Etsuo Yamamoto _ Certified National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter
Nice views in the town of Kawaguchiko and the village of Oshino in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Lake Kawaguchi and Mount Fuji, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 10/20/2023
Mount Fuji from one of the Oshino Eight Springs (Oshino Hakkai), Oshino-village, Yamanashi, 10/20/2023
Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023
Green alder (Alnus alnobetula) and Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023
Wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum) and (Sticta nylanderiana), Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023
Larch (Larix kaempferi), Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023
Togakushi Shrine (https://www.togakushi-jinja.jp/english/; https://www.togakushi-jinja.jp/).
Cider trees in the Togakushi Trail, Togakushi, Nagano, 10/17/2023
Roadside Bodhisattva and a Bear bell, Togakushi, Nagano, 10/17/2023
A buckwheat ball hung from the eaves of a buckwheat noodle restaurant indicating that newly harvested buckwheat is ready to be served.
Togakushi, Nagano, 10/17/2023
https://www.matsumoto-castle.jp/eng; https://www.matsumoto-castle.jp/
Matsumoto Castle, Matsumoto, Nagano, 10/18/2023
Tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) and Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Curly dock (Rumex crispus), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Brachymenium (Brachymenium exile), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Grape vines (Vitis vinifera), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Juneberry (Amelanchier canadensis), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Sun Fuji (Malus pumila), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Shinano Gold (Malus pumila), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
True sedge (Carex papulosa) and Argynnis (Argynnis paphia), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023
Zenkoji (Zenko Temple) is a Buddhist temple belonging to none of the Japanese Buddhist sects and located in the city of Nagano, in Nagano Prefecture (https://www.zenkoji.jp/en/).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenk%C5%8D-ji; https://www.go-nagano.net/en/trip-idea/id19889
Zenko Temple, Nagano-city, Nagano, 10/13-15/2023
Abelia (Abelia × grandiflora), Zenko Temple, Nagano-city, Nagano, 10/13/2023
The exhibition of Hirayama Ikuo, Drawing Ruins From The Near And Middle East To The Mediterranean, Together With Greece And Rome Collections has been held at Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum in Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture during September 9 through December 27, 2023 (https://www.silkroad-museum.jp/english/).
Caravans travelling the Silk Road, paintings by Ikuo Hirayama, 2005
Mosaic Pavement
5-6 Century A.D., Syria, Marble
Seated Bodhisattva
Afghanistan Kushan Empire, 2-4 Century A.D, Statue
Standing Buddha
Gandhara, 7 Century A.D, Bronze
Dharmacakra and Stupa Relief, Satavahana Dynasty, Amaravati, India, 2-3 Century A.D, Limestone
Relief depicting Buddha’s life, Great Departure
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 2-4 Century A.D, Chlorite schist
Relief depicting Buddha (The preparation of the seat of enlightement)
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 2-3 Century A.D, Grey schist
A relief Buddha’s life story in the shape of an ancestral temple (Overcoming demons, attaining enlightement and the four heavenly kings serving bowls)
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 3-4 Century A.D, Grey schist
Relief of the journey to Pure Land
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 2-4 Century A.D, Grey schist
Relief depicting the story of Buddha’s life (Birth, departure, achievement of Buddhahood, setting into motion the wheel of Dhamma)
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 1-3 Century A.D, Schist
Head of an old donor
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 3–4 Century A.D, Clay
Metori Water Spring located in the southern foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains is one of the 100 Brand-Name Spring-Waters in Japan. It is a very important water source for the drinking water in the Nagasaka region, located in the town of Nagasaka, the city of Hokuto in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Metori Water Spring, Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/08/2023
It is said that the name, Sanbuichi, was given because the spring water was divided into three running waters for the six villages in the region.
Sanbuichi Water Spring, Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/08/2023
Sanbuichi Water Spring, Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanshi, 10/08/2023
There are more than thirty statues of goddess of Kannon in the trails between Sanbuichi Water Spring and Metori Water Spring.
Sanbuichi- and Metori-Water Spring trails, Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/08/2023
Statues of Kannon, the Deity of Mercy, Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanshi, 10/08/2023
There are a lot of large stones in the southern foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. These stones were believed to be brought by large debris flows or landslides.
Sanbuichi Water Spring, Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/08/2023
Harvesting rice (Oryza sativa) plants in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Rice Fields, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/07/2023
Indian fritillary (Argyreus hyperbius) male in the bank of the Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Indian fritillary, Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/07/2023