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posted: March 31st, 2010 |
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This page continues March 14th from 11:25 AM to the end of the adventure. Our next adventure was on March 19th - a trip to Nogawa Park, where we found spring flowers. On March 20th we went out to Hinatawada and went to Yoshino Baigo to photograph Plum Blossoms and associated flowers. The final day on this page is March 21st - we went to Jindai Botanical Gardens to check out the spring flowers. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| March 14th Continues From Page 2 (at 11:25 AM) |
Now it's 11:25 AM and we are walking back to the Gondola Lift. What an amazing view. In the 2nd photo we are going down in the Gondola Lift. The 3rd photo was taken through the window of the Gondola car.
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In this row, the first photo is stitched together from 2 photos - a large birch along the trail from the upper Gondola to the lower Gondola. The 2nd photo is the same tree from the other side. The 3rd photo was taken from the window of the lower Gondola. The time is now 11:59 AM.
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These 2 photos were taken from the window of the Gondola car as we went down. The time is now 12:00 Noon. Shadows are at a minimum.
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This first photo is the view from in front of Hakuba Train Station. Wouldn't a person think that they might want to spend a bit of money to put those wires underground rather than have thousands of tourists every year curse them. And, the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics were held in this area! One might even think that the government would have spent the money to put those wires underground. Oh well! The 2nd shot was taken by Kazuya from the train window on our way home. It's so hard to take photos out of train windows due to wires, poles and so on that I am amazed at this one.
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Here is a beautiful cherry tree on the way to Nogawa Park - this photo was taken from the wrong side because we could not get to the correct side (for the sun) as the tree was in a person's yard. Therefore I had to use Shadow Illuminator Pro to illuminate this side of the tree. The 2nd shot is at Nogawa Park - the first weeping willows are beginning to bud out - that delicate spring green. The 3rd shot is a skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).
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In this row you can find photos of Chloranthus japonicus, Viola japonica and Viola eizanensis - all in the plants area of Nogawa Park. We are so fortunate to have such a park within easy bicycling distance of our house.
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On Saturday, March 20th, Kazuya and I took the earliest Okutama Holiday Special Train from Mitaka to Hinatawada and walked from there to Yoshino Baigo - a Plum Tree Park which we go to pretty much every year at this time to see the beauty of the Plum Trees in Bloom. Here are 3 shots of Yoshino Baigo showing the number of Plum Trees which are there. (2009 - Same Place, 2008 - Same Place and 2007 - Same Place.)
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Here are 3 close shots of Plum Blossoms in Yoshino Baigo. The first one is a beautiful pink one, followed by a beautiful red one and then a beautiful white one.
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Here is a great shot by Kazuya - a white flowered tree against a background of red flowers. The 2nd shot is another wide shot and the 3rd shot is one more red flowered tree.
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The first shot here is a weird 2-toned tree - a rarity, so I framed it. The 2nd shot is a very full flowered white one. The 3rd shot is a beautiful pink which I used the flash on to illuminate it. I thought this one was amazing enough so that I framed it.
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Here is a final nice pink flowered tree. The 2nd shot is a Gagea lutea or Yellow-Star-of-Bethlehem. The 3rd shot is a Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum) which I used Shadow Illuminator Pro on to illuminate it a little better.
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on Sunday, March 21st, we went to Jindai Botanical Garden. We found this beautiful Blue Colored Anemone, more Trout Lilies (Erythronium japonicum) and lots of different kinds of Magnolia Trees.
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Some of the Ornamental Peach Trees were beginning to bloom too, as well as some of the Cherry Trees.
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| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Please continue on to page 4 for additional adventures during the month of March. |
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