Sakura Furusato Square and the Dutch windmill

This is my first post after many years. My life has changed since my first visit in Japan. I have left Italy and I now live in Japan, in Chiba city.

I enjoy my life here even if I miss my beloved Europe and my family.

What I appreciate the most here is the beautiful landscapes of Chiba Prefecture. During our free time, my husband and I travel everywhere around Chiba. There are so many beautiful places to see !

We really love the Dutch windmill in Sakura. It is a wonderful place to have a relax time. 
Unfortunately, this year due to the COVID-19, the Tulips Festival has been cancelled. Let's cross the fingers for next year !

Ubara Risokyo, Katsuura, Chiba

I really enjoy this place !

I hope to go there again during my next trip in Japan.

Cape Hachiman

Bronze statue of Yōjuin, a concubine of the daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi(1536-1598).

Situated in the city of Katsuura on the Southeast of Chiba Prefecture, Cape Hachiman takes its name from a mythological god of archery and war. 

During the Heian period (794-1185), it was a natural point of maritime defense.

Onjuku

Onjuku on the Pacific Coast of Chiba prefecture is very popular with surfers.

The statue Tsuki no Sabaku (Desert of the Moon) has been erected in the late 1960’s to commemorate a song inspired by this beach.

Here I am again ^^

After almost one year, here I am again on my blog.
I have many posts to publish as in December I started my fourth trip to Japan. That time the purpose was ...my wedding.

Now I'm back in Europe, but I miss this view from my husband's home in Katsuura, Chiba.

Higashi Honganji

Higashi Honganji (eastern Temple of the Original Wow) is the other temple of the Jodo Shin sect (True pure Land sect).
It has been established in 1602 by the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu when he split the Shin sect in two in order to diminish its power.

Its main hall, the Goeido, is Kyoto's largest wooden structure and it is dedicated to Shinran, the sect's founder.

Ryoma Sakamoto in Fushimi

Fushimi is one of the eleven wards of Kyoto.
It is well known for its Inari shrine, its breweries of sake but also for Ryoma-dori shopping street which name comes from Ryoma Sakamoto, the famous samurai.

In 1866, Ryoma Sakamoto was attacked by the Bakufu government force while he was at a meeting at Teradaya's Inn.
He managed to escape thanks to his Smith & Wesson revolver but also to Oryo who became later his wife.

This shop shutter art with picture of Ryoma Sakamoto has been prepared for the Fushimi +Art Festival with the collaboration of the Kyoto University of Art and Design.