Garden/Museum Ikegami Plum Garden
It was mid-February, so I went to the Ikegami Plum Garden in Ota Ward to check on the blooming of the plum trees. The weather was mild...
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History/Temple/Landmark Peony garden,with a prime lens
So I visited the Botan-en (Peony garden) of Ueno Tosgu shrine to take winter peony pictures with a prime lens "smc FA31mm Limited". I ...
Suburban After 2 years Kyoto, Gioji & Sagano
This is Gioji Temple is famous for being the setting of the "Let's go to Kyoto" Japan Rail tourism campaign in the fall of 1994 and th...
Plant / Animal Mimosa pudica
In Japan, mimosa refers to Acacia dealbata and other plants in the family Fabaceae, but this is actually a misnomer that has been wron...
History/Temple/Landmark Red spider lily again
Just a little out of season due to the order of publication, but here is the second installment this year of my "red spider lily walk....
Garden/Museum Red spider lily in the rain
Even though I had gone to the trouble of location scouting in advance, this season's "red spider lily walk" started at Tama Central Pa...
Garden/Museum Unexpected outcome
Last week, I decided to become one of "Red spider lily photographers" again this year and went out for location hunting, although I th...