Mt. Kakuda, Niigata (April 18th), Part I

The train in the fog at Yoshida Station.

We stayed at a hotel near Yoshida Station and took the train to Maki Station. Then we took the bus to another entrance of one of the trails to Mt. Kakuda, which starts from the seashore. The bus driver was the same guy who had driven us the day before, and we were the only passengers, so he took us all the way right at the starting point by bus. You can see the Japan Sea and also Sado Island not so far away from there. It felt pretty nice to hike with the ocean view pretty much all the way. We found even more of the Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri) flowers than on the trail we took the day before. Pretty amazing place.


Kakuda Beach.


Sedum oryzifolium (Taitogome).


Can you see the Sado Island?


Anemone nikoensis (Ichirin-sou).


A kind of maple tree?


Lithospermum zollingeri (Hotaru Kazura).
I didn't expect we could see this plant there. Really beautiful colors!

Lithospermum zollingeri (Hotaru Kazura).

Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. magna (Oo Misumi-sou).


Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. magna (Oo Misumi-sou).


Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. magna (Oo Misumi-sou).


Arisaema urashima (Urashima-sou).


Chloranthus japonicus (Hitori Shizuka).


Viola kusanoana (Oo Tachitsubo Sumire).


Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri).


Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri).


Viola vaginata (Sumire Saishin).


Viola vaginata (Sumire Saishin).
This one is pure white.


Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri).


Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri).


Surrounded by the soft green leaves.


Viola violacea var. makinoi (Makino Sumire).
This kind is small flower violet, but I like the color of this violet.


Viola violacea var. makinoi (Makino Sumire).


Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri) and the seashore.


Erythronium japonicum (Katakuri).