Various Scenery

Taisho Roman Dream Street (Kawagoe)｜Carp streamers and old houses

This photo shows a quaint house with an atmosphere of the Taisho period (1912-1926) decorated with koinobori (carp streamers).

Year 2025April 2025AprilSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Taisho Roman Dream Street (Kawagoe)Various Scenerycarp streamer

Taisho Romantic Dream Street (Kawagoe)｜Koinobori Decorating the Street

This photo captures the scene of carp streamers lining the entire street, along with a car parked by the roadside.

Year 2025April 2025AprilSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Taisho Roman Dream Street (Kawagoe)Various Scenerycarp streamer

Taisho Romantic Dream Street (Kawagoe)｜Shadows of Koi Nobori and Bicycles

This photograph captures the contrast of light and shadow cast by koi carp streamers decorating the street, along with the scene of a bicycle passing beneath them.

Year 2025April 2025AprilSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Taisho Roman Dream Street (Kawagoe)Various Scenerycarp streamer

Taisho Romantic Dream Street (Kawagoe)｜Small Cars and Koi Nobori

This photograph captures both the carp streamers lining the street and the small car driving down that road.

Year 2025April 2025AprilSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Taisho Roman Dream Street (Kawagoe)Various Scenerycarp streamer

Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) | A Spring Station of Peach Blossoms and Trains

This photograph captures people boarding a train arriving at the station amidst the vibrant colors of peach blossoms in full bloom.

Year 2025April 2025April桃Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)train

Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom Road｜Rape Blossom Field and One Car Train

This photo shows a small one-car train moving leisurely through a field of yellow rape blossoms.

Year 2025April 2025AprilTochigi prefecture (Kantou area)Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom RoadVarious Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulutrain

Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom Road｜Powerful scene of SL and rape blossoms

This photo shows a field of rape blossoms in full bloom, along with a powerful SL running with smoke billowing out of it.

Year 2025April 2025AprilTochigi prefecture (Kantou area)Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom RoadVarious Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulutrain

Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) | Peach Blossoms and the Arriving Train

This photo was taken at Kobe Station on the Watase Valley Railway, capturing the arriving train alongside the peach blossoms in full bloom.

Year 2025April 2025April桃Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)train

Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) | Peaches and Trains Line Up at Kobe Station

This photo was taken at Kobe Station on the Watase Valley Railway, capturing two trains side by side amidst fully blooming peach blossoms.

Year 2025April 2025April桃Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)train

Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) | Peach blossoms lining the tracks

This photograph captures the tracks of the Watase Valley Railway and the peach blossoms in full bloom stretching far into the distance.

Year 2025April 2025April桃Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)train

Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) | The receding train and the closed railroad crossing

This photograph captures a Watase Valley Railway train alongside peach blossoms in full bloom, seizing the moment as the train crosses the railroad crossing and fades into the distance.

Year 2025April 2025April桃Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)train

Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) | Departing Train and Opening Crossing Gates

This photograph captures the moment immediately after a Watase Valley Railway train passed through a field of peach blossoms.

Year 2025April 2025April桃Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)train

Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom Road｜Rape blossom field and close-up of SL

This photo was cropped and finished to show a close-up of the SL running through a field of rape blossoms in full bloom.

Year 2025April 2025AprilTochigi prefecture (Kantou area)Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom RoadVarious Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulutrain

Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom Road｜Best distance between rape blossoms and SL

This photo shows the SL from a slightly closer vantage point in a field of rape blossoms in full bloom.

Year 2025April 2025AprilTochigi prefecture (Kantou area)Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom RoadVarious Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulutrain

Moka SL, Cherry Blossom, and Rape Blossom Road｜Fields in spring with SL and smoke dancing in the air

This photo was taken just before the SL runs through a field of rape blossoms in full bloom.

Year 2025April 2025AprilTochigi prefecture (Kantou area)Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom RoadVarious Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulutrain

Moka SL, cherry blossoms, and rape blossoms road｜SL and hazy smoke after passing

This photo was taken just after the SL ran through a field of rape blossoms, and captured the atmosphere as the black smoke from earlier began to gradually fade.

Year 2025April 2025AprilTochigi prefecture (Kantou area)Moka SL, Cherry Blossom and Rape Blossom RoadVarious Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulutrain

Saimyoji Temple｜Colorful Flowers Floating in Saimyoji Temple's Hanatatemizu

This photo shows a large jar installed at Saimyo-ji Temple with a colorful flower hand-watering basin.

Year 2025March 2025MarchSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Saemyouji TempleVarious SceneryHeracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)

Saimyoji Temple｜Cleansing flower hand-water with only pure white flowers

This photo shows an unusual flower hand-watering basin decorated only with pure white flowers.

Year 2025March 2025MarchSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Saemyouji TempleVarious SceneryHeracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)

Saimyoji Temple｜Hanahana Tezui (hand-watering in spring) in all pink

This photo shows a hanatemizu (flower water) decorated with pink flowers.

Year 2025March 2025MarchSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Saemyouji TempleVarious SceneryHeracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)

Gyoda Hachiman Shrine｜Elegant pink flower hand-watering

This photo shows the beautiful pink-toned hanatemizu at Gyoda Hachiman Shrine, with its gorgeous colors.

Year 2025March 2025MarchSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Various SceneryHeracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)Gyoda Hachiman Shrine