I went to Saga Pref.

A Japanese snowman at the Higashi Yoka tidal flat.

I wanted to see the shichimenzou, but it had not turned color yet.

Statues of the founders of Morinaga and Ezaki Glico

The founders of the two major confectionery makers were from Saga!

Forest of Environmental Art

The pictures taken during the fall foliage were pretty amazing!

I really wanted to take pictures of the autumn leaves, but I decided to skip it and take this waka poem!

The Tatsuta River, where no one hears of the gods of the land, is watered by the Karakurena River.

Zaibara no Narihira

Modern translation

I have never heard of such a thing, not even in the stories of the Kami era.

How could the water of the Takita River be dyed in karakurena?

(Quoted from Meiga-appreciation-sama.

This is Nohei Zaihara, the super playboy of Rokugasen, famous for the Ise Monogatari (The Tale of Ise).

Now I want to take pictures of beautiful autumn leaves!