nandina

it is called heavenly bamboo as well.
it was green until last month,
it has started turning red.

speaking of the smell,,,

how soon will the technology be advanced enough to be able to present smell online?
only if you could smell just like hearing sound from speakers.
smell like orange?

Sweet Olive, Tea Olive or Fragrant Olive

either way,
it is not olive, i guess.
when it blooms, it smell sooooo good.
makes me happy.
lasts for only a short period.

the sign of autumn

it is october now and it was clear autumun sky today.
there are which is pale purple Japanese Beautyberries and shining in the sun.

Nakamura Shunsuke

was the most famous japanese football player until 2010 world cup.
is not so any more, so was about to throw these nikkei photo news away.
then it crossed my mind.
how about putting them on yahoo auction?

hit the page only to find out something similar gets no bid at about 100 yen.

Arabesque greenling

didn't know hokke is called like this in english...
it is common in izakaya-pubs.
english speakers jokingly call this fish 'hockey',
saying hokke sounds like that.
this one is slightly shorter than 50 cm.

near rice fields,

often see red spider lilies.
don't they look like sparklers?

after the harvest of rice

they bundle a bunch, hang on the bar and dry them in the sun.

a place like a private hideaway

i never imagined a two-storied PRINCE HOTEL.