Colors of early summer in Oku-Nikko

Japan Cypripedium, an endangered species

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr


According to the RRL issued by Ministry of the Environment (Japan), the Japan Cypripedium has been specified as an endangered species.

It is said that the place where this plant grows wild disappeared mostly in Japan.

However, we can look at a state of that this plant has grown in colonies in one private botanical garden.
The owner of the botanical garden is an old man who is 85 years old.
In order to protect this plant from extinction, he makes efforts to protect and  grow this plant more than a decade.

As a result, the plant was able to increase a thousand or more now.

For your wonderful Sunday!

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr

I'm looking forward to the wonderful photos from you at the week ahead also.

Scent of lily of the valley

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr

Flowers of lily of the valley give off refreshing scent faintly.
I think, it's so nice, if I could share such scent with you on the net.
Is it feasible???

I'd like to share with you this image instead of refreshing scent.
Thank you for your viewing my photos with valuable comments throughout a week.
I wish you all a happy weekend.

An unique figure on the roof of a pottery shop

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Momma's photostream in flickr

A strange thing on the roof is a figure of cat to call fortune and to attract customers.

That is a kind of beckoning cat. 

Street Musicians at the Mashiko Pottery Fair

She is one of members of music group performed at the Mashiko Pottery Fair.

I really was fascinated by their wonderful  music and her beauty.

They were playing so wonderful music that was something like ethnical music of Turkey.

peony, likened to a beautiful woman

The photo has been originally uploaded by Yuichi Mmma's photostream in flickr.

In Japan, the word of peony is to be used as a description of gorgeous and beautiful woman like that ”she sits and stands a peony and walks a lily”.

On the other hand, the floral design of the peony is told to have been popular among yakuzas, which means Japanese gangsters, as a motif of their tattoos.
Because, peony is likened to the king of flower.