Marunouchi, Tokyo, where the gorgeous Christmas mood becomes lively !

The beautiful shape of nature, Japanese Beech

If you try to touch with your ear to the bark of Japanese beech in a quiet grove, you might hear the flow of faint water flowing in the trunk of a tree. If you have a chance to visit a forest of japanese beech, try to do that!

The picture was taken at the forest of Bijin-Bayashi (美人林） in Tohkamachi city, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. on Aug. 6th.

the tree of resurrection

The image above have been originally uploaded and shared by flickr photostream

There is an old tree of Kobushi Magnolia in my neighbourhood. It is said that the  tree was struck by lightning long time ago and damaged in half of a trunk of the tree.  People thought the tree died at that time. However,  the tree began to grow new branches in spring of the following year. The tree was thought to be dead but it was revived. Since people came to believe that the God dwells in this tree, therefore, the tree has been worshipped as a sacred tree, and it Is referred to as the tree of resurrection.　The tree blooms a lot of beautiful flowers every year as shown in this photo.

in a sunny room

in a sunny room, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

I learned from newspapers and TV news that a severe cold wave strikes northern part of the US and Canada. I hope all of my friends in the US and Canad are to be safe.