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May 2012 - Favorite Photo "Two Cherry Trees" - at Sabane-yama, Funagata Town, Yamagata Prefecture. Detail reduced by HDR toning with Photoshop. Mouseover for original photo. May 4th, 2:08 PM.

MAY 2012: FOUR Pages This Month FEATURING A trip to Funagata, Yamagata Prefecture - Kazuya's Hometown * Viola rostrata var. japonica * Epigaea asiatica * Viburnum furcatum * Viola fauriaeana * Heloniopsis orientalis * Erythronium japonicum * Anemone pseudoaltaica * Viola vaginata * A Trip to Okutama and Climb of Ogouchi Pass (1,050 m = 3,445 ft) then a climb of Mt. Sougaku (1,341 m = 4,400 ft) and Mt. Gozen (1,405 m = 4,610 ft) * Viola sieboldi * Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Viola hirtipes * Viola shikokiana * A Trip to FAR WESTERN Tokyo * Viola eizanensis * Viola rossii * A Trip to Mt. Mitake and Mt. Ohtake * Disporum smilacinum * Viola sieboldi f. variegata and Viola sieboldi * Rhododendron quinquefolium * Schizocodon ilichifolious * Polygala japonica * A Trip to Gunma Prefecture and Climb of Mt. Mae-Kesamaru (1,878.2 m = 6,162 ft) and Mt. Ato-Kesamaru (1,908 m = 6,260 ft) * Rhododendron pentaphyllum var. nikoense * A Trip to Oze National Park * Trillium smallii * Lysichiton camtschatcense (Skunk Cabbage) * Caltha palustris var. nipponica * Mt. Shibutsu * Mt. Hiuchigatake * Symplocarpus foetidus (Another Kind of Skunk Cabbage) * Yama-Girl Fashion * More     (Click on the Photo or on this text to go directly to the May photos)

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