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posted: April 30th, 2016 |
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This page begins and ends with April 1st and a trip to/climb of Mt. Takao and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama. This was our 113th climb of Mt. Takao and our 58th climb of Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama - and possibly our last. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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Note Well: This month's photos mark the final ones from my 15 years in Japan. Kazuya and I are moving to my home in Fairbanks, Alaska later on this month (May 2016). It will most likely take us a couple of months to get settled and start going on some adventures in Alaska, but rest assured that we hope and plan to continue to maintain and update this website as soon as possible. Thank you for your support through the years.
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| Begin April 1st |
As the header information states, on April 1st we went out and climbed Mt. Takao for the 113th time and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama for the 58th time. The violets season was off to a good start and we got an abundance of photos. In this first row are three shots of Viola bisseti and all of them are wonderful shots.
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 Apr1_04_Takao_Hikage _Viola_bissetiRC |
 Apr1_03_Takao_Hikage _Viola_bissetiRC |
 Apr1_05_Takao_Hikage _Viola_bissetiRC |
In this row are three increasingly close shots of a Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema sp.) flower.
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 Apr1_09_Takao_ Hikage_Arisaema_spRC |
 Apr1_10_Takao_ Hikage_Arisaema_spRC |
 Apr1_11_Takao_ Hikage_Arisaema_spRC |
The first two shots in this row show Viola bisseti and the third shot is of a Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana.
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 April1st_Takao002 _ViolaBissetiiRC |
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 Apr1_14_Takao_Hikage_Viola _tokubuchiana_var_takedanaRC |
The first shot in this row is of a Viola bisseti, the second shot shows a Viola eizanensis and the third shot shows both Viola eizanensis and Viola grypoceras (the purple one is Viola grypoceras).
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 Apr1_16_Takao_Hikage _Viola_bissetiRC |
 April1st_Takao014_ ViolaEizanensisRC |
 April1st_Takao015_ ViolaEizanensisRC |
In this row are two shots of Viola eizanensis.
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 Apr1_26_Takao_Hikage_ Viola_eizanensisRC |
 Apr1_27_Takao_Hikage_ Viola_eizanensisRC |
In this row are three images of Viola eizanensis. The outlined area in the first photo shows the area that is included in the center image.
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 Apr1_28_Takao_Hikage _Viola_eizanensisRC |
 Apr1_28Part_Takao_ Hikage_Viola_eizanensisRC |
 Apr1_36_Takao_Hikage_ Viola_eizanensisRC |
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The first shot in this row is another of Viola eizanensis. The center image shows the outlined area of the third photo. This is Omphalodes japonica. Somehow, we got the very best shots of this flower that we have ever succeeded in getting. In past years our photos of this flower have always failed to show that white center of the flower like we would have desired it to show.
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 April1st_Takao024 _ViolaEizanensisRC |
 April1st_Takao026Part _OmphalodesJaponica |
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Here are two more shots of Omphalodes japonica.
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And here are three more images of Omphalodes japonica. Note that the outlined area in the first photo shows what you can see in the center image.
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 Apr1_42_Takao_Hikage_ Omphalodes_japonicaRC |
 Apr1_42Part_Takao_Hikage _Omphalodes_japonicaRC |
 April1st_Takao034_ OmphalodesJaponicaRC |
From left to right in this photo are photos of Viola eizanensis, Viola grypoceras and then Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana.
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 Apr1_49_Takao_Hikage _Viola_eizanensisRC |
 Apr1_51_Takao_Hikage _Viola_grypocerasRC |
 April1st_Takao038_Viola TokubuchianaVarTakedanaRC |
The first photo in this row is Viola grypoceras. The second and third shots are of Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana.
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 Apr1_52_Takao_Hikage_ Viola_grypocerasRC |
 Apr1_53_Takao_Hikage_Viola_ toukubuchiana_var_takedanaRC |
 Apr1_57_Takao_Hikage_Viola_ toukubuchiana_var_takedanaRC |
The first photo in this row is an astounding one of Viola grypoceras. The second shot is another of Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana and the third shot shows a hybrid violet, a Viola rossii X Viola bisseti. This was the first time we'd ever seen this violet.
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 Apr1_62_Takao_Hikage_ Viola_grypocerasRC |
 April1st_Takao045_Viola TokubuchianaVarTakedanaRC |
 April1st_Takao059_ ViolaRossiiXViolaBissetiiRC |
Seeing as this was the first time we'd ever seen Viola rossii X Viola bisseti here are three more images of it. The center image shows only the outlined area of the third photo.
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 April1st_Takao060_ ViolaRossiiXViolaBissetiiRC |
 Apr1_69Part_Takao_Hikage _UnknownVioletRC |
 Apr1_69_Takao_Hikage _UnknownVioletRC |
Here are two final shots of Viola rossii X Viola bisseti. This species was found near the summit of Mt. Takao. As we continued on from the summit along the trail to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama we found the blooming cherry tree shown in the third photo.
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 April1st_Takao064_ ViolaRossiiXViolaBissetiiRC |
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 April1st_Takao074 _CherryRC |
Here are three images of Viola bisseti. The center image shows only the outlined portion of the third photo.
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 Apr1_75Part_Takao_Hikage _Viola_bissetiRC |
 Apr1_75_Takao_Hikage _Viola_bissetiRC |
Finally, in this row is a shot of Viola eizanensis. That is followed by two photos of Viola japonica.
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 Apr1_78_Takao_Hikage_ Viola_eizanensis_TMTCRC |
 Apr1_83_Takao_Hikage _Viola_japonicaRC |
 April1st_Takao080_ ViolaJaponicaRC |
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