Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Vigorous seedlings are lining up straight and turning the rice paddies green. Every day we heartily cheer on the robust seedlings growing day by day in the midst of Mother Nature. Life force power in full swing! Flay! Flay! The great [...].
May 20, 2024 (Monday) Rice planting has begun in the rice paddies of farmers in the town. This is the day for the seedlings, which have been carefully and lovingly nurtured in the greenhouses, to stand on their own! It is their departure to challenge Mother Nature on their own! Even on the toughest days, the farmers are enjoying a peaceful [...]...
May 15, 2024 (Wed.) It's almost the middle of May, but the weather has been gloomy and the wind blowing through the watered rice fields still feels cool and chilly. The water is filling the rice fields of farmers all over the town, and the wind blowing through the watered fields feels cool.
Thursday, May 9, 2024 The orange, yellow, violet and other colorful "viola & pansy" flowers are blooming in roadside planters! Catching the arrival of spring early, they sparkle like shining bright lights [...].
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 The rounded petals of these cute tulips, which colorfully adorn the spring landscape, bloom side by side in the garden. Swaying gently in the fresh spring breeze, they gently heal the heart and [...]...
Friday, April 26, 2024 The daffodils that herald spring are beginning to bloom one after another along roadsides and in gardens. The language of flowers is "purity" and "sincerity! Their dainty appearance, with a bright yellow glow and a pure and noble image, standing quietly [...].
Thursday, April 25, 2024 Pushkinia ribanotica is one of the first pretty flowers to bloom on the ground after the snow melts. The small white petals ooze a pale sky blue, like a spring fairy. The transparent and very neat appearance is a gentle spring [...].
Tuesday, April 24, 2024, Saku-chan, the cat of the Kitajima family next door, is sunbathing in the sun with a dignified face. What is he staring at? What is that thing at the end of her serious stare? It has begun to move [...].
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 The "butterbur sprouts", the messenger of spring, have sprouted and emerged from the melting snow soil. This wild vegetable native to Japan releases a unique bittersweet flavor and aroma! The fresh color of the young greens sparkles as if to indicate the joy of spring's arrival, and it is a heart-warming [...].
Friday, April 19, 2024, an indigo-white hazy spring day, a peaceful scene with migratory birds flying around and the mind and body relaxing in a daze. ◇ ikuko (photo by noboru)
April 18, 2024 (Thursday) Swans and geese fly together in resonance across the bright blue spring sky. The geese shake their heads horizontally and the swans shake their heads vertically to signal their flight! Because of their similar lifestyles, [...].
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Migratory birds landed in the melting rice paddies, and all the birds were enthusiastically pecking at the fallen ears of rice and other food. Chattering and chattering, they are energized by their bellies full of delicious fallen ears [...].
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 With their large, bright white wings fluttering leisurely across the bright blue sky, these birds adapt to their various environments, flying solo at their own pace, flying in groups of three with a strong sense of camaraderie, or flying in V formation moving as a group, and fluttering leisurely across the [...].
Monday, April 15, 2024, the season for spring migratory bird flights to and from Siberia is upon us. The flight route is the "Hokkaido Central Flyway. The flight route over the plains of central Hokkaido from the Yufutsu Plains in Tomakomai to the Ishikari Plain and the North Sorachi Plain [...].
Friday, April 12, 2024. Mt. Setai seen from beyond the Mitani area near the town boundary with Masuge Town. With the flattened ridge spreading out and towering majestically above us, we took a deep breath of fresh air. The life-giving energy in your body [...].
April 11, 2024 (Thursday) A field of lingering snow with snow-melting agent patterns emerging. The white clouds drifting gently in the blue sky, smiling at us, gently watching over us for the beginning of spring. ◇ ikuko (photo by nobo [...])
April 10, 2024 (Wed.) An excavator takes a rest in the warm spring sun! With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers to the mighty excavators who worked so hard all winter long. Thank you for your hard work! Thank you [...].
Monday, April 8, 2024 April marks the beginning of the "Qingming" season, the breath of spring. It is the time when all life begins to sprout in the warmth of spring, awakening from the cold winter sleep. In the clear, clean air, the whiteness of the snow and the blue [...].
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 A view of the town as seen from the hill with a view. The town's fields have been sprayed with snow-melting chemicals, and the town's pattern is woven with a mixture of white and gray. With the arrival of spring, farm work begins [...].
Monday, April 1, 2024 Pink flowers & a cute little snowman attached to a bus stop window! And, handmade art flowers "Cherry Blossoms & Pussy Willow" beckon warm spring! The pink petals are soothing, and the pussy willow [...].
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