Mt. Narukami (April 24th)

Beautiful Greens.
At the entrance of the trail to Mt. Narukami.

We went to Mt. Narukami today. Around 9:00 AM we arrived at Kiryuu Station, and then took the bus to the entrance of one of the trails. At the bottom of the mountain we found the plant of Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire) after flowering. This kind of the violet is really weird, because their leaves are pretty different from the usual Viola eizanensis (Eizan Sumire). We found more of them with nice flowers when we were closer to the top of the mountain. We saw a beautiful bluebird, Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Ooruri) at the top of Mt. Narukami.


Viola mandshurica (Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola verecunda (Nyoi Sumire).


Bright green colors.


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola rossii (Akebono Sumire).





Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).
This one is pretty white, so can we call this Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia f. leucantha (Narukami Sumire)?


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).
こんなに沢山あるとは…普通のエイザンよりも、むしろヒトツバエゾスミレの方が多い印象でした。


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola rossii (Akebono Sumire).
桜みたいに花びらに切れ込みがはいってます。


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Viola eizanensis. var. simplicifolia (Hitotsuba Ezo Sumire).


Rhododendron pentaphyllum var. nikoense (Akayashio).



Rhododendron pentaphyllum var. nikoense (Akayashio) from the top of Mt. Narukami
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Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Ooruri).


Rhododendron pentaphyllum var. nikoense (Akayashio).


Primula kisoana (Kakko-sou).


A small waterfall.