Sunday, August 30, 2015

SHOWA MEMORIAL PARK IN TOKYO.

Showa memorial park is located in the suburbs of Tokyo.

We looked many trees in this park.



A lawn field with a big Sawleaf zelkova tree.

欅の広場です。


Closing up.



Japanese big leaf Magnolia. ホオノキです。


The nut.


Horse chestnut or Japanese marronnier. トチノキです。


The nuts.


A kind of wax tree. ナンキンハゼです。


The nuts.


There is a Japanese garden in this park.


A Japanese garden.


There is a Bonsai space very near the garden.



Cape jasmine. クチナシです。


Tall stewartia. ヒメシャラです。


Pine tree. 五葉松です。


This park is very big. We enjoyed here very much.



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Sunday, August 23, 2015

WHITE HERON FLOWERS.

We went to see white heron flowers to Showa memorial park in the suburbs of Tokyo.



These flowers belong to the orchid family.


It is said these flowers would grow only in Korea,Taiwan and Japan.


These flowers would come to full bloom in August.


It is not so difficult to cultivate these flowers.




I found these flowers from You Tube.


These flowers in Bonsai.



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Thursday, August 20, 2015

TOKYO WALKING , KUNITACHI IN THE SUBURBS.

We visited Yabo Tenmangu in the suburbs of Tokyo.

JR南武線の谷保駅からスタートです。

The entrance of the shrine. 谷保天満宮です。


The main building.


There ia a pond in this precincts.


Carp.


Then we visited Shiroyama koen park.

城山公園に行きました。


Red heart lilies are blooming in a colony.

キツネノカミソリの群生です。

Red heart lilies.


There are many flowers in this area.


Kusaki. クサキです。


Teika-Kazura. テイカカズラです。


White cotton rosemallow. 芙蓉です。


Cotton rosemallow. 酔芙蓉です。 花びらの色が1日のうちで変化します。

This flower would change the color in one day. You can see the change by you tube below.





There are some farmer's fields in this district,we can see vegetable flowers too.


Okra. オクラです。


Oriental garlic. ニラです。

Wild big mushrooms. My lens cap is on a mushroom.

仁王ヒメジです。

Large brown cicada.


Jewel beetle. 玉虫です。





Thursday, August 13, 2015

SENJOJIKI CURL,IN NAGANO.

We went to Senjojiki Curl next day .


Curl means as follows, 20 000 years ago, bowl-shaped terrain that was shaved off in Ice Age ice. 


We came here by cable car. 

The cable car's station is located in 2612 meters above sea level, the highest station in our country.



There is the remaining snow on the mountain.





We could see some climbers on the ridge.



Kengaike pond.


We hiked around this mountain trail.


We could see many wild flowers along the mountain path.



Kurumayuri,different from a tiger lily.


Black lily.


Chinguruma grow in colony.


Chinguruma, or mountain avens.



Chiguruma's seeds.


Miyama Kinpoge or butter cup.


Shinano-Kinbai.


Kobaikeiso.


Hakusan-Ichige.


Hakusan-Chidori.


Takane-Gunnaihuro.


Aono-Tugazakura.


Umebachiso.


Miyama-Rindo.



It was very cool in Senjojiki Curl. 
We enjoyed here very much.



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