It was -22 degrees Celsius in sunny and windless Biratori Town.
From the Biratori Bridge, I looked at the Saru River for the first time in a long while.
As the sun shines on the tree ice, my heart tells me that the tree ice will soon disappear…
Saru River after a long time from Biratori Bridge
The site of the Saru headworks and the mountain in the background, which was selected as an important cultural landscape
The tree ice and Nibutani Dam seen upstream of the Saru River
Looking downstream on the Saru River from the Nibutani Dam fish passage
Winter flowers bloom on the other side of the dam
