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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.
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| 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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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
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| Mountains Climbed During April 2007 (#31) indicates that this was the 31st time this mountain was climbed | ||||||
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| 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.
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| April 1, 2006 DVD Collection, Movie of Home Theater System & New TV Pictures (new window) |
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