Monday, February 17, 2014

A METROPOLITAN GARDEN IN A SNOWY DAY

There was a snow of 27cm in Tokyo last friday. I went to a metropolitan garden named Rikugien in friday morning
It is located very near from our house.  It takes about 5 or 6 minutes by walking.

         先週の金曜日、我が家の近くの都立公園の六義園に行きました。

   We can see this garden by You Tube.    Rikugien  Unfortunately ita was autumn season video.





This garden was covered with snow.



A Stone lantern.

石灯籠です。



This is a snow ptotecting rope equipment. It's very useful in this day.



A cherry blossom tree.

枝垂桜です。

A Japanese white apricot tree.

白梅です。

A Japanese red apricot tree.

紅梅です。

Fatsia shrubs.

ヤツデです。
A camellia japonica flower.

椿です。


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Canon ,Nikon and Olympus.

Canon INC was at first named Kwanon,Kwanon means the god of mercy.
The founder was a faithful buddist. so he named the company as Kwanon. But the pronunciation was not so easy . So the company changed its name Canon.


Nikon corporation means Nippon Optics,ie, Nippon Kogaku by Japanese.So the company changed  its name to Nikon.

Olympus corporation was named Takachiho Seisakusho corporation.Takachiho is a mythical area in Japan.  Just fits for Olympus in Greece. So the corporation changed its name as Olympus.

 

Friday, February 14, 2014

FLOWER ,FLOWER, FLOWER.

                               Today is St.Valntine day. I featured various kind of flowers.

                                             We went to Hamamatu Flower Park.

                                          はままつフラワーパークに行きました。

It was rainy day.


We went to a greenhouse.



Many gerbera samples.

ガーベラです。






This photo is the heartful present for female bloggers in the world.
This decoration is made by gerbera flowers.


There are some mosaic culture works in this park.

モザイクカルチャーと呼ばれる作品が有りました。
This park named this kind of work as mosaic culture.


A drummer.



A pine tree.


A flower mosaic work.


Then we went to a flower temple named Kasuisai at Hukuroi city.
There were many peony flowers inside of the rooms.

袋井市にある、可睡斎という寺に行きました。

A peony garden.

室内にある牡丹苑です。






 








Monday, February 10, 2014

A SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN SHIZUOKA.

                          On the way to Nippon-Daira, we took a rest in Fujigawa service area.
                        It was cloudy,we managed to see Mt.Fuji.

                          淡島ホテルに一泊して、日本平に向かいました。


Mt.Fuji and Tokyo-Nagoya Express way.

富士川サービスエリアからの富士山です。


Mt.Fuji,from Nippon-Daira Hotel.

日本平ホテルからの富士山です。

Zooming up.

曇っていて富士山がぼんやり見えました。


Nippon-Daira.

日本平です。


We went to Mt.Kuno by cable car.

ロープウエイで久能山へ行きました。

Toshogu shrine in Mt.Kuno.

久能山東照宮です。

Japanese apricot trees are blooming.


The front shrine.

拝殿です。

Cherry blossoms are also blooming in this precincts.

Winter blooming cherry blossoms.

寒桜です。

Early blooming cherry blossoms.

河津桜は登録商標になっているので、早咲きの桜です。

The hotel where we stayed at Kanzanji,located by Lake Hamanako.

舘山寺のホテル九重です。


we cruised by this ship in Lake Hamanako.

ホテルの専用桟橋からのクルージングです。


Seagulls gathered to eat bait.

カモメが餌を求めてやってきました。




Nice catching.
 
 






Wednesday, February 5, 2014

A SWAN LAKE IN CHIBA.

My friend informed me there was a swan lake in Chiba. It takes about 2hours from our house to the lake.

                  友人に教えられて、千葉県印西市に白鳥を見に行きました。

                          I went to the lake and watched many swans in the lake.


A swan lake. This is a temporary lake,usually used as a paddy field.

田んぼが一時的に、白鳥の湖になりました。

Many swans in the lake. Precisely speaking,there are Tundra swans.

正確に言うと、彼らはコハクチョウです。

They would gather a little bit near to the feeder person.

餌を与える人の近くに少し近づきます。

But the flock of northen pintails would block them from bait.

オナガガモがコハクチョウをブロックしてしまいました。

Where would they go?

彼らは何処に行くのでしょうか。





This tundra awan just arrived.

遅れて来た一羽のコハクチョウです。

I want to watch the Swan Lake Video as follows.



It was the premiere, and the ballet of Swan Lake was very unpopular, but it was presented again by genius choreographer, Marius Petipa and made a big success.
 However, Tchaikovsky who had composed the music died two years ago.


Sharing with Wild Bird Wednesday.