Driving along Route 6 on a rainy day
Narita Airport photos 2022
I recently went to Narita Airport and it was startling how much livelier the place was compared to my past visits.
Freshly furrowed fields of Tsukuba
Morning scenery with flooded rice fields in the middle of Tsukuba. Last night when I came home from work, for the first time this year the sound of croaking frogs could be heard from the nearby freshly drenched rice fields.
Hidden characters, shapes and symbolism in Japan’s prefectural flags
Prefectural flags of Japan by The_Irish_Jet. I recently collected all the prefectural flags of Japan for a project, and here they are below in rasterized form, alphabetically arranged.
Dōsojin, protector of travellers
Dōsojin shrine in a park in Arakawaoki, Tsuchiura, surrounded by sakura trees. Bicycling on around Arakawaoki in Tsuchiura yesterday, we came upon this small shrine called hokora, which houses a Dōsojin 道祖神, Shinto deity believed to protect travellers and local communities from harm and evil spirits.
Bicycling to Lake Kasumigaura in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
On the banks of Lake Kasumigaura in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. On an unusually hot spring day, we rode our bicycles to the Ground Self-Defense Force Camp on the shores of Lake Kasumigara hoping to see the sakura trees inside like we used to before the Coronavirus.