Tsuruta Pond in Winter

Foxy crowd

An Inari shrine located on the grounds of Mangan-ji temple

This is my own entry for Show Me Japan.

Little drummer girl

at a shrine in Mibu:

Well, hello there gorgeous!

Nio statue at Mangan-ji temple.

Has anyone seen my shoes?

I can't find them!

Mochi

Ugly Tengu

Probably the ugliest Tengu/ Sarutahiko I've seen (in Mibu):

Festival at a shrine in Mibu

Took place today at Umebayashi Tenmangu:

Ultra invasion

It's begun!

This is just for Lina:

And my entry for Show Me Japan. To see more photos from Japan, click on the image below.

Futaara in Kanuma

waiting for spring

is it here already?

Here comes the snow again...

Strawberry daifuku

Tochigi is famous for its strawberries.

Happy Valentine's Day!

At the laundromat

Because I know you're just dying to see what a Japanese coin laundry looks like, right?

Right. :-)

Hey, that's one way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Dirty sneakers? No problem.

I'm sure my cats would enjoy watching the things go round and round a lot more than I did. LOL!

This is my entry for Show Me Japan. Click on the icon below to see what other people are showing.

Rabbits

yeah, yeah... I know, I should have posted it in January.

It's really back

winter

This is an entry for Skywatch Friday.

It's baaaaack!

Winter!

Guarding Ieyasu's grave

komainu:

Daily commute

Actually not daily, only twice a week in that direction.

Driving downtown

Because somebody (ok, it was me) had to go shopping.

Remembering fall...

It was unseasonably warm today and it got me reminiscing about last fall... And that, in turn, made me realize that I never finished putting together my final Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship clip.

So, here it is (only 2 months late, heh):



And a couple of photos...

And during sunset...

And that's my Show Me Japan for this week.

Setsubun

Yesterday was Setsubun. I had to work, but mister went to the shrine to see what was going on.

Here is what we wrote about it last year (with more photos) - link.

We miss summer

and matsuri (Japanese traditional festivals) that much:

Futaara shrine in Kanuma?

Until last week I didn't even know it existed.
But this photo was taken there: