コロナ禍の誰もいない月の砂漠

Some photos of our trip to Sawara in Chiba Prefecture over the 3 day weekend a couple weeks back. On the way to Sawara we stopped at Chiba Station and had lunch at a place called Common Café. I order a burger not expecting a lot, but it was the best burger I've had in a long time actually. We arrived a bit late in Sawara and were kind of tired so we decided to just go to the hotel, shower and relax for a bit and then have dinner. We had a reservation at a French restaurant called Mougins and it ended up being a really great experience. After eating dinner we were headed back to the hotel and we heard some hayashi and cheering in the distance and we decided to check out what was happening. We found a dashi parading through the streets and they were stopping at different places to pick up alcohol lol. Apparently they'd been doing it every Sunday, I think since corona started. It was pretty cool to see though. The next day we went to check out the Sawara Historical District and after reaching our destination we decided to take a break at a cafe. We ordered a shaved ice and some sort of soda. They were both really delicious, especially the shaved ice. It was some sort of flavor using tea from Kyoto and milk. I forget what it was called exactly though. We also stopped by the former residence of Inoh Tadataka, the famous Japanese cartographer. It was quite interesting seeing where he lived. After visiting his residence, we to the nearby museum and learned about his life and everything he did. I was pretty blown away by how incredible he actually was. I was a bit surprised that I hadn't learned much about him when I was studying the history of Japan, but after visiting the museum I'm convinced he was truly a genius. Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures inside of the museum, but seeing all of the tools that he used to draw maps and learning how they worked was really interesting. On top of that, the maps he drew were unbelievably accurate. I think it mentioned somewhere that his maps were used until the 1900's, despite being drawn several hundred years prior. His cartography was only one of the endeavors he pursued as well. There were also some documents that explained how he helped his town get through the famine, and also documents detailing how he dealt with local lords imposing taxes on his town. Besides the museum, we also took a boat ride through the canal that ran through the historical district. The canal was quite nice, and you could see the historical buildings that lined the sides of it while going through it. We had to lower the cover on the boat for several bridges as the water level was quite high due to the recent rains, but that just made the experience even more memorable. The tour guide on the boat mentioned how when the canal was used back in the Edo period, it was incredibly busy and boats would have been bumping into each other constantly while passing through. During the boat ride through the canal I noticed some interesting statues on various lanterns and decided to check them out. They all turned out to be interesting and unique. We ended our trip by having a late lunch near the historical district. We had planned to take a train back to Tokyo but missed it by a few minutes. Fortunately, a bus arrived at the perfect time and so we rode that back to Tokyo. It was much better than the crowded trains. Overall it was a really good day-trip style excursion and I definitely recommend it! Managed to find 2 poke lids too!

娘が先月からAustralia Gold coastへ中学留学し、一年半帰って来なくて寂しいのでオンライン英語塾は勿論継続していますが、私は住み込みで宿へ働きに来ています！鴨川にある璃庵という宿です。とにかく忙しく過ごさないと娘のことばかり考えてしまうから? 宿に勤務し始めて17日。昨日は宿で使われているお猪口を割ってしまったので購入してお返したいと思い仕入先のガラス工房へお邪魔しました?✨ 主基グラススタジオ（sukigalass） 山の中にあるのでお越しの際はお車で！ 同じものは一つとない、味わい深い、美しいガラスが並んでいました♡ 自分用にプレートも購入? 近隣の情報もたくさん教えて下さった製作者のおじさま。最初はぶっきらぼうに思えるかもしれませんが、色々とお話して下さいますよ！ 是非お立ち寄り下さい?

以前行った小湊鉄道、月崎駅からの風景? 緑に囲まれて素敵な場所でした☺️

子カタツムリの冒険

千葉県にあるあけぼの山農業公園です。

歴博の窓から望む屏風桜

千葉県立房総のむら 今年も桜が満開です

成田の宗吾霊堂は静かな桜の名所

千葉県御宿町の月の沙漠記念像 夜明け直前の撮影 早朝に人目につかないよう旅立つ二人をイメージ

日本百名城・佐倉城 佐倉城址公園の桜

成田山新勝寺にて撮影しました。?初詣のときに敷地内にある五重の塔の造形美に惹かれて撮影。1500年の歴史を垣間見ることができました。

河津桜が開花しました

船橋大神宮

日本の行事 初詣・船橋大神宮

色褪せて尚 凛とした花姿

日本の行事 成田山新勝寺

木更津の工場地帯

【 沈み行く満月になろうお月様 】

【雲無き夕刻】

水面に映る紅葉の水彩画

宗吾霊堂境内のサザンカ

道端の道祖神に 南天の実が色づく頃

緑から赤へ 季節の移ろい

成田山公園 照る紅葉のグラデーション

青空に映える 満開の冬桜 冬がそこまで来ています

夏を越え秋を迎えたアジサイは 時間をかけてアンティーク色に変化して 秋色アジサイとなりました

秋バラが見頃

鳴鐘山東勝寺宗吾霊堂は 義民･佐倉宗吾を祀る成田の古刹 今年も紅葉の季節となりました

嵯峨･江戸･伊勢･奥州･肥後･丁子 歴博･くらしの植物苑で今年も｢伝統の古典菊｣始まりました 秋から冬への風物詩です