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Treasures of Hokuryu Town

  • January 20, 2021

Landscape painted by snowstorm

January 20, 2021 (Wed.) Strong winds blowing in the wind, powdery snowflakes wriggling and soaring like a life-like creature. It is a scene of a moment when you feel like you are being sucked into the space woven by nature. ◇ noboru & ikuko

  • January 19, 2021

Sparkle of snow

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 A cloud of snow rises in the wind as it blows across the snowfield. This is a scene of the moment when each snowflake on the snow sparkles like a diamond. ◇ noboru & ikuko

  • January 18, 2021

Sacred Light of Sun Pillar

Monday, January 18, 2021 Mysterious Sun Goddess descended from the divine Sun Pillar. With a message of truth filled with the light of love. My heart was filled with wonder and tears overflowed. [...].

  • January 15, 2021

The Light of Truth

Friday, January 15, 2021 The moment when the Light of Truth began to watch over, illuminate, and shine on everything with its magnificent radiance. With great love, gratitude, and prayers to this dignified radiance and great light. ◇ noboru &a [...].

  • January 14, 2021

Silhouette of tree

January 14, 2021 (Thursday) Snow piled up on the thin branches of the trees. The light from behind and the shadows intersect to create a different space in this landscape. ◇ noboru & ikuko

  • January 13, 2021

Endless snow-covered road

Wednesday, January 13, 2020 Cotton clouds floating softly in the blue sky, gray snow clouds, and a field of pure white snow spreading out as if it were merging with the clouds. The endless rutted snow-covered paths drawn there. The familiar landscape that exists in the [...].

  • January 12, 2021

Footprints in the snowfield

Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Someone is walking alone on the fresh snow, where no one has ever set foot before. "Does it feel good? Doesn't it feel cold? Don't you feel lonely?  [...]

  • January 6, 2021

Snowy scenery of Huetaibetsu Dam

January 6, 2021 (Wednesday) Etaibetsu Dam covered with pure white snow. With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers to the Etai-betsu Dam, where the melting snow from the mountains moistens the fields in spring and fills the reservoir with pure, life-giving water. ◇ noboru & [...]

  • January 4, 2021

Sacred morning sun

January 4, 2021 (Monday) The winter solstice has come to an end and the "little chill" has set in. Under the snow that has fallen, life is beginning to sprout, waiting patiently for spring. The morning sun, which did not appear at sunrise on New Year's Day, shone beautifully on the morning of the 2nd, the next day [...].

  • December 28, 2020

Silent Landscape

Monday, December 28, 2020 The townscape is enveloped in pure white silky snow. Only four days remain in this year. We are approaching the year-end and New Year's holidays in an unprecedented tranquility. The new year that is about to open is full of light [...].

  • December 25, 2020

Landscape with a cloud of snow

December 25, 2020 (Friday) The snowplows are doing a great job here and there in town these days. The snow fountain-like snowflakes are soaring into the sky and mixing with the clouds. Noboru & ikuko

  • December 24, 2020

Christmas tree in a snow field

Thursday, December 24, 2020 Today is Christmas Eve. A Christmas tree in a snow field, decorated with pure white snow ornaments! With endless love, gratitude, and prayers for the wonderful scenery that exists in the great outdoors, and for the moments that soothe our hearts [...].

  • December 23, 2020

People walking on snowy roads

December 23, 2020 (Wed.) People walking along the white snow-covered paths, which have been neatly cleared of snow, stepping on the paths with firm steps. The scenery is full of the power of the people who are in the midst of nature, both physically and mentally, training and preparing themselves. nobo [...].

  • December 22, 2020

Christmas roll cake

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Gray skies, white snowfields, and snow-covered houses dotting the landscape. The space is reminiscent of a European landscape. Semi-circular warehouses covered in snow look like Christmas ro [...].

  • December 21, 2020

Winter Solstice, a day to pray for good health

Monday, December 21, 2020 Today is the Winter Solstice. Today is the winter solstice, the day when the sun comes back to life, the day when the sun increases, our strength is restored, and we are on the way to good fortune. We should nourish ourselves with pumpkin, drive away evil spirits with azuki beans, and warm ourselves with a yuzu bath to pray for good health and [...].

  • December 16, 2020

Snowplows are on the move!

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Christmas-colored snowplows are out and about all over town, doing great work. A heartfelt thank you to these dependable snowplows that protect the entire town from winter life! We look forward to working with you again this year [...].

  • December 11, 2020

Snow falling on trees

December 11, 2020 (Friday) Snow is softly falling on the trees in the forests, turning them silver. The silver world will be coming to Himawari-no-sato as well. Noboru & ikuko

  • December 10, 2020

A single tree standing firm

A tree stands resolute in a field of indigo-white snow. Even if powder snow falls and the world around us becomes gray and hazy, it will endure, and we will continue to believe in the great light that will surely exist beyond it, picturing it in our hearts [...].

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