海峡「三つの瀬戸」 "three straits"

今日は和歌山県北部の海峡を紹介します

Straits in the Wakayama north is introduced today.

写真は2つの島で二つで「友が島」

Picture is two Island "Tomogashima" 

今日の写真は次の写真の看板の「現在地」付近で撮った写真で大阪湾(上/北側)と紀伊水道(下/南側)の間の三つの狭い海峡を撮ったものです

Today's picture took three small straits between Osaka-bay (the top/north side) and Kii-suido (the bottom/south side) with the picture taken around the "present location" of a sign of the next picture.

左側(西側)が淡路島、右側(東側)が和歌山県北部

The left side (the west side), Awajishima and the right side (the east side) are the Wakayama north.

次の写真は、上の看板の「現在地」より少し北側に下った地点で大阪湾を撮ってます

The next picture is taking Osaka-bay at the spot where I went down to the north side more slightly than a present location of an upper sign.

白い船はフェリー「サンフラワー」、向こう側が淡路島

Ferry "sunflower"(white ship) and the other side are Awajishima.

この辺の海は天然の漁場で、休日になると釣り船であふれます

大型船は航行するのに苦労する地点です

This sea around here is a natural fishing ground, and the large ship which will be flooded with a fishing boat in a holiday is the spot where I have trouble sailing.

友が島の島影から現れてくる大型船

The large ship in which the form backside of Tomogashima.

次の写真は「現在地」地点で撮った私です(自転車で走り回っていました)

Next picture is I who took a picture at a "present location" spot (I was running about by bicycle.)

カメラを望遠にして淡路島に焦点を合わせると、淡路島の洲本市由良漁港付近が撮れていると思います

When I make the camera zooming and bring Awajishima into focus, I think it can be taken around the Yura, Sumoto-city fishing port in Awajishima.

 

東側の瀬戸を通過して大阪湾へ入る貨物船

The cargo boat which passes a strait on the east side, and enters Osaka-bay.

次の写真は、二つの島のうち手前側(東側)の「地ノ島」です

The next picture is the one from the near side (east side) among two islands "Chinoshima".

後半の写真は、次の写真に写っているホテル「休暇村紀州加太」から撮ってます

Picture of the second half is being taken from the hotel where the next has its photograph taken "holiday camp Kishu Kata".

次の写真は、二番目の沖ノ島越しに淡路島を撮っています

Next picture is taking Awajishima over the second Okinoshima.

次の写真は手前が「城ケ﨑」、頻繁に自転車で行き、航行する船と、岩場で釣りをする人達を眺めていました

Front was looking at "castle Jyogasaki", the ship which frequently goes by bicycle and sails and the people who go fishing at rocky stretch for the next picture.

次の写真の向こう側は「加太港」

The other side of the next picture, "Kata harbor"

ここにも大好きな場所で、赤い鳥居の奥に人形供養で有名な「淡島神社」

The "Awashima shrine" which is also the place I like very much here and is famous for a doll memorial service in the inside of a red torii.

この周辺は、自転車でくまなく走り回りましたよ

This circumference ran about all over by bicycle.

台湾シリーズ② 基隆 "Taiwan-series(2) Keelung"

今日は、台湾第二の貿易港のある基隆市

Today is Taiwan Keelung with the second trading port city.

ちなみに台湾では貿易港としてのトップは高尾港です

By the way, the top as a trading port is Takao harbor in Taiwan.

写真撮影をした日は、時々小雨の降る曇りの天候・・・ちょっと残念でした

The cloudy weather by which it sometimes drizzles on the day of which I took a picture..., it was slightly regrettable.

 ハリウッドサインのような基隆プレート

 Keelung plate like Hollywood signature,

撮影した場所は中正公園から撮りました

The place of which I took a picture was taken from Zhongzheng park.

大きな観音像と金色の2頭の獅子

Big statue of Goddess of Mercy and 2 gold lions.

港の入り江の奥は観光港となっています、狭い入り江を航行するのは難しいでしょうね

The inside in an inlet in a harbor would be difficult to sail the small inlet which becomes tourist port, wouldn't it?

ここは夜景も綺麗だと評判です

When the night view is also beautiful here, it's famous.

中国からの大型クルーズ船も来航していました

 Large cruise ship from China also came by ship.

茶色い船体の軍艦も寄港していますね

A warship of a brown hull also stops at a port.

カメラを望遠にしてみると、艦橋で海兵が整列をして訓示を受けているような様子がみれました。

Sailor mans stood in line at a bridge, and the state given instructions could be thought to make the camera zooming.

カメラを外海に向けると、たくさんの大型クレーンやコンテナヤードが見えます、やはりたくさんの貨物をここで取り扱っているんですね

When a camera is turned to the ocean, a lot of large cranes and container yards are seen, a lot of freight is being treated here as expected,

中国から寄港しているという大型クルーズ船、一度に3000名以上の観光客を載せてきているようです。

They seem to be putting more than 3000 tourists on the large cruise ship which stops at a port from China together.

卍模様の鐘突き堂、僕もここで鐘を打ち鳴らしました(有料です)。

The ringing of a bell hall and I with the counterclockwise swastika design also beat at a bell here (There was a charge.)

白いお坊さんの像と、遊ぶ子供達

Priest's white image and the children who playる

海鳥が頭の周辺に飛んで来て近くによると糞まみれになってました

Many seabirds flew around the head, and an image came, and was full of feces.

このシリーズ、次回は、この街の少し北にある景勝地、野柳に向かいます(ここも世界自然遺産)

次も期待してくださいね(^^♪

Please also expect (here, the world natural heritage) and the next to a little north scenic area in this town and the field willow of these series and next time, (^^,♪.

日本の城 「和歌山城」"Japanese castle "Wakayama-jo"

今日は僕の好きな城「和歌山城」

The castle to which I prefer today "Wakayama-jo"

この写真はいつも利用していたホテルの20階から撮りました

This picture was taken from the 20th floor of the hotel which was being always used.

少し暗いけど、夜のお城も素敵な雰囲気でした

It was a little dark, but a castle at night was also the nice atmosphere.

次の写真は天守閣から撮った、市役所(右の白いビル)

The next picture was taken from a donjon, city office (the right white building)

次の写真は天守閣から見下ろした、周りを囲む防壁と櫓

The enceinte and the corridor with which the others who looked down upon the next picture from a donjon is surrounded

 和歌山県立美術館のエントランスから見える天守閣

 The donjon seen from an entrance of the Wakayama prefectural art museum.

美術館前の丘から撮影

I take a picture from a hill in front of the art museum.

次は天守閣から撮った、美術館

The art museum where I took a picture of the next from a donjon.

向こう側の森の向こうが和歌浦方面(南を向いています)

One over the thither forest, Wakanoura district (It faces to the south.)

紀の川から撮った和歌山城

Wakayama-jo taken from Kinokawa.

和歌山市街地の南の方にある森からお城方面を撮りましたがよく見えません.

A castle district was taken from the forest which is to the south of the Wakayama city, but it doesn't look good.

次の写真は望遠で拡大してみました(こんもりとした森の左に見えるのが天守閣)

The next picture was magnified with zooming (by seeming on the left side in forest who did thickly, donjon).

 天守閣の奥の右手に見えるビルが、最初の写真を撮ったホテル(ダイワロイネットホテル)

The hotel where Bill the back right hand side of the donjon sees took the first picture (Daiwa Roynet hotel).

和歌山は私が4年住んだ街、和歌山城は一番好きな場所でした

Wakayama was the town where I lived for 4 years, and Wakayama-jo was a favorite place most.

台湾シリーズ① 忠烈祠 "Taiwanese series(1) National revolution unswervingly loyal small shrine"

台湾には私の関係会社もありよく指導や監査に出かけていたのですが

その当時はあまり観光をしなかったのですが、最近になって娘も一緒に観光しました

My affiliated company was also in Taiwan, and I had often gone out to guidance and an audit, I didn't take an excursion so much of the those days, my daughter was recently, and went sightseeing together, too.

今月は台湾の観光地紹介です、今日は「国民革命忠烈祠」

This month is Taiwanese tourist spot introduction, today, "national revolution unswervingly loyal small shrine"

写真は、大門

Picture is Daimon(Big Gate).

太平洋戦争前に、日本統治時代には台湾護国神社が建設され

戦後　その跡地に1969年に建設されたものです

Taiwan shrine for the war dead was constructed and constructed in 1969 in the site after the war in the Japanese government age before the Pacific War(World War 2).

陸・海・空軍より選抜された兵士が、1時間交代で大門と大殿を各2人ずつで守っている。任務に就くと1時間微動だにせず、瞬きも控えている。側には世話係がついており、ハンカチで衛兵の汗を拭いたりしています。ここは、衛兵交代のセレモニーで世界的に有名です。

Selected soldier is protecting Daimon(Gate) and a palace from land, a sea and Air Force with each 2 people for each by a change for 1 hour. When it's on duty, I don't move an inch for 1 hour and also cut down a blink. There is a care person in charge on the side, and guard's sweat is being wiped up by a handkerchief. It's famous for a ceremony of the changing of the guard worldwide here.

大門をくぐると中央広場があり、その奥に中国の宮殿様式の大殿があり、左右の文烈士祠、武烈士祠がある。武烈士祠には、革命・建国の為に亡くなった志士約33万人が祀られている。

When I pass through Daimon, there is center square, and there is a Chinese palace of the palace style in the inside, and there are a sentence single-minded person small shrine in left and right and Moo-yul-wang man small shrine. A revolution and about 330,000 noble-minded patriots who passed away for foundation are deified in Moo-yul-wang man small shrine.

次の写真が大殿

Next picture is a palace.

白いシャツの男性も私服の兵士です

 A man of a white shirt is a soldier of plain clothes, too.

 衛兵交代は1時間毎に行われ。毎時ちょうどになると隊列を組んだ儀杖兵が、大門から大殿に向かって銃を背中に背負ってゆっくりと行進を開始する。

 The changing of the guard is performed every 1 hour. When it becomes exactly every hour, the honor guard who made a rank shoulders with his back to a gun to the palace from Daimon, and begins to march slowly.

歩幅や姿勢など、一糸乱れぬ行進が素晴らしいと評判です

When a march which isn't disordered is wonderful, a piece of string such as the stride and the position is famous.

行進を美しく見せるために、衛兵の体形なども厳しい制限があるようです

The figure of the guard seems subject to severe restrictions to show a march beautifully.

ここの衛兵資格は犯歴がなく、身長175cm - 195cm、体重65kg±1kgが条件

Criminal record has guard no right here, 175 cm - 195 cm of height and 65 kilogram ± 1 kilogram of weight are the condition.

大殿に到着すると、儀杖兵は任務に就いていた衛兵2名と合流して、殿内の位牌に向かい敬礼をし、その後、銃を交換、またそれを振り回す儀式を行う。

They arrive at a palace, a honor guard joins 2 guards on duty, and salutes to in the palace mortuary tablet and holds the ceremony which exchanges a gun also twists that after that.

次に任務に就く2名を残して、5名で大門に戻って行く。

そして、大門に行くと大門守護の任務に就く2人が門の前に行き台の上で任務に就く(所要時間は約20分間)。

Next、They leave 2 people on duty, return to Omon by 5 people and go.

And 2 people who take duty of Daimon defence at Daimon are on duty on the way stand in front of the gate (in the required time, about 20 minutes).

青の制服が空軍、白の制服が海軍、緑の制服が陸軍で、この写真は陸軍でしたね

ビデオもありますが、他にもYOU-TUBEに投稿されてますので、今回は載せません

The uniform by which the uniforms by which blue uniforms are Air Force and white are marine power and green was the army, and this picture was the army, wasn't it?

There is also a video, but besides it's also contributed to YOU - TUBE, so it isn't put this time.

沖縄シリーズ⑧ サヨナラ沖縄"Okinawa series(8) Good-bye Okinawa"

今日で沖縄シリーズ最後です、最初の写真は那覇国際空港の南に位置する瀬長島の空港撮影ポイント付近からの写真

It's the Okinawa series end on today, picture from the airport photography point neighborhood of Senagajima where the first picture is located in the south of the Naha international airport

航空自衛隊の練習機 T-4

Trainer of Japan Air Self-Defense Force

次の写真も同じポイントからの写真で、赤いジンベエザメがいますね、これはJAL系列の日本トランスオーシャン航空のボーイング737シリーズですね

The next picture is also a picture from the same point, and red Jimbezame(Whale Shark) is there, this is Boeing 737 series of Japan Transocean Airlines of JAL affiliates, 

後ろ側にANAの大きな機体が追いかけてます

A big fuselage of ANA is chasing it in a back side.

次はANAの機体がアプローチをしている様子、エンジンに青いイルカの絵柄が入ってます

The state and the engine a fuselage of ANA is approaching include a design of a blue dolphin next.

那覇空港の管制塔が見えます

Control tower in Naha International Airport is seen.

この瀬長島の撮影ポイントではアプローチしてくる飛行機のお腹がこんな風に撮れます

Such wind can take a stomach of the airplane I'm approaching by this photography point in Senagajima.

沖縄は中国に近いので、中国の航空会社がいくつか就航しています。

Okinawa is the one near China and several Chinese airline companies have entered service.

ANAの機体の向こうに中国東方航空の機体が見えます

Fuselage of China Eastern Airlines is seen over the fuselage of ANA.

さらに向こうの誘導路には、この近海の緊張を思い出させる、航空自衛隊の戦闘機F-15イーグルが離陸準備をしています

Fighter F-15 eagle of Japan Air Self-Defense Force which makes tension in these neighboring seas remember is doing more takeoff preparations in that taxiway.

また、赤いジンベエザメが戻ってきました

Red Jimbezame(Whale Shark) has returned.

おっ、これは青いジンベエザメ、並んで見えると恋人か夫婦のようです

When blue Jimbezame sees O and this in line, they seem to be a sweetheart or a married couple.

あっ、こんどは桃ちゃんだ、LCCのピーチエアーですね

It's peach air of LCC, 

海上保安庁の格納庫の前から小さなヘリコプターが飛び立っていきます。

 Small helicopter is flying out of the front in a hangar of the Maritime Safety Agency.

僕は帰りの飛行機の中から空港の様子を撮影、手前の飛行機は香港のドラゴンエアー?

Dragon air I take a picture of the state of the airport from the inside of a return airplane, and by which the front airplane is Hong Kong?

サヨナラ沖縄、また遊びにくるね。

Good-bye, Okinawa. Come back again!