Yesterday I went on a day hike to Kinchaku-da, in Saitama-ken, with three of my friends. Kinchaku-da is very famous for its beautiful 'Cluster amaryllis' (higan-bana) . About one million higan-bana are planted there, I hear.
When I visited it the year before last, Kinchaku-da was all covered with a bright red carpet of higan-bana. Higan-bana at Kinchakuda were at their best. Kinchaku-da was so full of people that I could not enjoy those beautiful flowers as much as I wanted.
But this year, higan-bana at Kinchakuda has just started to come out. The long summer heat prevented higan-bana from coming out. There were very few people coming there yesterday.
I enjoyed a quiet and peaceful time in Kinchaku-da. After that, We visited Shodenin Temple and Koma Jinja Shrine, too. I walked 22607 steps yesterday.
(Kinchaku means a money pouch. Kinchaku-da is shaped like a money pouch, indeed.)
When I visited it the year before last, Kinchaku-da was all covered with a bright red carpet of higan-bana. Higan-bana at Kinchakuda were at their best. Kinchaku-da was so full of people that I could not enjoy those beautiful flowers as much as I wanted.
But this year, higan-bana at Kinchakuda has just started to come out. The long summer heat prevented higan-bana from coming out. There were very few people coming there yesterday.
I enjoyed a quiet and peaceful time in Kinchaku-da. After that, We visited Shodenin Temple and Koma Jinja Shrine, too. I walked 22607 steps yesterday.
(Kinchaku means a money pouch. Kinchaku-da is shaped like a money pouch, indeed.)