highway bus for Shirakawa-go departing from Kanazawa
arrive at Seseragi bus stop of Shirakawa-go
Snowy bridge crossing over Sho-gawa River
Wada-ke gassho farmhouse standing in a falling snow
A falling snow is in the air at the gassho farmhouse.
White Nagase-ke farmhouse
Kanda-ke farmhouse and two gassho farmhouses in snow
Two snowmen with gassho farmhouses behind
The last highway bus for Kanazawa is running in snowy outside.
The Tsushima Current, the branch current of Japan Current-the warm waters, hits Echizen Coast-Line in Fukui Prefecture, quasi national park that makes this region retatively mild weather even in winter.
Ideal places for daffordil growth.
Daffordils are harvested for New Year’s Flower Decoration.
Stamp sculptured on rubber eraser ( Hankeshi ) for Christmas made by my daugher
Mud walls at Nagamachi Samurai District skirted with rice-straw mats to protect from the damage by snow.
Gardeners are cooperating to tie up straw ropes to the branches of Karasakinomatsu pine tree.
New symbol of Kanazawa, Tsuzumi-mon gate in front of JR Kanazawa Station.
Beautifully illuminated Karasakinomatsu pine tree in Kenrokuen landscape garden. Straw ropes from tips of the poles are tied up to each of the branches of the pine tree to protect from heavy snow.