, is not a mountain, but the name of the small park in the south of Mt. Iwadono. From here we can see the steep south precipice of Mt. Iwadono and Mt. Fuji.
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
This park is called as "Kujira park"; Kujira means "a whale" in Japanese. In 1961, fossils of a whale was found in the riverbed of the...(more)
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Mt. Kintoki is one of peak of the outer ring mountains in Hakone. This is a famous place where Kintaro (a very strong...(more)
Published 6 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Owakudani is a famous place where we can observe volcano activities in Hakone. The day I shoot the panorama, we can see M...(more)
Published 7 months ago by Taro Tsubomura
Amazingly, the cherry blossoms in this park can be seen in late autumn to early winter.Jomine [pronounced as "jou...(more)
