Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Monday, 13 June 2016

Rose garden in a mountain, Atami, Shizuoka - Japan

Hello!♡
Updating this blog is always exciting!


Recently, I travelled down to the coast in Shizuoka to see
the "only" jacaranda flower in mainland Japan.

Apparently there are a few in Miyazaki in Kyushu
and these are the only places in Japan that can grow jacaranda trees.


Beautiful color isn't it?
I adore blue hydrangeas too, but this is a bit outstanding.


I was taking photos of everything then -
a man walking his dog talked to me and told me about jacaranda trees.

They have been growing a lot more trees of jacaranda along the beach
but they are still small and some has flower but most don't yet.

Atamiiii! Tropical peninsula! Gogogo :)
You can do it!


Bloom!
It's apparently the best to visit Atami in End of June-Mid July to watch jacaranda.
They bloomed earlier this year though. This was the only tree in full bloom.


There is a herb and rose garden in a mountain in Atami
where you can overlook at the sea from above.


 I thought rose season has ended long ago,
but it was really impressive how they maintain all kind of flowers.


One of the most beautiful gardens I have visited recently.



Didn't expect my dress to fit in so well here.


The colors are so instagrammic aren't they?
The rose garden is open from April to July.
I am unsure what they showcase the rest of the year
but it is really worth traveling up here♡




Rose everywhere♡


Detail:
Akao Herb & Rose Garden
Address: 〒413-0101 Shizuoka Prefecture, Atami, Kamitaga, 1027−8

Anna Kirishima

Thursday, 24 March 2016

Okinawa romance

Hello dear beautiful friends of mine!
I have been... doing a lot of things♡
HEHE.

I have decided to wander around the entire island of Japan over the next... year and a bit!
Let me introduce you this beautiful island Okinawa.

http://townske.com/guide/13642/without-knowing-okinawa
(I am also on Townske as your travel guide! ♡)

It was my very first time visiting Okinawa.
Simply saying... Okinawa was a huge color palette.


Started off my journey in Ikei island - East coast of Okinawa.
The sunrise and the reflection of the sun were nostalgic and I was drowning in the beauty of the morning.


Okinawa- where the water is translucently emerald green... 
How I wish I could dive! 


It was absolutely blessing to view the ocean from above.
It was the most luxurious thing I have done in a looong time...


American Village in the morning!
It loses its funkiness and full of fun! 
You can't tell how vividly gorgeous this place is at night, looking like an Easter show!


Kouri island where the romance comes true when you "desperately" wish for it...
You need to be desperate on that beach I heard.

Two heart shaped rocks and couples taking a selfie with them..

Love♡


No matter how many photos I post the picture pulls off different color, different tone and different atmosphere...
How blessing is this!
I fell in love with this sunset as the sun fell slowly behind the horizon...


Little Santorini I call it♡

Santorini is definitely on my to go list! :)
I LOVE the color white and surrounded in white,
this purely white place was absolutely stunning.
Staying there and feeling the whiteness was sheer bliss...♡

I was there super early in the morning so all I could do was walk around this beautiful open castle but
hope someday I can drop by a few of those cafes and relax on the terrace chair...♡


Okinawa has a strong sense in peace, and they are beautifully colored.
360 degrees, every where you turn, Okinawa shows you a whole different color you haven't mixed yet.


This enormous object in a kids park next to the Peace Memorial Park was my favorite!
There are wind turbines nearby and look at the colors of this object! Surrealistically beautiful♡

I tried to sneak into one piece and realized how big I was ... physically
(Mind still being a child though...)


I couldn't leave Okinawa without having these perfectly spheric ice creams at Blue Seal.
I heard that there are still Blue Seal stores in mainland Japan too, but it was extremely exciting to have those traditional ice creams in a warm, tropical weather.

I will be painting, singing with my beloved guitar and traveling this year, a lot.
I will update my blog on my journey, hope you enjoy, and find out something new...
Hope I can show you a brand new face of the world!

Wishing you a wonderful spring ahead!

Anna Kirishima

Sunday, 10 May 2015

Happy Mother's Day



Happy Mother's Day!
My parents and I all happened to be free and got to go on a little trip down to the beach for a day :)




It's her birth town and where I've visited regularly when I was a child.
Nice place! Really. I miss it there.




Lovely fences♡




It was cloudy but still... ocean is beautiful anyway.




We went to a buffet restaurant by the sea for the Mother's day lunch♡




She can bring the sun out but I cover it with clouds.
That's how mother and daughter roll I guess.

( I don't know. I am the storm girl usually. )




We had a great day.

Love you mum♡ Thank you always.

Anna