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.

summer is leaving

the back of a sunflower

getting hungry?

food stands attract people in line.
they serve shaved ice, yakisoba, yakitori...
i helped with vienna sausage.

lantern

the local children's drawing is on the lantern.

what jizo is ...

jizo is sort of a guardian deity of the village.
they set up the instant alter for the festival.
they are the map symbol of temples and shrines, just in case.

jizo-bon festival

as it gets dark, people start gathering.