Cool breeze 凉风清流

I went to Shiobara, 200km north of Tokyo. This area is famous for hot springs and red maple leaves. Now we can see blight green maple leaves under the blue sky, hearing the sound of the clean stream. 盐原风景好，也能泡温泉，看红叶。现在山里各种绿色叶子在阳光下光辉，溪流透明，访客都感到舒服。

This house was built 100 years ago in a typical Japanese architecture as summer villa. 这是日式建筑的避暑别墅。

Inside is Japanese style and a western table and chairs were used.

Welcome June 芸香 映山红

Rue opens flowers. This plant is very strong against the cold weather. Rue had been used as medicine in Europe.

Ophelia says "there's rue for you; and here's some for me: we may call it herb-grace o' Sundays."

The leaf has particular smell. In old China, people had placed Rue leaves in a book to protect it from a bookworm.

 This is Satsuki azalea. You will see lots of this plant shaping small hills in a Japanese garden.

 I don't know the name of the blue one. I love it because this blight blue makes me feel I am in a British style garden.

 I was surprised at this big red poppy. 

This tree had been planted to indicate the border of a field's owner. It has many small white flowers in the beginning of a rainy season.

 Wheat is waiting for reaping. I pay a great respect to a person who had an idea to powder this to make bread for the first time and also to a man who made beer with it.