Plum blossoms on tree with mountain ridge in background
And some bonus plum blossoms. #bloomscrolling #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町
Plum blossoms on tree with mountain ridge in background
And some bonus plum blossoms. #bloomscrolling #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町
Speedwell blooming on ground with toe of my shoe.
Speedwell under foot... a sure sign of spring ahead despite continuing cold .
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#bloomscrolling #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町
Plum blossoms on tree with mountain ridge and cloudy sky behind them.
Plum blossom update 2026/03/13 after several days of more seasonable early March cold. #SakakiTown #japan #NaganoPrefecture #坂城町 #bloomscrolling
Apricot sundae with homemade old fashion donut at Yusankan 600 Yen.
And since I struck out for lunch the other day, I splurged on an apricot sundae. #SakakiTown #japan #NaganoPrefecture #坂城町 #bloomscrolling #プチ贅沢
Plum blossoms on tree in front of mountain ridge
Plum blossom update 2026/03/07 #SakakiTown #japan #NaganoPrefecture #坂城町 #bloomscrolling
Closed restaurant
Ice cream in cup in front of counter
Not having any luck with lunch choices today. First our local Persian restaurant was closed unexpectedly, now I find Baskin & Robbin’s no longer offers Dubai Chocolate flavor. #uedacity #NaganoPrefecture #Japan
A blooming plum tree in front of a mountain ridge.
A few plum blossoms on a branch in front of a small vegetable garden, a bridge and mountain.
Plum update 2025/03/02 plus a few plum blossoms on a raged bush in front of someone’s well tended vegetable patch and our iconic 1930s bridge. #bloomscrolling #japan #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #坂城町
River with hot spring resort under mountain and snowy ridge capped peaks in distance
Bonus shot of Chikuma River, Mt Obasute on the left, Kamiyamada Hot Springs and the snowy ridge of Mount Togakkushi #SakakiTown #japan #NaganoPrefecture #坂城町 #bloomscrolling
Tightly packed plum blossoms beginning to bloom on tree with mountains and blue sky behind them
Plum blossoms are starting to pop after several days of April-like temperatures #SakakiTown #japan #NaganoPrefecture #坂城町 #bloomscrolling
Shinkansen pulling into platform with mountains and blue sky in background
Haven’t been on one of these for a few months! #shinkansen #japan #NaganoPrefecture #UedaCity #上田市
Tightly closed plum blossoms in front of mountain with frosty top
Plum blossom status update #SakakiTown #坂城町 #長野県 #NaganoPrefecture #Japan
Snowy mountains in background of inhabited valley
Mount Togakushi (1904 meters/6247 ft) from the parking lot of Yusankan Hotsprings #SakakiTown #長野県 #坂城町 #Japan #NaganoPrefecture
Peaks of snow covered Japan Northern Alps behind barren winter riverside scenery
戸隠連山
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A pleasant view of Mount Togakushi (6,240 ft) and associated peaks of Northern Alps today
#長野県 #坂城町 #Japan #NaganoPrefecture #SakakiTown
Mountains and river captured in pockets of blizzards conditions with breaks in the clouds in the distance.
River and mountains with snow flurries
Tree dried pomegranates on a tree in someone’s garden.
Scenes along walk in scattered snow flurries and blizzard conditions today #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan
Cold soba noodles and tempera on a black lacquerware tray
Since we scored cheap mandarins, we splurged on lunch. Tempura soba (100% local buckwheat) 1,700 Yen #japan #NaganoPrefecture #matsushiro
Boxes of Mikans at Genkinya Supermarket
An unexpected post new years bargain. 10lbs of mandarin oranges for less than USD7! #japan #NaganoPrefecture #matsushiro
A Moon Not Quite Whole, Rising Beyond the Alps.
While walking down the Nawate Shopping Street, we saw a full Moon, well, almost full at 99%, with a backdrop of the Japanese Alps. #japantrip #japantravel #matsumoto #naganoprefecture #満月 #まんげつ #fullmoon #松本市 #長野県
Yellow flowers with mountains in background
White flowers in someone’s garden with a glimpse of the mountains in the background
Pink flowers in front of a graveyard on a mountain slope
Ducks in a pond with a maple tree with colorful leaves in the foreground, mountains in background
Some final #bloomscrolling and #fallcolors from this morning’s walk #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #autumnleaves #autumncolors #Japan
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A well tended winter garden with houses and mountains in background
A pomegranate tree with ripe fruit on it, mountain ridge in background
Fukui Shrine on a high stone platform with autumn leaves behind it
A scarecrow watches over rice stalk stumps of a harvested paddy
Images from this morning’s walk along the Kyu-Hokoku-Kaido (old route to the capital) in a brisk cold autumn breeze. #fallcolors #NaganoPrefecture #autumnleaves #autumncolors #Japan
Stone foundation of inner gate to Ueda Castle with Japanese maple with red leaves
Stone foundation of inner gate to Ueda Castle with Japanese maple with red leaves
Stone foundation of inner moat and gate structure of Ueda Castle with Japanese maple with red leaves
Stone foundation of inner gate to Ueda Castle with Japanese maple with red leaves
燃る秋
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#UedaCastle with some #fallcolors #上田市 #上田城 #UedaCity #NaganoPrefecture #autumncolors #NaganoPrefecture #autumnleaves
Kenshoji Temple with the mountain that hosts Arato-jo Castle behind it with various trees showing fall colors.
The main gate of Kenshoji with carefully manicured pine trees in front of it.
Closeup shot of one of the beams of lumber in the gate structure.
The inner garden in front of Kenshoji with a maple tree with leaves in fall colors.
Photos from a stroll over to Kenshoji, a temple dating back to 16th Century situated at the base of a mountain which hosted a fort and lookout post during the same period. I visited it just after the #fallcolors were at their peak.
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Rock garden in front of supermarket building
I never realized that my favorite supermarket housed in an old warehouse building has a hidden rock garden #UedaCity #japan #NaganoPrefecture #上田市
Beware of bees sign on warehouse toilet door
Not a public toilet sign (reads beware of bees 🐝” #UedaCity #japan #NaganoPrefecture #上田市
Narrow stone foot path through historic area
Historic promenade #UedaCity #japan #NaganoPrefecture #上田市
Tea shop, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture Japan with mountains in background
And our fancy tea leaf vendor is closed #UedaCity #japan #NaganoPrefecture #上田市
Halal grocery, Ueda, Nagano Prefecture Japan
Our local south Asian halal grocery has moved to fancy new digs #UedaCity #japan #NaganoPrefecture #上田市
Rice paddy, garden, scarecrow with mountains in background
Fashionably dressed scare crow with head dress #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町
Purple morning glories on trellis with yard and mountains in background
Morning glories on trellis from this morning’s walk #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町