night time blossom fan..

recently i think i prefer flowers against black, seems more vivid and somehow more gorgeous..

just my cup of tea..

delicious ; )

night time hanami...

in the graveyard..

poor daffodil..

seems to have given up in the icey rain

will spring..

ever come?

cherry blossom concert....

without the cherry blossoms....they're late! it was freeeezing, but nice all the same..

another one bites the dust...

another old house to dust....traditionally built with earthen walls, probably to be replaced with something plastic or a parking lot.... : ( such a shame...

cycling by...

and for the first time saw these guys sitting on a bridge over a little stream tucked in between houses..

changed...

a lot since i used to wear this...

ryoanji..

the famous rock garden, it really is my favourite spot, dragons and rocks ; )

spontaneity...

i love this painting on the paper doors of ryoanji temple in kyoto... it's so free and alive..

10 day Vipassana...

this was what i could see from the garden, taken on the last morning, 10 days no communication, no camera, no phone, no paper, no book, no pen, nothing. everyday sitting..... think i may go again..

i know the feeling...

this dog was soooooo desperate to get a sniff of the outside world...

perfect cappucino...

in kyoto station...a perk me up after passing out for the whole train ride..

bullet train lunch..

i just don't seem to tire of food pictures, it's always so colourful and varied...

lovely lunch...

with a lovely friend....this was just a very small part of my friend's lunch tray...everything was so small and colourful..

on the way...

to sendai, on a crisp and frosty morning...

thermometer...

old school...

helpful monkey..

japenese seem to want to make everything cute....even road construction barriers.....

yum...

a gooood hot chocolate... : )

bunny prints...

small, but still monsters...

mt zao

pigeon prints..

night time skiing....

-7 on a slow lift with a short run ....way toooooo cold for me...but it was fun, not to mention beautiful!

view from my car...

annual visit to....

the old man tree, 1200 years old to be precise....bunc of tree huggers ; )

5 tier pagoda....

at mt haguro..

snow on rocks in river..

soba with...

my lil' bro..

evening bike ride..

under crisp winter skies..

paradise....

is the name of the run, and on some days it feels quite so..

through the monsters....

new year hols...daily view

well actually most days i couldn't see much, due to blizzard conditions....whatever the weather it's fun though!

a very snowy new year...

happy new year!!

fire, incense, hot sweet sake and candles at the temple...