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posted: September 30th, 2010 |
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This page begins and ends with September 26th. We went to a place called Kinchakuda, which is in Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture for their Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) Festival. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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On September 26th we went to Hidaka City in Saitama Prefecture for the "Higanbana" Festival. At a bend in the river there is a huge field of Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese) which is amazing to see. The first 2 photos in this row were shot on the walk from the train station to the Festival Site. The 3rd photo was also shot on the walk to the Festival Site - it is an edible chestnut lying on the ground.
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Here is another edible chestnut at the same location as the previous shot. The next 2 shots were taken at the Festival Site. What an amazing field of red flowers, wouldn't you agree?
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Here are 3 more shots of Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese).
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The first shot in this row is me beside the Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese). The 2nd shot is a close photo of some buds. The 3rd shot gives you a small hint of how many people come here for this Festival.
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Here is Kazuya beside the Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese). In the 2nd shot you can get another idea of the crowd of people. The 3rd shot shows you a white flowered one. The white flowered ones are quite rare.
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Three more Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese). The 2nd shot shows another white flowered one.
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Three more shots of Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese). The first shot is a pretty good one showing the crowd. The 2nd one is a High Dynamic Range Photo - 3 separate exposure bracketed photos Tone-mapped with the Details Enhancer of Photomatix Pro. The 3rd shot is zoomed in to a very small portion of the field along the river.
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Three more shots of Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese).
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The final 3 shots of Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese). Hope that all of these red photos were not too irritating.
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There is also a field of Lotus at this place. Here are 3 photos of Lotus Seedheads.
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In addition to the Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) (Higanbana in Japanese) and the Lotus field, they also grow Cosmos here. Here are 3 shots of Cosmos in this row.
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Here are 2 final shots of Cosmos. After we left here we took a bus to a Hot Spring which we'd never been to before - the Makiba-noyu. It was a very nice Hot Spring with several hot pools inside and an additional 4 or 5 pools outside. There is also a farmer's market here and a ham factory - the Saiboku Ham Factory. We bought some beautiful Asian Pears at the farmer's market and some nice sausages at the Ham Factory to take home with us.
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| End September 26th, End Page 3, End September 2010's Photos |
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