Tried to take some pics using some functions in my digital camera. This setting seems to be called "Pop". Maybe for ads.
This seems to be called "Pin hole". Bright in the middle, shadow in the corners.
Fresh eye. They say fish see things like this. Wonder if I were fish, perhaps I would get headache if I see everything like this lol
I am not good at using every function, but it's important to try.
Hayaokidori web site
Went to Tochikura in the former Nakajo village which is now a part of Nagano city to see the scenery. This is one of a hundred nice step rice paddles in Japan. It's Saturday today, so most families there are at work to transplant rice pots into paddles. This scenery makes my mind very calm. Looks as if it were an original farmers' place in Japan.
Hayaokidori website
A family stayed in our accommodation during the GW (What we call Golden Week : The end of April -- May 5th) had their own trains to enjoy our HO gauge layout. They have some former JNR trains and Seibu private railways train. Nice to share the hobby among family members. Hope to see them again.
Hayaokidori website
After a couple of powder snowy days, it's fine all around today. Never thought I had to play with my snowblower at this time of the year to remove snow. It's always awesome to see a fine day after a bunch of snowfalls.
They say people in snowy area have big snow every day this year but compared to the usual year, we don't have so much here in Hakuba. Just less than usual. People in Iiyama, Nozawa and Madarao area in Nagano and Niigata prefecture have a lot. I think our area and those areas are exclusively related. When they have big snow, we don't but when we have, they don't.
Had not gotten enough snow this season yet but finally we got some!! Snow removing bulldozers are wor ing! Pangies in our garden are under the snow as you see. 
