Saturday 27 October 2012

Deep autumn

It is getting colder and colder  
 and day is getting shorter and shorter 
Beginning of winter makes me sad but beautiful views comfort me a little 


Drying rice strew in the farm (taken by iphone)




Leaf shade






One day in the morning 



Put on a light at night in a greenhouse to produce
 strawberries for Christmas.
Against the season, strawberries are consumed the most
in Christmas.





Looking in the pond, I came across to the cray fish,
which sought sunlight to warm him up.



Shadow 


Monday 22 October 2012

Festival

There was a festival in the hometown of my father.
It was a local festival but everyone got together and enjoyed really well




Night before the main festival: A boy resting during the break 








They were wishing for good harvest in front of the main shrine in the community


o-mikoshi (portable shrine)



Men carried o-mikoshi all the way from shrine to beach 


Boys are carried to the shrine to be blessed 








Shishimai (lion dance)





On the way back to the shrine

Last wish in front of shrine : 
It started from morning and lasted until late at night







Sunday 14 October 2012

Monday 8 October 2012

Morning dew

 Morning dews must have great confidence to make flowers beautiful 
but I cannot help thinking how cold flowers are to be wet by them



Spider lily (Higannbana) : This flower suddenly come up from soil 
when higgan period come
(Higgan =param, ancestors come to this world in this period)




It looks like a shrimp













Amazing surface tension







This flower turns white to pink in one night
This photo was taken on the previous night, before the above picture was taken 






Monday 1 October 2012

Autumn

Random photos from daily life
Summer has changed into Autumn




Mowing rice:
Once I noticed that farmers started mowing paddy field, 

nothing was left in the next moment 



New road in the paddy field 




Cosmos




Now it's rare  to see rice dried in the field 













Buckwheat flower







I like buckwheat flower because it lacks of showiness 





Before winter, many flowers start to bloom 
and small spring appears in the field 




Japanese bush flower in sunlight




It looks like hanging from heaven 




Rainy day 




Ginkgo nut: It tastes good but smells bad