Takahashi

Takahashi is an old castle town and has one of the 12 original remaining castles, which is on top of a mountain. The town itself has some nice old temples, preserved Samurai houses and old merchant homes.

Fujisan again

On the flight from Tokyo to Matsue I got a good view of Fujisan.

From Matsue to Takahashi

There was quite a bit of snow on the ground as the train passed through the mountains .

Matsue

Matsue is a small city on the edge of a rather large lake. The Japanese inn that I'm staying at is on the river that flows from that lake.

Tokyo

On the flight to Matsue,  I got a good view of Tokyo.

Early plum blossom

It looked like a plum tree at Meguro Fudoson had already started to blossom. Normally plum trees don't flower to February.

Meguro Fudoson

Meguro Fudoson is a Tendai Buddhist temple and a temple in Tokyo I've never been to. It's an old temple and has elements of Shinto religion as well as Buddhism.