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Treasures of Hokuryu Town

  • March 6, 2023

The Season of Spring

Monday, March 6, 2023: The season is "Keichitsu. The snow on the roads is gradually melting away and insects are beginning to move around in the soil. The wind is still blowing cold, but the sun's rays are warm, and you can feel the signs of spring in the [...].

  • January 30, 2023

A world of blue moments at 25 degrees below zero

January 30, 2023 (Monday) Before sunrise at 25 degrees below zero, the moment of the blue moment, when the sky turns blue and orange! The fantastic world of the blue-colored silhouettes of the mountains of the Daisetsuzan mountain range will make your heart tremble and fill you with emotion [...].

  • January 24, 2023

Sledding fun in the snowy mountains

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Children enjoying sledding on a snowbank piled high by snow removal! It is a scenery that softly soothes the heart as the children play on the thrilling snow mountain, exhilaratingly sliding down with a happy laughter [...].

  • January 13, 2023

Landscape of extreme cold

January 13, 2023 (Friday) The season from "kokan" (small cold) to "daikan" (big cold). The temperatures during this extreme cold season are below freezing, and it is so cold that it feels like a pain. This is the time when the clear air of the bitter cold purifies the mind and tightens the body as much as possible [...].

  • January 12, 2023

Red berry nanakamado wearing a snow hat

Thursday, January 12, 2023 The contrast of white snow and red berries against the snowy sky is vivid in this "Nanakamado" tree. This is a tough roadside tree that endures the harsh cold of snow and overwinters without dropping its red berries. The red berries in midwinter have a strong power to ward off evil [...].

  • January 1, 2023

Sacred morning light on New Year's Day, 2023

Sunday, January 1, 2023, the morning of New Year's Day in the year 2023, the moment when the divine morning light shone! With boundless love, gratitude and prayers for having met that warm and great light that made my heart tremble with great emotion! noboru &#0 [...].

  • December 30, 2022

Scenery spreading out from the Hokuryu Bridge

Friday, December 30, 2022 The view from the Hokuryu Bridge is of a sparkling snow field with trees covered in ice. The light of the divine sun, which shines down on us with new light in a year that has been hit by various difficulties, brings us boundless love and feelings [...].

  • December 26, 2022

With gratitude for the soft morning light!

December 26, 2022 (Monday) The winter solstice has passed and the cold weather has arrived! The morning sky, the sun's rays dimly blurring through the low, billowing clouds. It's a beautiful morning, as if a soft light gently envelops and relaxes a tightly closed heart [...].

  • December 23, 2022

Thin moon before dawn on the winter solstice

Friday, December 23, 2022, the morning after the winter solstice, when the thread-thin moon hovered in the pre-dawn sky. The winter solstice is the day when the sun is at its weakest and the night is at its longest. From the new moon on the following day, the yang spirit begins, and each day is brighter [...].

  • December 16, 2022

Footprints along the irrigation canal

Friday, December 16, 2022 Snowy footprints continue to creep along the canal. What are they seeking and how far will they go? It is a moment when those strong footsteps remind us of a firm and positive outlook on life! Aside [...].

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