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Today is : 22, November 2009
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Toys

Toys made from plastic bottles

A toy made from a plastic bottle

February plum blossom time

Pink plum blossoms

White plum blossoms

White plum blossoms in Hinata Yakushi

Camellia blossoms in Hinata Yakushi

Trimming trees

Old plum tree with trimmed branches

Trimmed branches of old plum tree

February

winter walk	winter walk	Narcissus and Kuma sasa bear bamboo	Wild Mushrooms
Oranges in February

January

New Year Drums Taiko

New Year ikebana viewing

New Year ikebana demonstration

December

Persimmon tree "Kaki"

New Year decoration

New Year decoration

New Year decoration

Autumn Flower arrangements

Ikebana Morinosato Kominkan 10th Anniversary celebration	Ikebana Morinosato miniature natural arrangement	Black lacquer wooden container	Glass container
Autumn flower dance by M. Yamamura

Tokonoma

Tokonoma in a residence in Enkakuji Temple in Kita Kamakura

Tokonoma near view

Tokonoma medium view

Tokonoma overall view

View onto the garden from the windows Enkakuji temple complex

Garden view from the window (1)	View of the garden from another window	Full view of the garden	Garden looking onto window(1)
Entrance to the residence

Flower arrangement

Yearly ikebana exhibition by Ohara School, Machida Chapter, in lieu of a workshop. My arrangement.

just after arranging

on the 2nd day

June 2007 for Pacific Science Congress
with special help from Ms Miyoshi Tanaka and the Ohara School Chapter of Okinawa

preparation

final product

Iris

Iris or Hana Shobu in a field. Japanese Iris Iris ensata or sword leaf iris. Iris leaves of another variety Shobu Acorus calamus var. angustatus are used in the bath on boys day.

field of irises

Children's Day 5th May

Children's day is a national holiday. Originally there was girl's day on the 3rd of March and boy's day on the 5th of May. Now the 5th of May has become children's day.

decoration on children's day

boy's day

Kyoto, Uji, Byodoin

Uji is about 20 miutes by train from Kyoto station. It is famous for green tea and many interesting places including Byodoin which is on the 10 yen coin.

Wisteria	Wisteria and azalea	Wisteria and azalea	Byodoin temple side view
Byodoin temple]	Byodoin temple	Byodoin temple	Byodoin temple and a 10 yen coin

Food for thought

An old and beautiful maple bonsai in a sushi restaurant in April. Nigiri sushi, elongated balls of rice covered with sliced fish, some raw, some cooked. Chirashi sushi, rice with various topping.

Bonsai in Sushi restaurant

Nigiri Sushi

Chirashi Sushi

Cherry blossoms

Shiba sakura means a lawn of cherry blossoms. Here blooming in Isehara

Shiba sakura

Shadow on shiba sakura

The early blossoms start to fall

the pink area in the front are fallen blossoms

But in the mountains they still bloom

Hinata Yakushi shrine

Hinata shrine in Isehara

Cherry blossoms in Hakone

Pink and white

End of March and the beginning of April is the cherry blossom season in Japan. Enjoy some of my favourite spots.

Morinosato	Cherry and rhododendrons	In Nanasawa park	100% blooms
Magnolia and cherry blossoms	Weeping cherry tree	Cherry blossoms	Apricot blossoms

Girl's day

On the 3rd of March, girl's day is celebrated in Japan.

This is the flower arrangement I made in Atsugi town hall by the information desk.

White and pink peach blossoms and rape flowers.

Dolls display at Meiji Kinenkan

January

Great view after a long climb in Azumayama.

Thanks

To Hiromi Sasaki of Kanagawa Prefecture Natural Environment Conservation Center, for correcting my mistake on Japanese Iris pointing out that Shobu is a different species from Hana Shobu.