Exchange Thoughts Each Other 新星巴克，向日葵，烟火

Last Saturday I entered the Starbucks in a neighboring city for the first time.

The words reminded me of writing and updating my own blog. Yes. We would like to communicate with someone who could share thoughts and build a bridge between us.
 
Labyrinth is made in sunflower fields. I will try later. It is confusing but inspiring.

In the night, I went to watch fireworks. It was not easy for me to take firework photos without camera shake. I love its tremendous sound.

Visiting Jinja on a hot summer day

When you travel Japan, you will see Buddhism temples (called 'tera') and Shinto shrines ( 'jinja'). I visited Shirasagi (white bird) jinja. Jinja is always clean and silent.

This is a gate of the jinja.

A pair of lions guards the building. This is the left one holding a jewel ball.

Visitors must clean their hands with fresh water here before worshipping the jinja.

Water spurts from the bill of an egret. 

The jinja building is based on a traditional Japanese architecture.The ring is set in the end of July in lunar calendar. It is said people can clean their spiritual impurities when going through it.

 The clean and cool water is coming out of a bamboo tube with the comfortable sound, surrounded by beautiful plants. You will see a stone basin like this in Japanese tea ceremony.

 The branches of this pine tree have been artificially arranged by a gardener.

 I like this little stone bridge.