Devilish house
Nagoya, near Osu Kannon temple.

Mailboxes
Picture taken in Okazaki city.

Sushi restaurant in Nagoya
What elste to say? One of many sushi restaurants in Nagoya.

Shinjuku
View from taxi while passing through Shinjuku district in Tokio.

Roots
Afternoon on the Horaiji mountain in Aichi prefecture.

Sumo wrestlers
This picture was taken during a summer sumo tournament in Nagoya.

Silver road
The caption on the traffic sign says "Silver road". Written in Japanese it should be "Gin no michi", but there is written "shirubaa roodo". Yes, it comes from English. Because it does not mean "road made from silver", but the road where old people often walk. And why silver? Because Japanese call gray hair "silver". (The bottom sign explain it in "real" Japanese)

Sakura petals on the water
When spring comes to Japan, there are blooming sakura everywhere. But then, after short period of time, the purple petals starts falling down.

Norikura, Japan Alps
I like mountains and Norikura is one of the most beautiful parts of Japan. There is the highest asphalt road in Japan, 2700 m above sea level, now closed for private cars. You can take taxi or bus.

Graffiti in Nagoya
Although Japanese cities are usually very clean and tidy, you can find sometimes places like this. I`m not a graffiti defender, but sometimes it has a kind of magic.

Renovation in progress
The area near the Okazaki JR station now is undergoing "facelifting". You can see one example on this photo. The hall needs to be cut because of new road construction.

Japanese food
I had this lunch in the countryside during my bicycle ride. I think it was some kind of udon, japanese noodles. (In fact, it was soba.)

View from the restaurant
There are a lot of places in Japan where you can ski. One of them is on the mountain Ontake in Central Alps. It`s called Ciao and we usually go there from Okazaki by train for one day trip. It cost about 10000 Yen and it includes transport, lift and ski rental. This year was really cold there, about -12 degrees Celsius.

Seijin no hi
In Japan today is national holiday called "Seijin no hi", which means "Coming of age day". In Okazaki the ceremony is held in the hall in the central park. Japanese became adult at the age 20. Men usually wear black suits but women wear kimonos. Really worth to see. Beautiful.

Nagoya, Sakae
One winter night in Nagoya city, Sakae district. Although Japan is not a christian country, they usually decorate some trees along the street in the city centers.

Veteran car, Bugatti
This and many others interesting cars can be found in Toyota Automobile Museum, located, to everybody`s surprise, in Toyota city.

Train platform
This is somewhere in Tokyo or near Tokyo, I think. You probably heard about it. "Women only" wagoons to protect them from some man's hands during the traffic jam.
By the way, you can notice that this image is blurred on the right side. I have to send the lens (Sigma 18-200mm) to repair.