Mt. Chokai (Part 1) (August 9th and 10th)

Cirsium chokaiense (Choukai Azami)
This plant is one of the unique species of Mt. Choukai.

We went to Mt. Choukai in this summer vacation. First we stayed at a hotel near the Sakata station and then the next morning we took the bus to the Hokodate busstop, where is one of the main route's entrance up to the top of Mt. Choukai. It was really nice day and lots and lots of flowers were blooming all the way to the summit. It was so nice weather that we both had bad sunburn afterwards.


Chamaepericlymenum canadense (Gozen Tachibana)


Maianthemum dilatatum (Maizuru-sou)
Seeds.


Maianthemum dilatatum (Maizuru-sou)
Flowers... It was a little too late for the flowers, so this is the only one I could find.


Cirsium chokaiense (Choukai Azami)
The flowers always look down.


Viola verecunda var. fibrillosa (Miyama Tsubo Sumire)


Geum pentapetalum (Chinguruma)
Seeds.


Tofieldia japonica (Iwa Shoubu)


Arnica unalascensis var. tschonosky (Usagi Giku)


Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica (Yotsuba Shiogama)


Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta (Nikkou Kisuge)


Gentiana nipponica (Miyama Rindou)


Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta (Nikkou Kisuge)


Geranium yesoemse var. nipponicum (Hakusan Fuuro)


Primula nipponica (Hina Zakura)
Really tiny primrose.


Choukaiko Lake on the way to the top of Mt. Choukai.


Beside the lake, there were still snow left and earlier flowers were still blooming by the cold water. The water tastes really good!


Geum pentapetalum (Chinguruma)
Still some of them were blooming near the lake.


Rubus vernus (Akabana Ichigo)


Choukaiko lake and Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta (Nikkou Kisuge).