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This is Page 3 of 3 - the best of April 2007 - Vacation Month!
posted: May 1st, 2007
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The vacation still continues. The photos on this page continue with April 26th and go through the end of the month. Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin April 26th
  On April 26th we climbed a different Mt. Sougaku (the first one was climbed on Page 2 - Row 8). This one is in the Mitake Area. In this row you can see a Disporum smilacinum flower. We found Viola violacea here as well - much to our surprise. We also found some really nice Viola rossii flowers.
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  Here are 2 more Viola rossii flowers and a mountain scene where you can see lots of Mountain Cherry trees in bloom.
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  Here is a Viola bissetii flower and also a Viola sieboldi flower. We were also surprised to find the Viola sieboldi flower here. This row was taken on Mt. Iwatakeishi and Mt. Takamizu.
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  These 2 shots - Viola rossii and Viola eizanensis were found on Mt. Takamizu. This hike was a 3 mountain loop trail.
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End April 26th, Begin April 28th
  On April 28th - 30th we went to the Kawaguchi Lake Area with hopes of finding 2 more new violets, one of which is yellow. We found it on the first day of hiking and here it is - Viola orientalis. Amazing, eh! In the 3rd photo notice that the backs of the flowers also have color on them.
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  In the first 2 photos you can see the backs of the flowers of this Viola orientalis. The 3rd photo shows a bud and a flower and leaves.
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  The first 2 shots show a flower and also an opening bud which shows the back of the flower. The 3rd shot shows the grassland in which we found these violets.
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  The first shot again shows the grassland in which these violets were found and the 2nd shot shows the back of yet another flower.
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End April 28th, Begin April 29th
  On April 29th - still the Kawaguchi Lake Area - we hiked a high ridge and crossed over 3 mountains. The weather was probably the clearest day of the year - absolutely amazing! In this row are 3 shots of Mt. Fuji, each from a slightly different angle as we hiked the long ridge. We didn't find many violets this day - it was barely spring at this elevation, leaves not even coming out yet.
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  The first photo here shows the Japanese Alps Mountains from the ridge and the 2nd shot is another new violet Viola collina - we only found one of them. Notice how it blooms before the leaves are hardly out of the soil.
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End April 29th, Begin April 30th
  On April 30th we were in search of yet another new violet as we hiked to the HahaNoShira Waterfall. We found it - on the way to the waterfall we found only a couple of this plant Viola mirabilis var. subglabra. Then we got to the waterfall - a rather amazing one for pictures.
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  Here is one final picture of the waterfall and 2 shots of the new violet - Viola mirabilis var. subglabra.
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  Here are 3 more shots of this incredible violet - flowers, leaves and the entire plant.
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  Here are 2 final shots of Viola mirabilis var. subglabra. And that's the end of April!
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End April 30th, Begin Mountains Climbed
  Here is a List of Mountains Kazuya and I climbed During April

Mountains Climbed During April 2007
(#31) indicates that this was the 31st time this mountain was climbed
No. Date Mountain Name Elev., Ft. Elev., M. Where?
1 04/10/2007 Mt. Takao (#31) 1,965 599 Takao, Tokyo, Japan
2 04/11/2007 Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#9) 2,199 670 Takao Area, Tokyo, Japan
3 04/13/2007 Mt. Tsuru-Ashi 3005 916 Musashi-Itsukaichi Area, Tokyo
4 04/13/2007 Mt. Mazu-Kari 2,900 884 Musashi-Itsukaichi Area, Tokyo
5 04/13/2007 Mt. Ko-Myou 2,618 798 Musashi-Itsukaichi Area, Tokyo
6 04/15/2007 Ogouchi Pass 3,445 1,050 Okutama, Tokyo, Japan
7 04/15/2007 Mt. Sougaku (#3) 4,400 1,341 Okutama, Tokyo, Japan
8 04/15/2007 Mt. Gozen (#3) 4,610 1,405 Okutama, Tokyo, Japan
9 04/20/2007 Mt. Oobora (#2) 4,539 1,384 Yamanaka Lake, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
10 04/20/2007 Mt. Mikuni (#2) 4,331 1,320 Yamanaka Lake, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
11 04/21/2007 Mt. Ohira (#2) 4,250 1,296 Yamanaka Lake, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
12 04/26/2007 Sogaku Mtn. (#3) 2,480 756 Mitake, Tokyo, Japan
13 04/26/2007 Iwatakeishi Mtn (#3) 2,602 793 Mitake, Tokyo, Japan
14 04/26/2007 Takamizu Mtn. (#3) 2,490 759 Mitake, Tokyo, Japan
15 04/29/2007 Mt. Misaka 5,236 1,596 Kawaguchi Lake Area, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
16 04/29/2007 Mt. Kurotake 5,882 1,793 Kawaguchi Lake Area, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
17 04/29/2007 Mt. Hafu 5,492 1,674 Kawaguchi Lake Area, Yamanashi Pref., Japan

End Mountains Climbed, End Page 3, End April 2007's Photos
  This is a link to a separate web page showing a Relatively NEW photo of our DVD Collection, an AVI Movie of our Home Theater System and 9 photos of our new Sharp Aquos TV. You can see the new DVD Shelf here too.
    April 1, 2006 DVD Collection,
Movie of Home Theater System
& New TV Pictures
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By the way - Kazuya has started a blog which exhibits different photos than shown here (mostly - I have used some of his though). It looks very nice and you can find it HERE. (Click on the "Studies of Plants and Wildlife" link in the new window.)

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