Narcissus Field at Nada-Kuroiwa in Awaji-shima Island

 

About five millions of wild narcissus grow on a steep slope of Mt. Yuzuruha , 608 meters high, in Awaji Island, Hyogo pref. 

Daffodils

William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Narcissus leaning closer to the water remind me of Narcissus in Greek mythology.

Clean and bright narcissus are swaying in the cold breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
 

As the flowers go up the steep hill, sweet fragrance fills the air.

The waves beside them danced, but they

Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;

A poet could not be but gay,

In such a jocund company!

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

The contrast of white and lemon yellow flowers and the blue sea. 

 I wonder whether they are yearning for unknown land beyond the sea or just facing the sun.

 For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

This year, start of narcissus blooming was delayed two weeks due to record  low temperature.  They will continue blooming till the end of February one after another.

Facing the Pacific Ocean, the weather of southern Awaji island is one of the mildest in Japan and spring comes earlier.




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