Today, I visited Town of Niigata, Northern city of JAPAN

At photo studio

So, the task was to take an ID photo of my mother. The photo is needed for applying an issue of the National ID card. We visited a photograph studio in Niigata today. It was like shown in the photo above, but after several shots, the lady at the studio told my mother to make an angle toward slightly to right, and to make a little smile. I was wondering because such shot was not suitable for ID photo, but I understood why that lady took a such shots. She said that “smiling photo” was free of charge. I really thanked her. She knew and I knew that smiling photo would be used in the future.

When we got out of the studio, my mother went to a department store by herself, and I went to see Shinano River.

Can you see a couple on the bank?

Bandai Bridge on Shinano River

It reads “Niigata is a city where Kaku High-ball tastes good”

Construction works still continue in front of JR Niigata station

An event of “Chiikawa” was being held inside JR Niigata station