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posted: May 1st, 2007 |
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The vacation continues. The photos on this page continue with April 11th and go through April 21st. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin April 11th |
Remember, we camped out at I-Ccho-Daira the night of April 10th. In this first row you can find another new violet which we found on the way down the mountain on April 11th - Viola phalacrocarpa var. glaberrima. There is a Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum in 2nd position. In 3rd position is a Viola japonica, which is mis-labeled under the thumbnail.
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Here is a Viola bissetii and an Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis.
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The first photo shows Kazuya in a patch of Anemone flaccida. The 2nd shot is one more Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (first one on page 1).
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| End April 11th, Begin April 13th |
On April 13th we hiked to some waterfalls (see February 2007's photos). We found some Viola sororia and then some waterfalls!!
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The 3rd shot in Row 4 and the first 2 in this row are the same one shown HERE, but back in February we didn't hike to the waterfall! This time we did - and continued much farther than the waterfall. The 3rd shot in this row is another waterfall along this same trail.
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Here is a Viola bissetii and then a shot looking right up the TsuTzuRa Rock! Right at the base of this rock we found the next violet - Viola sieboldi. This was another new one for us!
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Here is a collage of that Viola sieboldi we found and you can find a larger JPG file of this image HERE (586 KB). The 2nd shot in this row is a Shortia uniflora.
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 Apr13_Mazukari_Viola_sieboldi_CollageRC or HERE for 586 KB larger PDF file |
 Apr13_Mazukari_Shortia_ uniflora05aCropRC |
| End April 13th, Begin April 15th |
On April 15th we climbed Mt. Sougaku and Mt Gozen, in the Okutama Area. We have climbed these 2 peaks before, but this time we took a different trail. We found some Viola rossii and then we found a new violet WAY UP HIGH on an un-named sub-peak. It's a variety of Viola violacea which we had hoped to find here - var. makinoi. We call it the "hands-up violet" because notice how the leaves tend to stand up straight.
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Here you can find a comparison image of Viola violacea and Viola violacea var. makinoi and you can find a larger JPG file of this image HERE (618 KB). The 2nd image is another Viola rossii and the final image is a Trout Lily Erythronium japonicum.
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 Viola_violacea_and_Viola_violacea_var_ makinoi_CollageRC or HERE for 618 KB larger JPG file |
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Here is one more Trout Lily, a Scopalia japonica (poisonous plant) and a shot of a small waterfall which can be seen from the trail coming down to the Okutama Road.
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| End April 15th, Begin April 19th |
On April 19th we went to Nogawa Park again and we found this beautiful Ebine Orchid (Japanese name) and some Chloranthus japonicus.
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| End April 19th, Begin April 20th & 21st |
We spent April 20th & 21st at Yamanaka Lake and stayed at Marimo Pension again. The first day we hiked - in the snow - the Mikuni Hiking Course. In the drifts the snow was knee deep. It had snowed just the day before, so we didn't find any flowers on this day.
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On the 2nd day at Yamanaka Lake we hiked a ridge trail on the opposite side of the lake, where the snow had melted off more quickly. We had some fantastic views and also found a beautiful patch of Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana.
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| End April 20th & 21st, End Page 2 |
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