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This page continues July 10th, starting at 11:36 AM, we are hiking between Mt. Shibutsu and Mt. Koshibutsu at this time. We will soon reach the summit of Mt. Koshibutsu (2,162 meters = 7,093 feet). You will see the conclusion of today and also the conclusion of this adventure on this page. Click on any thumbnail to begin.

July 10th Continues From Page 2 (at 11:36 AM)
  Okay, as promised, it is now 11:36 AM on July 10th. We have just left the summit of Mt. Shibutsu a few moments ago and we are headed for Mt. Koshibutsu. This row contains 3 shots of Edelweiss - the Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium type. Maybe I should have created a collage of Edelweiss like I did with those 2 kinds of orchids back on Page 1, oh well!
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  Here are 2 more shots of Edelweiss (Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium). The 2nd shot also shows some Viola biflora f. glabrifolia in the background. The 3rd shot shows that clouds are still floating by us from time to time. In fact, we have not yet seen more than medium sized patches of blue sky.
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  On this side if the mountain there was a LOT more Viola biflora f. glabrifolia - the first shot shows just how abundant it was here. The 2nd shot is a scenic shot with that old tree standing there in the clouds. The 3rd shot shows you some Pedicularis verticillata and Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium - A type of Edelweiss.
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  The 1st shot shows you some Pedicularis verticillata and Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium - A type of Edelweiss - along with some other flowers. The 2nd shot is Thymus serpyllum subsp. quinquecostatus - a type of Thyme! The 3rd shot shows some Chamaepericlymenum canadense - Canadian Dogwood flowers.
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  The first 2 shots here are looking back at Mt. Shibutsu - the first one was taken at 12:18 PM and the 2nd shot was taken at 12:35 PM - the weather is now changing rapidly. The 3rd shot is a type of Starflower - a Trientalis europaea var. arctica.
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  Here is a shot of the Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium Edelweiss with the summit of Mt. Shibutsu in the background. The 2nd shot is a small panorama of Mt. Shibutsu and the 3rd shot is another angle of Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium Edelweiss with the summit of Mt. Shibutsu in the background. The time now is 12:46 PM and the weather has cleared up as much as it is going to clear up today - it has turned into a beautiful day and it is now pretty hot.
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  Here is the summit marker of Mt. Koshibutsu (2,162 meters = 7,093 feet) with Mt. Shibutsu in the background. The 2nd shot shows the crowd of people on the summit of Mt. Koshibutsu. The 3rd shot is yet another of Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium Edelweiss.
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  This shows where we are headed - if you look closely you can see a small pond out there - and you can see the trail passing by it. The 2nd and 3rd shots are the Leontopodium japonicum var. shiroumense type of Edelweiss. This type was neither as common nor as photogenic as the other type.
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  All 3 shots in this row show you that Pinguicula macroceras - looks kind of like a violet, but it is not. I showed you one of this flower on Page 2 in Row 16. We found more of them on our descent - they were quite rare, so I wanted to show you a few more shots of them.
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  Here are 2 shots of Erigeron thunbergii subsp. glabratus var. heterotrichus - a reddish colored Daisy. Sandwiched in between is a shot of Dactylorhiza aristata - an orchid which I showed you 3 shots of on Page 2 in Row 12.
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  Here are 2 more shots of Japonolirion osense - a plant which I showed you one shot of on Page 2 in Row 11. Because this plant is unique to some limited areas in Japan: Mt. Shibutsu, Mt. Tanigawadake and some areas on Hokkaido, I wanted to show you a couple more shots of it, and now that the weather has cleared up we can get better shots. The 3rd shot is another type of Primrose, this one is Primula cuneifolia var. hakusanensis.
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  Here is a plant which we only saw a few examples of on this trip. It is Veratrum stamineum. The 2nd shot is another plant which we didn't see much of on this trip - Schizocodon soldanelloides. The 3rd shot is Viola grypoceras var. variegata - a violet which you have seen many times before, but we had never seen such a variegated leaf on any specimen before! Shockingly variegated!
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  The time is now 4:08 PM and we have arrived back at our campsite. If you recall, we started hiking at about 6:00 AM - we were out on the trail for about 10 hours. Last night ours was the only tent here - tonight there are about 20 tents here! Fortunately it did not rain, because most of them are set up in the area that was a small river during the heavy rain last night! After we shed our backpacks and took a short break we hiked around the small loop trail near the campsite again. Here are 2 more shots of Oze Thistle - the 3rd shot in this row shows a Hover Fly hovering around the flower.
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  Here is one more shot of a seedpod of Viola kamtschadalorum. The 2nd shot is marshland and Mt. Shibutsu. The 3rd shot is a beautiful Iris laevigata.
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  In the first shot in this row are many Iris laevigata plants and flowers. The 2nd shot is getting on towards sunset and shows some interesting colors. The 3rd shot is another example of Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta aka Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta.
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  The first shot here shows you some more Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) with a very nice light angle on it. The 2nd and 3rd shots are scenic shots exhibiting great light angles.
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  The first shot in this row is a scenic shot with great light angles. The 2nd shot is, of course, Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta aka Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta. The 3rd shot is a small pond - notice all of the little diamond reflections on the water. I did not notice these reflections until I looked at this photo on my computer - they were a pleasant surprise for me.
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  Here is some Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), followed by a shot of Geum pentapetalum. The 3rd shot is Tone-Mapped from 3 separate images. I believe it came out nicely.
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End July 10th, Begin July 11th
  Now we come to the final few photos from this adventure. We got up at 4:00 AM to try and catch the sunrise. I started cooking breakfast and Kazuya went out to the marsh to see the sunrise. He came back with some pretty good shots. The first shot was taken at 4:20 AM, and the 2nd and 3rd shots were taken at 4:22 AM. It certainly progressed rapidly.
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  The first shot in this row was taken at 4:23 AM, as was the 2nd shot. The 3rd shot was taken at 4:27 AM - so, the beauty lasted only for about 5 minutes or less!
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  As we hiked out we saw this fine specimen of Monotropa sp. (Indian-pipe). I had not yet taken any photos of it on this trip, so I stopped to snap a few shots. The results were most startling - by using the flash it came out so amazingly like ice, or glass, that I could not believe it. The 2nd shot is Kazuya at 8:26 AM. Our bus left at 8:40 AM and took us to a regular city bus stop. From there we took a bus to Numata Station. We ate an early lunch there - at 11:00 AM - and then caught the first of several trains headed for home. We arrived home at about 4:00 PM. It was a great trip. We each took over 1,000 photos during the 3 days we were gone. We both discarded a couple of hundred of those and ended up with about 800 each!
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  By the way, I did get around to creating 2 collages of the Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium type of Edelweiss. It was after the fact, so I am just sticking them in here at the end of the trip to show you. They are also available on the "Special Items" Page (link just below, at bottom of page).
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End Page 3, End July 11th
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