I lived in a small suburb, and I sometimes went off hiking around the mountains.
That was right by my house (not me pictured), a kind of shrine come children's playground hidden amongst the houses.
This is in Yawatashi,which isn't exactly what I'd call 'countryside' but it's quiet compared to the city. It's on the outside of Kyoto.
Summer picture
This was the park near to where I lived. There were turtles in the pond.
This was half-way up one area of the mountains outside of Osaka. Facing the other way was a golf-course. :/ go figure.
Persimmon tree, same area as the picture above.
Yeesh, sorry the pictures are still a bit big. I literally cut the size by half and hoped that would be ok- If it's a problem, let me know and i'll edit it all again. o_o;