These two photos provide a comparison of today’s view from the Mt. Kurodake peak and the same view last year.
A look at the same slope face of Mt. Kurodake shows that melting is progressing much faster this year.
As for the flowers, the Helonias kawanoi are blooming around the 9th Station; the Rhododendron aureum are budding at the peak; and the Arctous alpinus var. japonicus, Arcterica nana, and Loiseleuria procumbens are blooming between the peak and Pon Kurodake.
As with the melting of the snow, the flowers appear to be blooming earlier this year, although it is still too early to capture this in photographs.
Photos: Views from the peak of Mt. Kurodake on June 2 of this year (let) and June 1 of last year (right)
A look at the same slope face of Mt. Kurodake shows that melting is progressing much faster this year.
As for the flowers, the Helonias kawanoi are blooming around the 9th Station; the Rhododendron aureum are budding at the peak; and the Arctous alpinus var. japonicus, Arcterica nana, and Loiseleuria procumbens are blooming between the peak and Pon Kurodake.
As with the melting of the snow, the flowers appear to be blooming earlier this year, although it is still too early to capture this in photographs.
Photos: Views from the peak of Mt. Kurodake on June 2 of this year (let) and June 1 of last year (right)
