Setsubunsou Map available
戸倉上山田温泉の近くの天狗の里公園に節分草の群生地があります。この可愛いらしい小さな白と黄色と紫の花はここの標高では2月の頭より3月の頭から咲きます。雪が解ける次第、花期が3月です。戸倉駅の上の公園にあります。節分草マップがありますので申し付けてください。
なお、亀清旅館の新しい家族風呂の庭にも節分草が咲いてくる予定です。庭師の岡田さんが去年の秋にその庭を作った時に節分草の球根を植えてくれた。この春は楽しみだな。
Close to our onsen town Togura-Kamiyamada is a cluster of setsubunsou plants. This rare wildflower (Shibateranthis pinnatifida (Maxim.) Satake et Okuyama) blooms around the beginning of February in lower elevations, hence the name (Setsubunso festival is February 3rd). However, at our elevation, the ground is still covered with snow in February. Once the snow starts to melt, the flowers start to bloom. Look for the precious little white with purple and gold flowers in March at the Tengu-no-sato cluster in the park above Togura Station.
Or, perhaps you can see the flowers come up in our new family bath's garden here at Kamesei Ryokan. Our gardener, Okada-san, planted some setsubunsou bulbs when he made the garden last fall. I can't wait to see them come up this spring!
