The Trip to Bousou Peninsula, Part 1 (January 8th)

Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen) at Kyonan-machi in Chiba.

We went to Kyonan-machi in the Bousou Peninsula, Chiba, to use up the rest of our JR's Seishun-18-Kippu ticket, with which you can ride any local trains how many times you want in one day. The town is famous for its Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen) flowers.
It is the right season for its flowers and we also thought it would be the good chance to know the new area, where we have never been before.
We took the Chuo Line train to Ochanomizu and then transferred to the trains on Soubu Line to Chiba. From Chiba we took the local trains on Uchibou Line to Hota Station.
From there we walked 15 minutes or so to get to the entrance of the "Suisen Road", where you can see lots of Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen) flowers here and there by the road. The fragrance of the flowers was amazing when we walked down the road.
Here are the pictures taken on the way to Hota Station and the pictures taken at the "Suisen Road".

年末に盛岡に行くときに使った青春１８切符の残りを使って、千葉に行ってみることにしました。
前日の寝る前に、「そういえば秋葉原より先の総武線って乗ったことないよね…」という思いつきのまま、南房総の水仙でも見てこようということで、出掛けてきました。


Around Asakusabashi or Ryougoku Stations we saw The Tokyo Sky Tree from the train window.
スカイツリーが車窓から見えて、思いのほか近かったので、ちょっと興奮…


After Chiba the train was passing the massive kombinat area.
千葉から内房線に乗り換えて、しばらくすると、東京湾に沿って、巨大プラント群が遠くに見えました。


ようやく東京湾が見えてきました。


The ocean view made us feel excited!


The view of Mt. Nokogiri at Hota station.


The Hota station and other stations on this line have lovely blue roofs.
We walked from this station to the Narcissus road.


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).
あたり一帯、甘い香りが漂っていました。


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Trifolium pratense (Murasaki Tsumekusa, or Aka Tsumekusa).
この花ももう咲いていました。やっぱり温暖な土地柄なのでしょうか？
とはいえ、今日は、普通に寒かったです。


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).


Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (Nihon Suisen).
The farmers were selling some of the fllowers and other product by the road.
We got some lemons and kumquats.