Drift Ice Has Arrived 2015

Drift ice arrived afternoon today !

I took this picture at Mombetsu Park.

It is on the kind of hill.

I went to the drift ice watching spot "Ryuhyou Misaki" .

It has known as "Omusaro Flower Park" in summer.

Drift ice is a floating sea ice.

North wind brought them to beach.

Dynamic and Mysterious!

Drift ice sightseeing is one of the main tourism industory of Mombetsu.

Tourists were already there and took some pictures.

They had a lot of fun.

The first sight of drift ice in 2015

I could see drift ice on the horizon first this winter.

It looks like a white line in this picture.

Did you find that ?

The mombetsu city hall announced that the first sight of drift ice from mombetsu in 2015.

It was earlier 8 days than last year.

There is drift ice about 20 km from coastline in Mombetsu today.

If north wind continued to blow, it would be getting closer.

Ice-breaker boat "garinko-gou" will start to run on 20th this month.

It's first cruse might go into drift ice scene.

Winter tourisum is about to start.

White Tail Eagle

If you want to see a White Tail Eagle, you should go to port.

It might be on a street light.(photo)

I recommend the street light near the fish cake shop "DEZUKA SUISAN".

This eagle come here every winter.

By the way, Fish Cake is a special product of our town.

It's KAMABOKO in Japanese.

Today's wild seals information.

I could see them near Okhotsk Tower. (photo)

A seal face is under center on this picture.

I took this picture at Garinko-gou station.

I saw 4 seals.

They looked at me.

Wild seals

Wild seals came to Mombetsu again in this winter.

Today, I could see 6 wild seals at port for Garinko-gou.

Garinko-gou is a drift ice crusing boat.

That cruse will start to run on 20th January.

From now on, surface of sea will start to freeze gradually.

Then, we can take some pictures of seals with floating sea ice.

New Year First Visit Shrine 2015

A happy new year !

I visited the local shrine to ask for my wish.

In japanese , " HATSUMOUDE"

This is a japanese traditional event.

 

People was talking about their written oracle.

 

The happiest paper is "DAIKICHI".

 

I didn't buy a written oracle , becouse I don't believe that.

 

God lives in this house as shrine.

I wished  I will have no problem on my health this year.

Thanks to good weather , a lot of people visited the shrine.