Spring ends and summer finally begins. Golden Week is coming up along with several days of good weather. We're going on an overnight trip to Toba in Mie prefecture in eastern Kansai. It's the home of cultured pearls and pearl diving, and there's a good aquarium too if we have time. Should be fun.
I haven't really posted pictures in a while, so here's a selection from this spring.
Sakaisuji Honmachi station, and a fellow commuter.
Hazy day along the Kobe waterfront. In the background Kobe Port Tower covered in scaffolding while it's being repainted.
The scaffolding is removed a few weeks later, and the freshly-painted tower re-emerges.
I've been doing a fair bit of work-related travel. Here a railway bridge in Kanda, Tokyo.
Shinagawa station, Tokyo.
Osaka has a number of parks that are great to visit during spring and summer. Here a cosy area in Nagai park, south Osaka.
Pink, late-blooming cherry blossoms in Nagai, Osaka.
