長野県飯田市、元善光寺にて。 秋の紅葉もいいですが、この時期、新緑の頃のモミジの花もいいものです！

桜が各地で咲き始めると、遠くからは見ていても近くで見ることがない場所が何箇所かあり、今回、ソノひとつのトコロに行ってみました? 見事な満開の桜に出逢えました???

桜が各地で咲き始めると、遠くからは見ていても近くで見ることがない場所が何箇所かあり、今回、ソノひとつのトコロに行ってみました? 見事な満開の桜に出逢えました???

夢農場の桜

夕刻の彩雲と桜のシルエットです。

長野県高森町、瑠璃寺にて。 雨上がりの夜明け。桜の道がキレイでした。

Wow this is really incredible! What an amazing entrance to a temple. It's an unusual design for a torii (at least from the ones I've seen) but it really fits the image. I love the lanterns on both sides as well. They really compliment the white and pink of the cherry blossoms with their glow. It's kind of crazy how much awesome stuff I keep seeing in Nagano prefecture. I've seen tons of cool places in Akita, Saitama, Hokkaido, etc. but I still haven't gotten a chance to check out Nagano and every time I see something amazing like this I just feel like I'm missing out. It looks like this is called Iinuma Shrine although it's hard to find information about it. Looks like a cool place to visit though, I'll have to do some more digging on this!

It is a cherry tree of Iinuma Shrine in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. splendid! It's a masterpiece!

午後の陽射しをと満開の桜です

いとこちゃんとお出かけして長野県の満開の桜を満喫中

いとこちゃんとお出かけして長野県の満開の桜を満喫中

高遠城址公園の夜桜

桜の見頃を迎えた松本城

長野県大町市中綱湖 水鏡に映るオオヤマザクラを、お地蔵様もお花見。

長野県白馬村大出公園 雪山の白馬村に満開の桜が春の訪れを告げる。

あづみの公園にて。 雪解け進む常念岳と、彩り豊かな花々

中山高原の菜の花畑と天の川

長野県飯山市にある菜の花公園です。ここは、?朧月夜?の歌にでてくる風景です。 見える川は千曲川ですが、信濃川とも呼ばれる日本一長い川です。

長野県飯山市にある菜の花公園です。ここは、?朧月夜?の歌にでてくる風景です。 見える川は千曲川ですが、信濃川とも呼ばれる日本一長い川です。

Man this is really beautiful. I never knew peach trees were this beautiful. I knew about plum trees and cherry trees of course, but these are really beautiful as well. It's so cool how the different colors and shades mix together in such a perfect way too. I wonder if they were planted to turn out like this or they just grew to be this way naturally. The river nearby is really amazing as well. It'd be a nice place to just sit and have a small picnic. I'm definitely jealous of anyone that gets to live near this area? I'd love to be able to wake up every morning during spring and see such an amazing view outside my window. I'll be going to see some cherry blossoms this weekend though so I can't complain too much!

高遠城址公園の夜桜 全体的なライトアップが終わり、見物客も居なくなった池

This is really cool, I love how you can see like 3 different landscapes in this photo. Cherry blossoms in spring, the Northern Alps still in winter, and in the middle it looks like a sort of dry landscape you'd see during the summer. I've read about the Hakuba Ski Resort but it looks like there's some beautiful scenery here in the spring as well. Then again, it is Nagano so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised lol. I'd personally like to go down and visit the town and see what they've got. I've been to a few small towns at the bases of ski resorts and mountains before and they're always really nice and have a really different feel from any other town. There's usually at least one really good restaurant to eat at as well. Something to look forward to in Nagano I suppose!

長野県白馬村の野平の一本桜です。 残雪の北アルプスがとても雄大でした。

Shining Snow Monster It was the first time to take a picture of the ice that had grown so far. I photographed it together with the shine of the sun. Location: Nagano

What a cool photo. I keep seeing pictures and stuff of Takachiho Gorge and I really want to go. I watched a video of it on here recently and it was really beautiful. Miyazaki seems like a really fun place to visit in general so it'd fun to get out there and try the boats and see all of the natural scenery. It had some really nice looking shrines that I was interested in visiting as well. It's so hard to visit all of the beautiful places scattered throughout Japan but I've got time so I'm gonna do my best lol. Earned some flight miles this year so I'm definitely heading out somewhere this summer. Maybe it'll be Miyazaki, we'll see. Although I've had my eye on Nagano lately as well so it's a toss up for now.

Kirigamine Plateau is a gentle undulation from Mt. Kumayama to Washigamine. Seasonal alpine plants such as red azaleas, nikko kisuge, and pine musushisou dye the green grasslands in a colorful way. Mt. Fuji, the Alps, and the Yatsugatake Mountain Range are also famous peaks that Japan is proud of. In addition, kirigamine plateau, which is suitable for glider flight due to the rich uptate currents in the area, is also known as the birthplace of gliders in Japan. Quoted from Kirigamine Kogen Sightseeing Site.

"Ice and The Rising Sun" I was about to give up because of the ridiculously strong wind and the cold top cloudy, It somehow cleared up at the time of the night, and it changed into a superb view at once. I am very happy to be able to photograph the ice that can only be seen in winter. Location: Nagano

「八ヶ岳と冬の天の川」 雲一つない絶好の天の川日和が訪れたので、 お気に入りの撮影ポイントで八ヶ岳と合わせて天の川を撮影しました。 満点の星空で最高でした！ ソフトフィルターを使用して星を大きく写したのが、 こだわりポイントです。 撮影地：長野

長野県善光寺さんの参道のイルミネーションです

長野県飯山市の雪まつりにて