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Last Sunday, we went to Mishima-Ike Pond to check out Mt. Ibuki, It was a beautiful place, the pond was alive with different ducks. Although in this picture the ducks were on the other side of the foot bridge being fed bread by locals. Earlier I sketched Mt. Ibuki from the opposite side , near our house.

I sketched this morning Mt. Ibuki. This mountain was closed (forever) for winter activities in 2011 because there was not enough snow anymore. Calligraphy by The Travleling Kit .

Today I sketched the hills and mountains that we see north of Mount Kinka located at the heart of Gifu City. It was not easy. The weather was cold and sketching while sitting on the edge of a cliff did not do well for my fear of heights. Whenever I looked down at the little moving cars, I felt like I was going to be sucked down and fall.

Last December we journeyed to Fukushima from Gifu to meet relatives and stayed with the for the New Year. Here are the sketches I made along during that trip. At the Shizuoka City, Okitsu station while waiting for the train at Christmas day, I spotted this sakura tree a few minutes before the train arrived. We were heading for Tokyo and a few stations before this we saw Mt. Fuji as our train passed by and the mountain was beautiful. I wonder what it would feel like if you had that view of the mountain outside your home window.

We stayed for the night at Yume Nomad Hostel in Kobe and we left this drawing in one of their sketchpads in the guest area.