It’s been raining since early morning today.
According to the weather forecast, we may actually get snow, which is unusual for this time of year.
If snow is actually observed, it will be the latest snowfall on record. (At the present time, the latest recorded snowfall was on May 12, 1993. Additionally, although it was not officially observed, snow also fell on May 12, 2012. The next day, the temperature outside the center was -5°C. Areas above the gorge were covered with snow.)
Although snowfall during the Golden Week holidays is not rare, we are already past the midway point in May.
Even so, the cherry blossoms are coming out even in the Sounkyo hot spring village. The cherry blossoms and Rhododendron dauricum flowers are coloring the gorge, and new green leaves are gradually making their appearance.
The second and third photographs were taken in Kamikawa Town. The strong winds of a few days ago knocked off a small number of blossom pedals. Some fell into puddles and created sights that are beautiful in their own right.
And the Anemone flaccida and Trillium tschonoskii, which stand together with Adonis ramosa, Erythronium japonicum, and Corydalis fumariifolia subsp. azurea as typical spring flowers, are also about to bloom.
The Japanese name for Trillium tschonoskii is shirobanano-enreiso. According to the leading theory, this name comes from “enrei (延齢),” which means to “add years to one’s life.”
Photos: Blossoming Cerasus nipponica var. kurilensis in the hot spring village and Eigetsu Peak
(left) May 15; Cherry blossoms scattered by strong winds (center) and Trillium tschonoskii and Anemone flaccida (right) May 16
According to the weather forecast, we may actually get snow, which is unusual for this time of year.
If snow is actually observed, it will be the latest snowfall on record. (At the present time, the latest recorded snowfall was on May 12, 1993. Additionally, although it was not officially observed, snow also fell on May 12, 2012. The next day, the temperature outside the center was -5°C. Areas above the gorge were covered with snow.)
Although snowfall during the Golden Week holidays is not rare, we are already past the midway point in May.
Even so, the cherry blossoms are coming out even in the Sounkyo hot spring village. The cherry blossoms and Rhododendron dauricum flowers are coloring the gorge, and new green leaves are gradually making their appearance.
The second and third photographs were taken in Kamikawa Town. The strong winds of a few days ago knocked off a small number of blossom pedals. Some fell into puddles and created sights that are beautiful in their own right.
And the Anemone flaccida and Trillium tschonoskii, which stand together with Adonis ramosa, Erythronium japonicum, and Corydalis fumariifolia subsp. azurea as typical spring flowers, are also about to bloom.
The Japanese name for Trillium tschonoskii is shirobanano-enreiso. According to the leading theory, this name comes from “enrei (延齢),” which means to “add years to one’s life.”
Photos: Blossoming Cerasus nipponica var. kurilensis in the hot spring village and Eigetsu Peak
(left) May 15; Cherry blossoms scattered by strong winds (center) and Trillium tschonoskii and Anemone flaccida (right) May 16
