Toya is a good stopover between Hakodate and Sapporo. Lake Toya is a beautiful volcanic caldera lake. The area is also known as a hot spring resort. You can enjoy fireworks every night from May through October.
This travelogue series is not all about flowers and nature, but this is the first “leg” my trip to Hokkaido. I saw ikebana arrangements everywhere at Hanabishi Hotel in Yunokawa Onsen (video @ 2:50). At Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden (video @ 3:30), Bougainvillea and hibiscus are very colorful, but …
Water lilies and lotus flowers are abundant in Kagawa Prefecture. This is a small pond (no more than two feet in diameter) in front of Morikuni Shuzo (the only sake brewery on Shodoshima Island). Small water lilies are carefully maintained. This lotus pond at Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu City …
We stayed on Shodoshima Island (Kagawa Prefecture) for four days during a historical typhoon in July. Nonetheless, we managed to see these …
I was very happy to see beautiful, authentic and “fresh” flower arrangements in Tokyo after working in Macau for a week where …
Allerton Garden sits on a beautiful south shore of Kauai. It is a perfect place to spend the last afternoon of our …
The early bird gets the worm. That’s exactly how I felt. I ran into a friend of mine from college. I was …
