Autumn leaves at the shrine

Autumn leaves at Minamoto Shrine(水元神社) in Kawanabe(川辺).

The shrine is famous for the very clean spring water.

Minamoto means the origin of the water.

I visited the shrine in late autumn.

Koma-inu in Chiran

Koma-inu.

It is a kind of the gardian of Buddhism in East Asia.

This Koma-inu is in Toyotama-hime shine(豊玉姫神社) in Chiran(知覧).

Chiran is famous for a suicide attack base of WW2.

The conbine harverster toward Mt. Isoma

The sky, the mountains, and the conbine harvester.

The front of mountain is Mt. Isoma(磯間嶽).

I ate the first rice of the year yesterday.

A dish of plain rice is the most delicious food in this season.

The day of Bon-odori

Saifuku-ji(西福寺), the temple of buddhism in our town, held a bon-odori party.

Bon-odori is a kind of Japanese traditional dance party which large part of local community members support or join.

Saifukuji runs a nursery.

The bon-odori party is also a festival of children in the nursery.

Mount Kaimon and the sea

Mount Kaimon(開聞岳) and the sea.

The mountain is called Satsuma-fuji, Mt. Fuji in Satsuma(Kagoshima).

Beautiful shape of the mountain deserves the name of Mt. Fuji.

A port of Makurazaki

Makurazaki(枕崎) is a city which is famous for katsuo-bushi.

Katsuo-bushi is the smoked bonito, traditional ingredient essential for Japanese soup.

If you visit Makurazaki, you will find the smell of katsuo-bushi all around the city.

Beautiful gradation of the sky

The night will come.

Recently, we have this beautiful gradation of the sky everyday.

The moment when the day time is ending.

The moment when the sun light got dissapeared slightly.