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2008年05月10日
Japanese Mountains: A Late Spring
I climbed Mt. Kongo today and was surprised to see that the cherry blossoms were all in full bloom Of course the cherry blossoms at the park peaked about a month ago but I thought that the cherry blossoms at the peak of Mt. Kongo would also be be gone by now. The Mt. Kongo Cherry Blossom Festival is held on the 3rd of the May and so that is usually when they are at their best. However, this year they seem to be late.
I was especially excited to be able to see the Kongo Cherry Tree in full bloom. This is a type of cherry that is only found on Mt.Kongo and the official name of the type of tree is Kongo Cherry. The blossoms are almost blue-a very strange and beautiful color. At any rate I had a wonderful time taking pictures of flowers and had the experience of being able to see early spring twice this year-once in the New Town where I live in April and now once more at the peak of Mt. Kongo.
I also went looking for KATAKURI flowers but I was too late for them-all I could see were the leaves and even the leaves will soon disappear till next year when they again will pop out of the ground and delight us with their purple flowers.
投稿者 bethany : 2008年05月10日 14:30
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