Happy Holidays !

*** TAMA CENTER ILLUMINATION 2006 ***





Many people of all ages are visiting the place ever since the illuminations were lighted up. Those who have not been here yet, how about visiting the place with your loved ones?
Happy holidays to everyone and thanks for visiting my blog always.

Oil painting

I did some retouches in this photo which I took at the party last week.

Christmas Tree

My little Christmas tree♪


I am very happy to receive this wonderful present.
A handmade Christmas decoration using fresh pine branches.
Looks so lovely...
I can feel the spirit of Christmas ^o^
Thanks. Happy holidays♪


And a pincushion...
Handmade things are one of those truly wonderful gifts.
Many thanks !!!

Ready for Christmas?

Might be one of the nice places to pick some of the
wonderful gifts for this coming Christmas...***

In the museum

A musical box

Music box

Taken at the automatic musical instruments museum. The place, which is around one hour drive from Tokyo, has nice and magnificent views. There's also a chapel and a restaurant inside. Oh... another thing is, I love the taste of the hot cocoa. Just too perfect for winter.

Roses and blue sky

Can smell the sweetness and freshness of these lovely roses
while spending a quite afternoon in the garden.

At the Cafe

A friend of mine took my shot but it's better not to have me.
Thanks. (^o^)


looks yummmmy!...with many kinds of dry fruits.


and of course, a meal will not be complete without this...

Tonogayato Gardens -03

My friend and I visited Tonogayato Gardens last week. Luckily, we had a fine weather on this day. Fine weather... that would mean many people are visiting the park. But it was fun. Like many other visitors we enjoyed the autumnal leaves, the old house, wild grasses, etc. It is said that the garden was created for the Manchurian Railway Vice-president's residence during the Taisho period.

Tonogayato Gardens-02

This place will become full of hanging Japanese wisteria (lilac?) next spring. For the meantime, the old vines give a different taste of view.

Below photo looks like a burning forest, doesn't it?

Another tinted autumnal leaves

Green in red... Hmmm... What a color contrast.


And here is a tunnel of Japanese bush clovers.
In autumn season, it's only a "skeleton frame",
but with the beautiful blue sky it looks fantastic, too.

Tonogayato Gardens-01

Many people are enjoying the autumnal leaves in this garden. The garden has a cliff-like area where we also enjoyed walking up and down.