An Annular Solar Eclipse Took Place on May 21, 2012

I saw it at my office’s backyard at 7:34 in the morning. I had gotten up earlier on the day and dashed to my office by bike. I used a tripod and a camera with sunlight filters. It was a kind of a drama lasted only for five minutes. I truly enjoyed watching it.

Poppy Fields at 8:00 AM

I got up early even on Sunday, went to Shirasawa Green Park to see poppy fields.
They were just in full bloom.

Unbelievably, no one was walking except me in that huge park at 8:00 in the morning.

 I hung around there about half an hour.
 During the time, I just met one woman taking a walk with a dog.

'Dojyo Sukui Manjyu' is the name of a Cake

They seem like toys or something, but they aren't.
Those are sweets with bean paste inside.
Most people living in Shimane, my hometown, know those cakes.

Ichikai Town

It’s the last day of one-week-long-holiday or Golden Week in Japan, today.

I have been rather relaxed except for going on a short trip to Ichikai town.

My wife and I went there to see a spring flower field. The weather was not perfect but we enjoyed seeing beautiful scenery there.

On our way back to home, we dropped by a Café Hidamari to have lunch at a table near grass garden.

The taste of the lunch was not recommendable but it was reasonably priced.

carp-shaped Koinobori streamers