Thursday, January 11, 2024 Mt. Huetai shines silvery white in the morning sunlight. The white snowfield and the snow-capped houses in the townscape are in harmony with each other. ◇ ikuko (photo by noboru)
January 10, 2024 (Wed.) With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers for the precious moment when the solemn light of the New Year shines gently watching over the earth and the air is quiet and peaceful. ◇ ikuko (photo by noboru)
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 The shovelers who break down and remove the snow piles caused by snow removal, and the snowplows who do their best to clear the town roads every day! Our hearts go out to the workers who are doing a great job to protect the safety of the winter life of the town residents [...].
January 1, 2024 (Monday) With the air showing a temperature of 17 degrees below zero, the magic hour spreads out before sunrise, creating a fantastic gradation of azure and orange. Gradually, the divine light shines dazzlingly and the golden tai [...].
Happy New Year's Day, January 1, 2024! This year, 2024, is the year of the Dragon (甲辰, Kinotatsu). The "A" is the first of the 10 signs of the Chinese zodiac and means "the beginning of life," or "the beginning of things. The twelve [...]...
Friday, December 29, 2023, Hokuryu Himawari Osteopathic Clinic (Hokuryu-cho, Director: Hikaru Tanimoto) is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an original blend drip-back coffee as a Christmas gift! This drip pack coffee is [...].
Wednesday, December 27, 2023 Golden light shining on a field of silvery white snow! A fantastic landscape of lapis lazuli-colored sky, blue-green silhouettes of snowfields, and silvery white snowfields intersecting. The space is gently enveloped by [...].
Tuesday, December 26, 2023 The morning after the heavy snowfall, the sun appeared and shone in all its majestic glory. The sun was so warm and bright that yesterday's heavy snowfall seemed like a mirage.
Monday, December 25, 2023 I was impressed by the cute Christmas decorations inside the Kazuhigashimachi bus stop of the Sorachi Chuo Bus! Santa Claus and snowmen decorated in red and green Christmas colors are quite smiling! The thoughtfulness of the townspeople [...].
Thursday, November 16, 2023 The first snow of the year was on Saturday, November 11. The minimum temperature on the 11th was - 1.6°C and the maximum 3.5°C. The snowfall was 0 cm. Since it was the first snowfall, I thought it would not be a root snow, but in the afternoon [...].
September 21, 2023 (Thursday) Cosmos, with its lovely white and pink petals spreading out in a radiant pattern, reminds us of a harmonious and infinite universe. Its Japanese name is "autumn cherry blossom," and it is as beautiful as the pure cherry blossoms that bloom in autumn, swaying gently in the autumn breeze [...].
September 20, 2023 (Wednesday) Wednesday, September 20, is the first day of the equinoxes. The autumnal equinox is a day to honor our ancestors, remember the departed, and pray silently with a heart of gratitude, respect, and compassion. In these days, "Hokuryu Town" in 2023 [...].
Friday, September 15, 2023 The yew tree, a well-maintained, dignified garden tree with a beautiful bonsai-like appearance, sits in a town garden. The yew tree, which is also said to be a sacred tree with the power to purify and bring happiness, has an endless [...].
Thursday, September 14, 2023 In the autumn sky high in the sky, bathed in the glistening sunlight, the sunflowers on the iron poles, happily dancing with their seven-colored lights. Grateful for today's good day, drawing wonderful dreams that lead to tomorrow [...].
September 13, 2023 (Wednesday) Ears of Japanese pampas grass standing beside rice fields that are ready to be harvested. It is a mysterious scene, shining silvery white and swaying softly in the autumn breeze. ◇ ikuko（photo by noboru)
Tuesday, September 12, 2023, rice harvesting is in full swing in many parts of the town! The ears of rice, bathed in the bounty of nature, are bearing abundant harvests. Overcoming any difficulties, they mature robustly, a feat that gives them the strength to become the source of life.
Monday, September 11, 2023 On Saturday, September 9, it is the Autumn Festival of Shinryu Shrine in Hokuryu Town. This festival celebrates the bountiful harvest of the fruitful autumn and expresses gratitude to the gods of nature for their blessings. On this day every year, Hisashi and Kiyomi Kitajima, a couple of neighbors, celebrate the Sasaju [...].
Friday, September 8, 2023 The glow of the setting sun turned the natural garden orange, a gorgeous flower garden that exists in another dimension. In this mysterious moment, as if a small hole between the rain clouds leads to another world connected to the blue sky, the heart [...].
Thursday, September 7, 2023 In the autumn sky high in the sky, elongated dark clouds flowed as if drawn in a line. I pray with boundless love and gratitude for the morning light that shines brighter and more mysteriously, as if to keep a watchful eye on the movement of these strange dark clouds. [...]
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 The sunset appeared the day after the supermoon. In the orange-tinted western sky, gray rain clouds spread their wings and seemed to be waiting for us. A mysterious wind that seemed to suck me into a different space.
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