Toyono

Early last week was a national holiday so Mika had a day off so we decided to go and see the cosmos in full bloom. We had some visitors coming that night so we only wanted to go somewhere close so we could get back in time. The guidebook didnt say anything about the 1hr bus trip up the mountain. So after a 30min train ride then the 1hr bus trip it was almost time to head home. Toyono is a rural district in moutains to the north of osaka. At the start of autumn its famous for the millions of comsos in full bloom. It was a really nice area and i wish we had some more time to have a look around. There were lots of farms and very old traditional houses. anyway still had time for lunch and took some photos.

this is taken with the 60mm micro mika's father lent me but saddely

it's been returned now :-( (click on the image to get a close up)

This was taken smack in the middle of the day. The sky was as clear as
as i've ever seen it. One of the things i love about my new D80 is if you're
carefull you can take a really nicely exposed pic even at the worst time of the day.