an overblown wintersweet

The wintersweet has already been past their peak when I  visited the wintersweet garden. However, flowers were still giving off a sweet fragrance. 

Camellia bloomed in the severe cold

According to a newspaper, it was snowed even in the Taiwan and Guangzhou. Camellia has bloomed even in such a cold. I had to use high-speed shutter to shoot the camellia, because it was constantly shaking by cold and strong west wind.

plum blossoms

It was fairly cold this morning, but I found plum blossoms when I went for a stroll.
Barely two or three flowers were only bloomed in a twig. I felt that it was far in spring.

Dawn of wetlands

I saw so beautiful sky of the daybreak, when I visted Watarase-yusuichi for bird-watching. Venus and Saturn were seen in the eastern sky as shown in the above picture. I recomend, you should keep early hours. "The early bird catches the worm."

New Year Greetings

 First sunrise of 2016 

A distant view of Mt. Fuji on 1st Jan. 2016