ツツジは、春の訪れとともに公園や街路を彩る、親しみのある美しい花です。赤やピンク、白、紫といった豊かな色合いが一斉に咲き誇る様子はとても華やかで、まるで春の絨毯のような風景を生み出します。見た目の美しさはもちろん、丈夫で育てやすいことから庭木や生け垣としても広く親しまれています。身近に咲く花だからこそ、ふとした瞬間に目をとめると心がほっと和む、そんな存在です。
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Year 2025 Hōkoku-ji Temple (Kamakura) | The temple buildings seen through azaleas
This photograph captures the temple buildings through azaleas blooming within the grounds of Hōkoku-ji Temple, creating a beautiful harmony between the vivid colors of the flowers and the historic architecture.
Year 2025 Shiofune Kannon Temple｜Shiofune Kannon Temple and Azaleas from Above
This photograph was taken from a high vantage point atop the mountain, looking down upon Shiofune Kannon Temple, with the intention of capturing the expanse of the temple grounds and the sense of tranquility.
Year 2025 Shiofune Kannon Temple｜Azaleas, Buildings, and Flags
This photo was taken from an elevated vantage point, blurring the azaleas in the foreground while focusing on the buildings and flags in the background.
Year 2025 Shiobune Kannonji｜Tama Bokeh, Azalea and Temple Shadow
This photograph expresses the contrast between light and shadow by blurring the azaleas in the foreground into a ball of color and light, while capturing the buildings in the background in a darker tone.
Year 2025 Shiofune Kannon Temple｜Temple View Through Red Azaleas
This photograph was taken with an emphasis on depth, capturing the buildings in the background and the further-blooming azaleas through the vivid red azaleas in the foreground.
Year 2025 Shiofune Kannon Temple｜Mountain Path and Distant Azaleas
This photograph captures azaleas and a mountain trail together from a bird's-eye view, envisioning the feeling of walking through nature.
Year 2025 Shiofune Kannon Temple｜The Main Hall Floating Beyond the Azaleas
This photo was taken with a composition that softly blurs the azaleas in the foreground, allowing the building beyond to stand out.
Year 2025 Shiofune Kannon Temple｜Azaleas in Full Bloom and the Temple Buildings
This photograph was taken from a low angle, capturing both the blooming azaleas and the building together to emphasize the sense of spatial depth.
Year 2025 Ashikaga Flower Park｜Pink Azaleas and Flower Pompons
This photo was taken with the focus on the pink azaleas, blurring the flowering dogwood tree in the background to create a sense of depth.
Year 2025 Kasama Azalea Park｜Azalea view from the hilltop
This photo is a bird's-eye view of a classic photo spot with azaleas spreading out, as seen from the top of the hill.
Year 2025 Kasama Azalea Park｜Contrast between red and white azaleas
In this photo, red and white azaleas are the main subject, and the background is blurred to create color contrast and a three-dimensional effect.
Year 2023 Shiobune Kannonji｜Azalea in blur and a panoramic view of the main hall
This photo softly captures the entire temple in the background while blurring out the azaleas in the foreground.
Year 2023 Shiobune Kannonji Temple｜Harmony of dark red azalea and temple
This photo was taken with the dark red azalea as the main subject in the foreground, with the temple building in the background as a unified landscape.
Year 2023 Shiobune Kannonji｜overhead composition of azalea in a mortar
This photo was taken from near the observatory, looking down on the azaleas spreading out in a mortar shape, with an eye toward creating a three-dimensional composition.
Year 2023 Shiobune Kannonji｜Azalea arrangement in a mortar shape
This photo was taken from near the observatory, with an eye to the placement of the azaleas in the shape of a mortar, and with an effort to create depth.
Year 2023 Shiobune Kannonji｜A cluster of azaleas spreading out below
In this photo, I looked down from near the top to capture an impressive view of a cluster of azaleas spreading out below.
Year 2025 Shiofune Kannon Temple｜Azaleas and the Bell Tower in Harmony
This photograph captures the spring colors and temple structure by looking up at the azaleas and bell tower from below.
Year 2025 Kasama Azalea Park｜Colorful azaleas looking up
I composed this photo by looking up at the colorful azaleas from below, keeping in mind the parallel with the expanse of the sky.
Year 2025 Kasama Azalea Park｜Azalea flow composition
This photo was taken with an eye toward composition so that the viewer's gaze naturally flows from the azalea in the foreground, down the center, and then to the back.
Year 2025 Kasama Azalea Park｜An undulating expanse of azaleas
In this photo, I tried to capture the rhythm of nature by taking advantage of the uneven shape of the azalea, which spreads out in the back in the form of a look down.
