(2025/05 Hokkaido) These are Kanzan cherry blossoms at Hokkaido University. It was such a fine day, with a gentle breeze, warm sunshine, and a clear blue sky.

(2025/07 Singapore) The Singapore Botanic Gardens are amazing! I had never seen so many kinds of orchids before. But it was so hot and humid…

(2025/07 Tokyo) Lotus flowers in full bloom at Ueno Pond, cicadas singing and wind bells chiming, but it was so hot…….

(2025/07 Hokkaido) I climbed Mt. Furano with Rikuto.The weather was nice, the mountain flowers were lovely.It took me five hours for the round trip and I was very tired.

(2025/06 Shizuoka) Hydrangeas at Shimoda Park in Izu

(2025/04 Aomori) Sakura — so many kinds, all stunningly beautiful.

(2024/12 Alaska) Ice fields and snow mountains from above — so stunning on my flight from New York to Tokyo.

(2021/08 Hokkaido) This was my first time climbing Mount Rishiri. We started from near sea level and hiked all the way to the summit. The round trip took 12 hours. It was both very joyful and very exhausting.