I had a great Sunday..

Yesterday we had decided to take a drive to see iris and hydrangea in bloom at Ishibashi Cultural Center Japanese garden in Kurume. The garden's annual flowers event will be held between May 26 and June 28, with 30 species, of 10000 pieces of irises, hydrangeas and water lily flowers has been planted. The best time to see the flowers is around the beginning of June. 

The pond's irises are approaching a full bloom, with over 70% of the flowers already open. 

The Kurume City Art Museum with water fountain⛲

A bed of beautiful yellow roses😍 

A close up of some roses🌹

Going trough the inner path, we came to the Japanese garden.

I saw a white swan🦢 Why she is standing on a stone🥌? 

Colorful hydrangeas in full bloom.

Irises in the garden.

I bought pretty horse dolls at Nagasaki Chinatown

Yesterday we had decided to take a drive to Nagasaki. As usual, we bought some "horse"🐎 Chinese new year goods at Min-min boutique shop in Chinatown. 

We came here around 5 o'clock. When I ordered a braised pork bun at the takeaway booth of the neighboring Chinese restaurant, Shunkashuto (春夏秋冬), the manager came out and I was nice to see her again after 6 years😊  

It was a great evening yesterday, the street is very quiet. There are few tourists and local people. Nagasaki has many places to visit, but they always go to the Peace Museum and Mount Inasa, Japan's three best night views.  

I bought two horse🐴 toys; both are the same but the color is different😄 I also bought a pretty tiger🐯 mascot❗

Seeing Yame Bonbori Hinamatsuri dolls festival

On Monday, we had decided to take a drive🚙 to Yame to see Hinamatsuri dolls🎎 festival, a special day in Japan. Hinamatsuri is celebrated each year on March 3.

We visited to Yame Yokomachi Machiya Koryukan (八女横町町家交流館), a venue which is the doll festival is held. We parked a car at Fukushima Hachimangu Shinto shrine, and take a short walk to the place.

Seven-tiered Hina Doll set at the fusuma room. 

A set of Hakobina (箱雛) boxed dolls made from recycled materials👍      

Cute baby paper dolls with Sagemon ornaments hanging in the room😍

Hina dolls that stack together inside each other. I was amazed to see the beauty of Japanese culture such as clothes, and landscape garden😁

It's been almost 10 years..

A happy new year to everyone.

The arrival of new year 2026🐎. 

I'm posting a picture of Shin-Aso Ohashi Bridge and the Sugaru (数鹿流) collapse site from the Yo Myuru (ヨ・ミュール) viewpoint taken on January 3, 2025📸

It's been almost 10 years since the earthquake in Kumamoto. The earthquake caused the Aso Ohashi Bridge to collapse😲