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posted: April 30th, 2010 |
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This page includes only an outing of April 18th, a trip to Yamanashi Prefecture and a hike of the "Oomurasaki Shizen-hodou" Trail from Nagasaka Train Station to Hinoharu Station (10.0 km). Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin April 18th |
On April 18th Kazuya and I got up at 4:30 AM and got ready and headed off on a 6:23 AM train from Musashisakai. We had to change trains at Tachikawa, and from there we went direct to Nagasaka Station in Yamanashi Prefecture, arriving there at around 9:25 AM. Then we hiked the "Oomurasaki Shizen-hodou" Trail from Nagasaka Train Station to Hinoharu Station (10.0 km). In this first row you can see 3 Mountain Scenery photos taken from near Nagasaka Station. The first photo shows Mt. Yatsugatake - which we climbed back in July of 2009. The 2nd and 3rd photos are Mt. Kai-Komagatake - different zoom factors is all.
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Here are 2 more photos of Mt. Kai-Komagatake (the 2nd photo is Tone-Mapped from 3 photos). The 3rd shot is a nice cherry tree with mountains in the background. Sorry about the ugly fence - not much I could do about it.
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Here is the first violet photo of the day - a Viola keiskei. The 2nd photo is an area we passed by where we had pretty good mountain scenery. The 3rd shot is one of the violets we came to this specific place in search of, a Viola mirabilis var. subglabra. We were quite excited when we found this one. There were many of them - mostly in one relatively small area.
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Here are 3 more shots of Viola mirabilis var. subglabra.
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Here are the final 3 shots of Viola mirabilis var. subglabra.
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Here is a Lycaena phlaeas butterfly, pretty little thing isn't it! The 2nd shot is a Viola phalacrocarpa. We don't see many of this violet around our usual haunts, but we saw several of them this day. The 3rd photo is a Lithospermum zollingeri, one of Kazuya's favorite flowers.
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Here are 3 photos of Viola yezoensis or "Hikage Violet". This is one which we do see around here, but which we have not seen yet this season around here.
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Here is a shot of a creek which we crossed over (on a bridge). The 2nd and 3rd shots are Viola rossii (the 3rd shot being the leaves) - such a beautifully colored violet. Another one which we DO see around here, but have not yet seen this season.
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Here are 3 shots of Viola obtusa. This is also a beautifully colored violet. We see this one around here too, but not yet this season.
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Here is another shot of mountain scenery. This was our view while we ate the lunch which we took with us. The 2nd shot is incorrectly labeled - it is NOT what it says it is - it is a Viola phalacrocarpa. The 3rd shot shows you Euphorbia sieboldiana & Veronica persica.
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Here are 3 photos of Viola variegata var. nipponica. This was another of the violets for which we came to this specific trail to find.
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The 2 final photos of this adventure - the first is a Viola variegata var. nipponica and the 2nd shot is a final shot of a beautiful Viola obtusa.
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