Bonenkai (year-end party) is an annual event held at the end of the year by an organization or group. They dine with their fellow and look back at this past year and express thanks to each other for their having each endured the hardships.
There is “Aloe no Sato” in Shirahama, Izu Shimoda. Now an “Aloe Festival” is being held and many people are visiting. Originally, fishermen took home aloes from the south island and planted it here.
The name of this flower is Hana-Senna, also known as the Andean maiden. Probably it has been called so because it is from South America. It is a plant of the same species as senna used for laxatives. Even so, it is a beautiful flower.
The autumn leaves remain and even the cosmos remains in bloom. On the other hand, flowers in winter, Sazanka are in full bloom. The scenery of autumn and winter is mixed. I found a spotted Yae-Sazanka flower today.
The illuminations shining in the late autumn night sky are impressed by its beauty at first, but gradually my eyes are becoming moist during thinking of the various memories in past times.
Today, Mt.Fuji is wearing an autumn foliage costume and a cap. It’s very stylish. The figure standing in a seasonal costume wearing a flower costume is the admiration of our Japanese.
At dusk in late autumn, a duck is swimming in the park pond. The whiteness is particularly noticeable in dusk. She will be looking for a night roost. I wish she could find it early.
This “Torokko train” is an art deco-style five-car train that is pulled by a diesel locomotive. It takes a distance of 7.3km, from Torokko Arashiyama Sta. to Torokko Kameyama Sta. runs through Hozu Gorge, which is colored with autumn leaves.
There is a Yudofu restaurant called “Seizansodo” in the precinct of Tenryu-ji Temple, Kyoto Arashiyama. It is originally a lodging for pilgrims, a tatami room restaurant. The menu is a full course of yudofu and various other tofu.
