And so we enter the wisteria.
Called 藤 fuji in Japanese, these beautiful hanging flowers start as soon as the cherry blossoms finish. Most parks will have at least one or more giant wisteria tree that will give us hundreds of the gorgeous flowers. They are usually purple, sometimes white. They give off a sweet scent that seems to attract just about every bee in the city, so there is a constant low buzz of hundreds of bees flying around. They won't hurt us but they are big, making some people nervous.
The only real downside to wisteria is that unlike the cherry blossoms which are spread out, the wisteria tree has limited space under it, meaning it is almost always very crowded making it hard to find free space.
This photo goes back to my Flowers of Japan series. It occurs to me that I haven't sorted these photo series very well, posting many flower shots under my Beautiful Japan series. Oh well. If I ever collect these posts into a Steemit book, I'll have to find an editor!
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 | David LaSpina is an American photographer lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time. |