バードウオッチング Bird Watching

清水坂公園の自然ふれあい情報館にて、冬のバードウォッチング教室に参加してきました。沙羅も双眼鏡片手にヒヨドリ、ツグミなどを観察し、「色々な鳥を見つけられて良かった!!」と皆の前で感想を述べていました。確かに、都会でも思ったよりも多くの種類がいて驚きです！

We have joined the Bird Watching of Winter at Nature Information House in Kiyomizuszaka park. Sarah saw many birds like bulbul, thrush with binoculars and gave her impressions, "It's very nice that I could find various birds", in front of many participants. Actually it's amazing the fact that there are much more kinds of birds in the city expected than expected!! 

山形・蔵王 Zao, Yamagata

山形の蔵王に行ってきました。樹氷が神々しく綺麗で感動しました！頂上はロープウェーで行けますが、天気は変わりやすく、帰りはスキーで降りた方が楽しそうです♪蔵王温泉は硫黄の匂いがこんもり～。景観もスキーも温泉も濃密に堪能できる、絶対行くべきスポット（国定公園）です♪

Have been to Zao, Yamagata. Frost-covered trees were divine and beautiful - I was so moved! You can go up to the top by the ropeway but the weather is capricious and it looks fun and much better to go down by skiing ;-) Zao spa spreads sulfur smell. All in all, Zao is the must-see spot as you can enjoy landscape, skiing, and spa deeply as a quasi-national park.  

青森・白神 Aomori / Shirakami

沙羅と青森に行ってきました。沙羅の初スキーを贅沢にも雲谷、鰺ヶ沢、百沢の３つスキー場で体験！すぐに上手になっていました♪また、昔小学校だった白神自然学校に滞在し、冬花火、木工、薪ストーブ、熊鍋等の地元の食を堪能し、温泉や雪・吹雪を120％楽しんで来ました♪これも3日間お世話になった白神自然学校の永井さんや皆さんの親切のおかげです。本当にありがとうございましたm(_ _)m
Sarah and I have been to Aomori. It's her first time for skiing and went to three different ski resorts luxuriously - Moya, Azigasawa and Hyakuzawa. She made progress and got good skiing quickly ;-) Besides, we stayed at The Shirakami Nature School that used to be the elementary school, and enjoyed fireworks, woodwork, wood-burning stove, bear hot pot and the other local food, hot spa and snow & blizzard 120%!! It's all thanks to the warm kindness of Nagai-san from Shirakami Nature School and the rest of people. Thanks millions :-)