Making bouquet

I said to my teacher last month,"I would like to study making bouquet."
So, today's flower arrangement lesson was how to make a bouquet.
This picture's bouquet was called Paris style bouquet.

The Satsuki Azalea Bonsai exhibition

I came to Satsuki Azalea Bonsai exhibition at Nakanojo town,Gunma,JAPAN.

This exhibition is held at same place every June.

 This work won first prize

 It's beautiful wood surface.

 next prize

flowers in multiple colors on the same plant.

 another prize

 another prize

New nail art

I went to nail salon today.
This design is like a snow-in-summer and milky-way.
Japanese nail art is romantic, isn't it ?

Nageire-bana

This style is called 'Nageire-bana''(free style flower arrangement in upright vases without the use of needle point holders).
Materials are a type of Japanese aster called 'Miyako-wasure', Snow in summer.

Snow in summer is my favorite flower in early summer.

Monomi-Yama

These pictures are scenerys from Monomi-Yama(Mt.Monomi) which located at Saku city,Nagano. I went  hiking there with my friends last weekend. On the way to Monomi-Yama,there is Kouzu-Bokuzyo(Kouzu farm).

 Jersey from viewing the trail up to Monomi-Yama.

Kawaii !

The view from the top of Monomi-Yama.

Arafune Fu-ketsu

I went to see the Arafune Fu-ketsu which is in Simonita town,Gunma. The Arafune Fu-ketsu was cold storage for silkworm eggs. It was built in 1905-1914. Fu-ketsu is a unique facility in which silkworm-eggs were stored in a low temperature, using natural cold air in a mountain. By using such Fu-ketsu,It made possible to manage multiple silkworm-raising cycles a year.

Ikebana lesson

I took a Ikebana lesson today.
I tried a "sho-ka"style .
Flower material is rabbitear Iris (Iris Iaevigata).