May 3: Wisteria


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May 31st 2008
Published: May 31st 2008
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Japanese Vocabulary
fujii: wisteria

On the first day of Golden Week, Zach, Christine and I went to a nearby temple to see the Fujii. Christine found out about the place from the taxi driver that takes her to her mountain school on Wednesday. Since late April to early May is their peak season here, we decided to check it out and it was a good thing we did!

The wisteria was beautiful- I've mostly seen purple wisteria before, some white, but never pink. Not only did they have all colors, but the wisteria was so dense and beautiful, and all the plumes were unusually long. Plus, it was a perfect, sunny, hot, blue-sky day, perfect for catching the light among the blossoms. Honestly, I think I enjoyed it more than the cherry blossoms and cherry blossom season. For one it wasn't crowded- mostly old people and families came to view the blossoms. Also, the blooms were so dense and hung so gracefully from the trellises. I wish everyone could have been there to see it!


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me and zach me and zach
me and zach

under the wisteria
sooooo pretty!sooooo pretty!
sooooo pretty!

They had a whole canopy of pink and purple wisteria and it was so beautiful with the sun shining through
the image of japan....the image of japan....
the image of japan....

stone lantern and flowers overlooking a pond with koi swimming around...
more wisteriamore wisteria
more wisteria

walkway covered with wisteria


2nd June 2008

All it takes is for someone to read through your blog entires one time to fully understand the essense of Japan - flowers, bowing, and little lanterns in the background! Yep, sounds about right!
17th June 2008

Yeah, this place really was great and I wish everyone else could have seen it too! At least we know about it for next year.

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