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posted: April 30th, 2008 |
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The photos on this page begin with April 12th in far western Tokyo doing some climbing, then continue to Mt. Takao and include a camp-out at I-Ccho-Daira. This page ends with April 16th. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin April 12th |
On April 12th Kazuya and I went out to the Hinohara area of far Western Tokyo. We hiked up to the Mazukari Ridge and hiked along it. In this first row you can see a shot of the river where we started our trek. In the 2nd shot you have the very best shot of Mitella pauciflora we have ever succeeded in getting! In the 3rd shot you you see an escaped domestic violet - Viola sororia.
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The first shot in this row shows Kazuya at Tengu Waterfall, the 2nd shot is of the Cedar Forest around the Aya Waterfall area and the 3rd shot is Aya Waterfall.
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The first shot here is Tsu-Tzu-Ra Rock (picture title spelled incorrectly) - notice the rock climber. The next 2 shots show Shortia uniflora. We were very excited to find this very beautiful and delicate flower. We only found one of them along this trail last year. This year we found LOTS of them. They always grow in the most precarious spots possible, making getting to them for photos very scary and dangerous.
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Here is a photo of me shooting a Shortia uniflora, Kazuya doing the same thing and another shot of the plant itself.
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The first shot here shows some scenery from Mazukari Ridge. The next shot is a Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana - a fairly rare violet for us to find. The final shot is a Viola sieboldi. This was one of the main flowers we came here to find. It is SO TINY that it's really hard to focus on and get good shots of.
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Here are 2 more photos of Viola sieboldi and a photo of Viola rossii with the delicate pink colored flower and the rolled up leaves.
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Here are 2 final shots of Shortia uniflora and me at the summit of Mt. Tsuru-Ashi (916 meters = 3,005 feet).
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Here is Kazuya at the summit of Mt. Tsuru-Ashi. The 2nd shot is another photo of Viola rossii and the final shot is a Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana.
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The first shot here is a weird one - the flowers look like Viola bissetii but the leaves appear to be Viola rossii. The 2nd shot is a Viola bissetii.
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| End April 12th, Begin April 15th |
On April 15th and 16th Kazuya had to work, but I wanted to get out and do something, so I climbed Mt. Takao and hiked to I-Ccho-Daira and camped out there. The first shot in this row shows a weirdly red Viola eizanensis. The next shot is a very beautiful clump of Mountain Azalea. The 3rd shot is the Mountain Cherry at its peak of blooming.
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A clump of Red Pine showing sunset colors on them, next shot is one of the Red Pines and Mountain Cherry in the background. The 3rd shot is the moon through the Cherry Blossoms - I took this shot looking pretty much straight up from my tent spot.
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| End April 15th, Begin April 16th |
This shows my camping spot on the morning of April 16th. The next shot is a nice shot of what is probably some kind of sparrow and the 3rd shot shows my camp spot from the trail on the opposite ridge line. Amazing, eh!
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Here is a Viola obtusa a colorful shot of Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum and a beautiful Takao Violet with its purplish leaves (Viola yezoensis f. discolor).
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The first shot here is an Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis another shot of a Takao Violet and a shot of what is locally called Yama Buki.
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And - here are 2 final shots of Takao Violet. This is a violet which we really like to see every year. It is uncommon except in small macro-environments.
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| End April 16th, End Page 2 |
| And, that shows you what we saw from April 12th through the 16th. Thanks so much for taking the time to look. Please continue on to Page 3 for the conclusion of this month's adventures. |
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