Showing posts with label genji-yama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genji-yama. Show all posts
May 7, 2022
April 16, 2020
April 3, 2018
Yama-zakura (Prunus jamasakura) blossoms: Genji-yama (Kita-kamakura)
In the true height of spring, with the help of a rapid rise of temperature, every living thing awakens suddenly from its long quiet sleep and this season of tireless resurgence starts with very hurried steps.
Diverse spring flowers burst into bloom in the twinkling of an eye and a variety of new leaves quickly appear in one breath. In concert with this lively transformation, birds begin twittering their love songs to chant the joy of spring.
The enchantment of this jubilant season silently arouses the lusty vital force of all living things that are interconnected with each other.
April 26, 2017
Kaido (Malus halliana) blossoms: Genji-yama (Kita-kamakura)
Against the deep green shade of the grove,
the full-blown blossoms of Kaido are shining brilliantly in the warm spring
sunlight.
After reviving from long winter quietness,
trees and plants have just done everything in their power to bear splendid flowers
and fresh green leaves.
April 12, 2013
Yama-zakura (Prunus jamasakura) flowers in Genji-yama
The period when the Sakura trees are in flower is very short.
Their white flowers bloom elegantly in the air all at once like bright fleecy clouds and flutter down all too soon like snowflakes of spring in the gentle wind.
The charming but fleeting spectacle of Sakura flowers is the essence of this season of growing and always make us feel the transience of life and the swift turning of the seasons.
Yama-zakura (Prunus jamasakura) flowers in Genji-yama
The pure-white flowers of Sakura are shining brightly in the deep blue sky.
In the same manner as these full-brown flowers, I will also heartily rejoice in the golden days of spring.
April 2, 2013
The flowers of Yama-zakura (Cerasus jamasakura) in Genji-yama
The pure white flowers of Yama-zakura ("mountain sakura") have just started blooming to gracefully ornament the low hills of Kita-kamakura where fresh green leaves are coming out rapidly one after another.
Unlike a Yoshino cherry which is the most common cherry in Japan, the new leaves of a Yama-zakura appear in concurrence with flowering and adorn the white flowers with their dazzling green.
The background of this scene is embellished by the vivid red of the late-blooming Tsubaki flowers.
January 3, 2013
Autumn leaves in Genji-yama park
In the depth of the shadowy grove, the colored leaves bathed in the gentle sunlight are glowing brightly like dancing flames.
December 5, 2010
Autumn leaves in Genji-yama park
Autumn leaves are being scattered successively in the chill wind of December.
The flaming colors, which have occupied the gardens of Zen for a while, will fade away quickly and leave nothing but faint and treasured memories of this beautiful transient season.
December 1, 2010
Sazanka (Camellia sasanqua) flowers in Genji-yama park
Sazanka flowers begin to open one after another when autumn is about to end and winter is just ahead.
The delicate beauty of these flowers gratifies our eyes for a time in the almost flowerless season which has already come here.
April 18, 2010
December 28, 2009
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