Tulip time at Umami Hills Park

When Sakura was almost going to be over, Tulips were in full bloom.

♬"Flowers in bloom, in bloom

Tulips are out

Lined up, lined up

Red, White and Yellow.

Every one of the tulips is really beautiful."♬

Tulips have come out!  

Why don't you come out to enjoy the springtime?

About three hundred thousand tulips bloom on the rolling hills 

of the Umami Hills Park (馬見丘陵公園). 

The Tulip Fair was held from April 9th to 17th.

Orange, red, pink, white, yellow, ....

row after row、

far and near,

numerous tulips!

Dogwood flowers started blooming while cherry blossoms were ending.

Curving streams of soft colors

A maelstrom created by a flood of colors!

Only this photo is from the Tulip Fair, 2014

It was a lovely tulip time. (I went on the 9th of April.)

If you missed it, why don't you come next year?

Large scale earthquakes(the biggest is magnitude 7.3) occurred directly underneath the land in Kumamoto prefecture on the 14^th of April. I’m in a somber mood to see frightened or panicked people in the many big aftershocks continually happening. Kansai region, where all my families live, is not affected. I reexamined the backpack filled with emergency provisions. In Kansai region, a great earthquake of plate boundary type is overdue which will cause massive tsunami. My home is far from the coast line but it's uncertain where I will encounter the earthquake. I also think of Ecuadorian people hit by another massive earthquake. Prayers for all the victims and the trapped in any disasters both natural and man-made.

Living in an earthquake-prone country
Tulip Island Party, 2011

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Tulip Island Party 2011

At 国営明石海峡公園/Akashi Straits National Government Park, protagonist from the middle of March to April would be tulips of about 600,000 bulbs from 300 varieties.  

In any highly successful event there are always those who support it nicely: at the beginning of April, they are muscari, daffodils, other spring flowers, and greenery, though poplar trees had not started budding when I took these pictures.

Other than these tulip zones, there are natural gardens, forests, and waterfronts as well.   As I strolled around, I was excited what would be the next.   This park is interconnected with Awaji Yume-butai (Dream-stage).

Born in Kobe City, I grew up seeing Awaji-shima beyond the sea of Kobe, and I've gotten fascinated by this island since my first visit in February.  Getting off highway, driving winding country roads with ups and downs is quite relaxing.

The island was severely hit by the earthquake in 1995 and is thriving now inviting more people from Honshu (main land.)  As I often witness the recovery of Kobe and Awaji-shima, I surely believe in the resurrection from any calamity.  May Tohoku be revitalized on a new community planning strong against tsunami by overcoming overwhelming sadness and daunting difficulties in near future.

Other posts about flowering places in Awaji-shima Island: 

Narcissus fields at Nada Kuroiwa

Pastoral Awaji Hana-sajiki  

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