comedy show@Osaka

We finally finished this year's Japan tour the day before yesterday!!
The final place of the tour was Osaka.

Yesterday, I went sightseeing before I came back to Tokyo.
Osaka is a interesting place. The culture is very different from other
prefectures.
For example, most of funny Japanese comedians came from Osaka.
Osaka is a mecca for Japanese comedy.

I went to "Nanba Grand Kagetsu" to see a comedy show.
I burst out laughing at their 'Manzai'

A Lotus Flower @ Jyoruri Temple

This beautiful flower come out from a marsh.
Lotus is the symbol flower for Buddhism.

Gansen temple & Jyoruri temple

Historical place Nara has a lot of beautiful old structures.
There are a lot of tourists everywhere, but I was luckey! 

My friend who is from Nara took me to some amazing "unknown" temples.
There were no tourists. It was quiet and there were many statues of
Buddha which were national treasures and beautiful gardens.

Nara

I'm in Kansai area (west Japan) for a concert tour from this thursday.
Our orchestra had a concert in Nara yesterday. The hall was huge and
interesting.

Zucchini

A tuba player in my orchestra has a big farm.

He gave me a splendid fresh zucchini and thyme from his farm.

I  grilled them simply with chicken, tomatoes and sweet peppers.

That was delicious!!!

Thank you so much!!

brass quintet

I was in Asikaga Tochigi for the educational concerts for 4days.

5 brass players had rehearsals after the concerts.

We played a lot....

AJISAI

This is rainy season's flower.
Cute♪

HAIR SPRAY in Tokyo

They are starting in 5 minutes!
I'm exciting !!

The main tower of Kumamoto catsle

A general Kiyomasa Kato who was born in my hometown Nagoya in 1562 worked for Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa.

He was given this area from Ieyasu, and he built this castle.
It was said impregnable castle!

Transcending the time

A scene today viewed from a building 400 years old.

An original tower of Kumamoto castle

All the buildings were rebuilt exept for one which remains original.
It's amazing that such a building made of wood and soil 400 years ago can be seen even today.

fresh SASHIMI !

I'm in Hiroshima.
Our friends who play music in Hiroshima took us to a nice restaurant after our concert.

Kirara!

I'm mooving to Matsuyama by highway bus from Kochi prefecture.
She is my friend's daughter Kirara!
Cute!

Niigata=Rice!

What a beautiful rice field!

These rice baby grow up and become delicious shining white rice!

Niigata bland rice is the best in Japan.

this week's stages

I was in Niigata prefecture this week.

Our orchestra played in gymnasiums of elementary schools for educational concerts.

We had 3 concerts a day~~!!!!

1st stage 9:00am~ 2nd stage 11:20am~ 3rd stage 2:00pm~

I became healthy because I woke up at 6:00~6:30 every morning. hahaha...

Gran Torino

It was a beautiful movie.

GREEN TEA

My grand mother sent me the first tea of the season.

The tea leaves are softer, and the tea tastes fresh and the smells good.

You can enjoy it only this time of year.

Fukushima

We had the last concert for TKWO's northeastern tour today in Fukushima prefecture.

I drove to Fukushima last night. 

After the concert, I stopped at the Nasu highlands rest area on the highway.

There are farms near there, so you can buy milk, cheese, bacon, beef croquette, etc...

And I saw beautiful sunset!

Onsen!! (Hot Spring)

Dai Onsen in Hanamaki Iwate. I went there with my coworkers after a concert.

I like a rural hot spring resort like this.

The onsen was great!!

TKWO concert tour

I've returned from a concert tour of northeastern area last night.

We played in Hachinohe Aomori, Hanamaki Iwate, Kurihara Miyagi, Sendai Miyagi.

I thought it was colder than Tokyo, but it was hot there!

This is a road in Sendai. The main roads in Sendai are wide and there are a lot of zelkova trees on the both side of the roads. Those fresh green leaves were so beautiful.