Niwaki Japanese black pines at the Ise Jingu naikuMexican Petunia / Ruellia simplexPersimmon trees / Diospyros kaki / 柿Zephyr lily / Zephyranthes candida / タマスダレZephyr lily / Zephyranthes candida / タマスダレReinforced cedar tree trunksTemple entrance Niwaki pineGolden rod / Solidago canadensis / セイタカアワダチNiwaki front garden INiwaki front garden II
Gokatsuraike to Misedani 御桂池から三瀬谷へ
Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) butterflyMoso bamboo / Phyllostachys edulis モウソウチクJapanese morning glory / Ipomoea nil アサガオPale yellow spider lily / Lycoris albiflora 白花彼岸花Ipomoea triloba or Ipomoea hederaceaCosmos sulphureus キバナコスモスStriking blue Peacock fern (Selaginella uncinata ブルーセラギネラ) under some Rohdea japonica オモトLittle Egret (Egretta garzetta / コサギ)Japanese land snail ヤマタニシPurple heart / Tradescantia pallida ムラサキゴテンGolden rods seem to love Japan and grow to be giantsJapanese Freshwater Crab / Geothelphusa dehaani サワガニJoro spider (Trichonephila clavata / ジョロウグモ)Globe amaranth / Gomphrena globosa センニチコウwild cucurbits / Momordica charantia var. minima カラスウリ “crow gourd”
Misedani to Ōuchiyama 三瀬谷から大内山へ
Ivory funnel / Clitocybe dealbata シロタマゴタケCedarsJapanese wrinkled frog / Glandirana rugosa ヌマガエルMountain brown frog / Rana ornativentris ヤマアカガエル永命ふじつる Eternal Wisteria Vine – a very old (wild?) wisteria in the forest on the Misesaka passLittle Egrets / Egretta garzetta コサギ
Wanton Earth 