Forgotten shoes

Many Japanese drivers take their "dirty" shoes off before getting into their car and then wear "clean" ones inside - sometimes they just forget about the others.

The year of the rice

Empty and dry field, at the beginning of spring.

Flooded field, with newly planted rice-plants, during may.

Harvesting the ripe rice (October).

Drying.

Or drying like this.

Threshing.

Or like this.

Strangely shaped cedar trees.

Good place

Outdoor bath at Namari Hot Spring, Hanamaki.

Old rope

Stony beach at the Goishi Coast, Iwate Prefecture.

Gardener's morning chat II

Why is his garden greener than our's?

Rice planting season

Flooded rice-fields in the hills close to Kitakami.

Gardener's morning chat

They work there every day, cultivating millions of onions.

Waiting

Lonesome house, longing for some company.

Maybe they will be friends?

Contrast to cherry blossom

Cancerous tree.

Picnic

Last days of cherry blossom

Hanami lampions.

Waiting for somebody to sit on them.

Withered.

Green

Storage lake at Irihata dam, Geto mountains.

More Hanami impressions

Picnic.

We prefer daffodils!

Saw this bike?

In lockstep.

... all from Tenshochi, Kitakami.

Hanami impressions

Kitakami, Tenshochi cherry avenue: officially the third most beautiful Hanami spot in Northern Japan.

Blue plastic - waiting.

Silk koi carps stretching across the Kitakami River.

Windy day. Lightweight dog.