Over the 2 days

Good evening♡

A few days ago, I saw a photo of a Torii gate standing on a rock in the ocean,

and the caption said it is located in Ibaraki prefecture.

So I booked a hotel in Ibaraki as soon as I saw that,

and caught a bus on Friday to travel to the torii gate.

And... Nemophila, which is supposed to be in full bloom now!

My co-worker said I drew a radish right there,

well... I wouldn't argue against it, 

but the things on top are supposed to be the shape of Ibaraki Prefecture and Tokyo :)

Self portrait before heading out!

Camera face

View from the rooftop...

It's so exciting to be up there!

The buildings are so short in Ibaraki!

The roads are neat and clean aren't they.

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On the second day, I woke up at 1 in the morning.

Had a long warm bath (The best part of the whole traveling thing), got ready and headed out to capture the sunrise.

I popped outside and... saw no taxies anywhere.

So I took a train to the neighboring big station and caught a cab... (either way...)

It took a while for me to get there and I missed the sunrise... >< but

We got a lot of water splashing!

Yay! I am at the toriii!! (where?)

Ther.... there....!

Behind the splash....

Ta da!

It is really lucky for me to see and feel this massive splash anywhere I travel at all really.

There are rocky shores but you can't always get a high tide/strong wind/good timing all together.

It was just so exciting to keep pressing the shutter to the timing of the splash.

Of course it would have been much more ideal if I have arrived 10 minutes earlier but

seeing and enjoying the morning with this Torii was a great experience for me.

Plus I met this awesome girl on the rock (cliff?) and became great travel friends :)

we took photos of each other and she even drove me to my hotel!

Can't wait to travel to and around her neighborhood this year!

Another place I needed to check out beside the Torii place was the Nemophila garden,

it is the famous Nemophila garden by the shore called Hitachi Seaside park.

I enjoyed the train ride to the park too! The locomotive looking train was so cute♡

As the taxi driver said - It was full bloom on last Sunday and they are going now...

Cherry blossoms bloomed much earlier this year too, it started to get warm really early this year!

This is just my perspective though.

I am a big fan of monochrome colors, Black, White and... maybe not monochromatic but gold, and silver.

But I have been feeling that blue is the color most similar to neutral, closest to transparency.

I really liked how the hill was colored in blue so it looks like the ground is merging with the sky♡

Honestly, I thought this yellow flower was gorgeous.

But turned out I seem to be dreadfully allergic to this flower and whenever I was around them I couldn't stop sneezing and my eyes were itchy and...

How does that happen!? I haven't interacted with this flower so much in my life!

Next time I will definitely need a mask... *crying laughing emoji*

I don't know why it feels so relaxing to watch pink and red...♡

Is it because I am a girl?

Tulips were so relaxing to watch. Loved this garden♡

I needed to rush back out because of my hay fever but it was a great park!

Ibaraki prefecture was a prefecture of flower,

every season, different flowers bloom and it's so blessing.

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I have always been a staying in my comfort zone

laying myself on the gravity kind of person.

I don't know where my current impulsive wanderlust comes from.

But I will keep seeking a place to belong, not to run away from my territory.

And I love bath♡

Onsennn! (I scream for onsen!)

Can't wait to plan the next spontaneous trip♡

Thanks for reading my blog :)

Anna

Sakura Sakura

Good... afternoon already.

I was going to go out in the morning though...

Anyway, yesterday was the April first.

Yesterday morning I opened my email and

I saw amazing news.

I have received an amazing offer and I was so, so excited.

I was congratulating myself for a few hours and...

Realized it was April first.

*Pulls off a very awkward expression that emoji can't even express*

I am actually very nervous to think if it could be actually an April Fool prank.

Please, do not be.

Anyway!

It was supposed to be raining today so I decided to check out the sakura in Yoyogi park yesterday.

When the rain comes, Sakura will go.

It is the most fragile flower yet unimaginably powerful.

No wonder sakura is everyone's favorite flower.

In the morning when nobody is still out there in a festival mood.

Are they measuring the square? Got me a little curious.

I have always been and will always be a rose person
since I fell in love with the thorns roses let surrounding themselves.

But I thoroughly understand sakura fans.

I feel blessed from my brain to the skin when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom

and the mortality mesmerizes me whenever I see them up there.

I really hope to still be traveling around chasing these little beauties everywhere in Japan.

These things always fascinate me,

massive blue sheets all over the park,

enormous rubbish bags made out of blue sheet - ruining the scenery.

They are not necessarily the most beautiful things

but it's interesting how those convenient things adapted in the culture.

I adore the contrast between early morning and mid day on a day like this.

The change is drastic and I just wonder where those people come from.

I am a morning person so I am only active in the morning when not many people are out yet,

it obviously feels great, but I enjoy watching this too.

Or night, I am really really keen on photographing or videographing at night.

Anyway.

Hope the April Fool prank (or not) will turn down the offer within today...

Thanks for reading my article! I will come back soon ♡

Anna Kirishima