Good evening from Sergio!
Do you know, as Minami Sanriku is a small town of its population only 13,000 persons, it is full of nature from the sea, mountains and sky?
Let's go out during the night time in Minami Sanriku.
You may find first the beautiful full moon.
Move up your head, it is easy to find Milky Way over your head.
Like this.
One more shot.
You may climb up to Tatsuganesan mountain by car, if you want to see better.
Plenty of constellations like this Orion, and more.
After your long night sky trip, you arrive to the beautiful sunrise at Shizugawa bay.
Please come to enjoy your night time with stars.
Do not forget telescope if you have it.
To arrive to the summit of Tatsuganesan mountain, just 30 minutes by car from Shizugawa.
Shizugawa Bay joined to the Ramsar Convention (Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat) last week as the new site in Japan.
It was started the history of Ramsar Convention from Kushiro Marsh in 1980, however there are more than 50 sites registered in Japan so far.
Shizugawa Bay is large 6.5km and long 8km, sourced by several rivers such as Isatomaegawa, Hachimangawa, Oritategawa etc.
Aqua-culture is one of the important economy such as oyster, ascidian, seaweed, silver salmon, scallop, abalone.
You may find beautiful islets Areshima, Tsubakishma and Takeshima and more.
It was hit with huge damages by tsunami of Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
The first sunrise after tsunami on 12 March 2011.
In Miyagi, there are already registered 3 sites, Izunuma-Uchinuma, Kejyonuma and Kabukurinuma.
"Momiji" or "Koyo", we say in Japan for autumnal tints.
66% of Japanese land is covered by trees.
It is green, but in autumn the color of trees will be changed.
This is appreciated by tourists when the color of trees becomes in red or in yellow.
Maple is very loved by Japanese for autumnal tints to enjoy.
The season starts from September in Hokkaido, October in Tohoku and ends in December in Kyushu.
We say "Momiji hunting", it was started in Heian period of more than 1000 years ago.
Various places are famous for "Momiji hunting" such as Oirase Aomori, Nikko Tochigi, Kyoto, Oze Gumma-Fukushima, Akiyoshidai Yamaguchi, Shimanto Kochi etc.
You may enjoy in Minami Sanriku also.
Mount Tatsuganesan.
Hikoro no sato Village.
Yokoyama Fudoson, Tome.
Try to hunt your best "Momiji" in Japan!
Sergio
To stay at Minamisanriku Hotel Kanyo, click link in below.
雪虫をみつけて、「もう、雪が降る」と思って、やはり、初雪を迎えましたね。
マリンパルでは、避難訓練を行いました。今回の課題は、「地震の後火災発生」そして、今回の新たな課題はホテルまでの2次避難と想定して、一次避難の後安全のため、実際の避難ルートに従って、子どもをおんぶして落ち着いて、ホテルまで歩いて避難。先生達はおびの使い方や、実際のルート、必要な時間の把握などの訓練を実施しました。
パーティーしょう！
