Big Buddah in Chiba
Posted on | March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
Over new years I went to see the famous big buddah which is carved into the side of Mt. Nokogiri (see photo below). It was a beautiful day if not a bit windy. It was certainly warmed over in Chiba versus in Tokyo. The photo doesn’t really do it justice as the status really is huge.
Nakagawa and me
Posted on | March 28, 2011 | No Comments
I got out wearing my full set of Nakagawa and bike for the first time. This photo is taken in a shrine I found along the way which had lots of cherry blossoms.
Shine Find
Posted on | March 27, 2011 | No Comments
On the way to Ome the other day while riding along Rte 29 in Tokyo passing through Akishima City I spotted this shrine from the road. I turned around and went back in. There were tons of blum blossoms in full bloom with the shrine (photo below).
Plum blossoms in Ome
Posted on | March 25, 2011 | No Comments
Just about every year I try to make it out to Ome to see some of the plum blossoms. The area is nice because there is a large park with plum blossoms but also a lot of agricultural plum trees in the area. A lot of people have plum blossoms in their gardens and the plum trees on agricultural lands are close together so it looks like a sea of flowers (see lower picture).
This is a photo of the park itself
And some agricultural plum trees
Cycling in Ome
Posted on | March 24, 2011 | No Comments
Went out cycling on the bike on Sunday to see cherry blossoms (photos to come) but I did get a photo of myself with the new (pink bike!)
