Japan Photo of the Week: Cosmoses
I have heard April showers bring May flowers, so this week you get a flower photo. I have to be honest though, this photo was taken in Hokkaido (Northern most island in Japan) where anything that blooms, blooms late due to the really cold climate, so this photo was actually taken last August. These flowers are called, cosmoses and are probably my favorite flower to photograph.
These cosmoses are a place called Farm Tomita, which is in Furano, Hokkaido. Farm Tomita is a very famous flower farm that is really known for it’s lavender, which blooms in late July or early August; however, for most of the summer you can find flowers blooming there. I was there at the end of August. For more information about Farm Tomita, check out the official homepage or my post about Furano and Biei on Japan Photo Guide.
This photograph was taken by Evan Pike. If you would like to see more or buy this photograph, check out the gallery.
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Err, Cosmos has the nickname of 秋桜, “Autumn cherry blossom” so it flowers everywhere in the Autumn, not just Hokkaido!
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Well, I really do no know the nicknames of flowers but even if it is called the “Autumn cherry blossom” I would hardly consider August “Autumn,” and unless these flowers are like fall leaves (it may be, I am no expert on flowers), this would bloom in Hokkaido last….
Risshu, 立秋, the official start of Autumn is the 7th of August! In addition, summer officially started on the 5th of this month, and therefore the momiji appear in winter. Also, since I would presume that it is the cooling weather that brings out the Cosmos, Hokkaido would actually be first to have them in bloom? I’m confused!
BTW: do you know that Japan has four seasons?
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Haha! I might have heard that Japan has four seasons…that is part of what makes it different from most countries right??
Seriously though, Autumn starts Aug 7th here? I didn’t know that, back in the states it doesn’t start til late September… Did you find somewhere that in fact it is a flower that blooms first in cooler climates? I did a quick google search and found this site that says it grows best in dry hot weather, but it looks like there are so many different kinds, it may only be talking about the yellow kind (not in my photo).
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/flowers/cosmos/cosmos.html
Anyway, I am confused too, let’s just enjoy the photo.
Yes, that’s the best idea!
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