- February 5, 2024
Rainbow Sun
Monday, February 5, 2024 The moment when the big, round sun shone with seven colors of light! What a wonderful and mysterious light of the sun! Glittering all living things and filling everything with warmth [...].
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Treasures of Hokuryu Town
- January 26, 2024
the flash of a blue sky and a white sun
Friday, January 26, 2024 A white sun shining in the clear blue sky! The white sun's rays of sunlight, which seem to tell the story of a clean, untainted whiteness, shone out with a keen intensity, and for a moment it felt as if an intense flash of energy power was pouring into my entire body [...].
- January 25, 2024
The sparkle of snowflakes shimmering on the snowfield
Friday, January 26, 2024 The dazzling sparkle of the snowfield! The moment when snow grains sparkle like jewels in the morning light! The beauty of the different spaces of nature woven by the snowfields is inspiring!
- January 24, 2024
The light of the heavens pouring down happiness
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 A large morning halo of pale orange blotches. Soft and warm, gently enveloping all, full of happiness, to the heavens, with boundless love, gratitude, and prayers. ◇ ikuko（phot [...].
- January 23, 2024
Six Flowers" where the six roots are sharpened
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, "Six Flowers" landed on the window on a bitterly cold morning when the temperature was 11 degrees below zero. Six crystalline ice flowers descending from the snowy sky. The white ice flowers shimmer like diamonds in the twilight before sunrise [...].
- January 22, 2024
A hazy, hazy night with a sine moon
Monday, January 22, 2024: A hazy, hazy moonlit night with the waxing moon (age 5.6) toward fullness, enveloped in a haze of mist. The character "Oboro" in "Dragon" in the "Tsuki" section suggests a phantom like a dragon swirling and dancing in the hazy moonlit night.
- January 19, 2024
Wall of snow piled up on the side of the road
January 19, 2024 (Friday) The high walls of snow piled up by the side of the road after the snow has been removed show how much snow has accumulated. The rays of light falling through the gaps between the walls of snow are reflected on the surface of the snow and shine brightly [...].
- January 18, 2024
icicle," an icy artwork that hangs from the eaves of the roof
Thursday, January 18, 2024 Mr. icicle appears during the winter, hanging from the eaves of roofs here and there. It feels like a sharp sword of clear glass or a crystal pillar of crystal shining in the light, a natural [...].
- January 17, 2024
The moment when the fantastic morning light makes your heart flutter!
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 A moment when the soft and divine morning light gently envelops the pure white snowfield, and you feel the frigid and freezing air drifting there. A shimmering pillar of light appears like a sun pillar! Time [...].
- January 16, 2024
Town's snow removal operations to protect the town's winter life
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, amidst the continuous snowfall, each household in the town is engaged in daily snow removal work. The town government's snowplow trucks, the town's construction companies' snow removal operations, and each household's snow shoveling work, all make for a daily struggle with the snow. No matter how winter [...].
- January 15, 2024
Landscape of white and lapis lazuli
Monday, January 15, 2024 In a landscape where the whiteness of silvery snow mingles with the lapis lazuli of silhouettes. Piles of snow mountains sit like living creatures, seemingly ready to move at any moment. Bathed in the shimmering morning light, "warm [...]...
- January 12, 2024
Sunflower Park Hotel towering in the clear winter sky
Friday, January 12, 2024. In the clear, freezing air, this is the scene of the moment when the Sunflower Park Hotel shines brightly against the azure winter sky. ◇ ikuko (photo by nobor)
- January 11, 2024
Mt. Huetai glistening in the morning sun
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
The great light of the sun that watches over the town
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)
- January 9, 2024
We would like to express our gratitude to the shovelers and snow plows that are doing a great job!
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
The great sunrise on New Year's Day, 2024
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 [...].
- January 1, 2024
With gratitude for the Happy New Year 2024!
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 [...]...
- December 29, 2023
Hokuryu Himawari Osteopathic Clinic (Hokuryu-cho, Director: Hikaru Tanimoto) original blend drip-back coffee!
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 [...].
- December 27, 2023
Light shining on the silvery snowfield and lapis lazuli winter sky
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 [...].
- December 26, 2023
Great light after a heavy snowfall
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.
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