Fishing @ Yamanaka-ko (山中湖)

26 Dec 2009 - Last winter at Wakasagi Fishing (see here), we endured hours of freezing cold but all we could get was ONE pathetic 7cm fish. Determined to seek revenge, we consulted fishing expert, Minami, and we went to Yamanaka-ko (山中湖), for pre-season practice.


Our fishing boat

Our hardware engineer, Nakanishi, connecting up Minami's sonar fishfinder.

All ready and set to go! Posing in front of Mt. Fuji


The on-board-motor that I drove. It has been 7 years since I last maneuver one.
Brings me back those happy memories of army days...

The foot-controlled propeller that Minami brought.


My fishing rod poking Mt.Fuji

Fishing pals

Cheese! (Minami and Sakaguchi)

Caught! Reel in!

Nakanishi with his 3-hit combo

Our fishing teacher, Minami, with his 4-hit combo


We were unstoppable!!


Duck Boat

Silhouette of Duck boat and Mt. Fuji



The lake was quite empty that day. Other than us, there was only a group father-and-sons.


It was getting dark (see the moon?). Time to go back



Winds were strong and waves were rough in the evening


Packing up

Well done, pals!

Byebye...BUT We'll be back


Result from a day of hard work...91 fishes!!!

We deep fried them. Yummy!!!

Christmas Special @ Takenotsuka

23 Dec 2009 : Went all the way to Takenotsuka, 竹ノ塚～元渕江公園, for Christmas lightup photoshoot. The photos on the website looked spectacular, so I decided to take a near 3 hour train ride to visit the park at East Tokyo.

Name of the lightup is 光の祭典2009

To get into the park, I had to brave through 2 tunnels..


Blue Tunnel

Green Tunnel

Welcome to dreamland!



Riding on deers

That's a Unicorn!

Train No. 333

Here come the pirates! (The ship was so packed with people that I couldn't get any good shot of it, so here's the flag)

Christmas, a season of love

Robot will save the earth

Here's my favorite exhibit, the piano


Mozart in the making

Some kids wanna play it

Some kids are just interested in posing. Cheese!


Bubbles


The Christmas trees

From below the tree


End of photoshoot..going home
The park was too crowded, so couldn't take any good shot(with my current skill). Disappointed with the photos but a worthy trip.


Merry Christmas!!

More photos at Flickr