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After A Cold Snap in the Spring

In late March and early April, Japan can experience cold weather. Even this year, it rained and snowed a few days ago. In the Aokigahara Woodland area in Narusawa village and Kawaguchiko town in Yamanashi Prefecture, there was snow and the air was crispy. 

Fresh green mosses on the surfaces of the tree roots and the fungus Perenniporia fraxinea on the tree bark in the Aokigahara Woodland, Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 4/02/2025

The fungus Perenniporia fraxinea was used be called Vanderbylia fraxinea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbylia_fraxinea).

FYI: Moss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss

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Cherry Blossom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom

https://n-kishou.com/corp/news-contents/sakura/?lang=en

Cherry trees, Ubaguchi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 3/27/2025

Cherry trees, Mount Fuji Head Sengen Shrine, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 3/29/2025

Sengen Shrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengen_shrine

Lichens, Mount Fuji Head Sengen Shrine, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 3/29/2025

Lichen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen

Types of Trees: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/cherryblossom/types-of-trees.htm

Prunus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus

List of Cherry blossom: (In Japanese)　https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7

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Aokigahara Woodland and Lava Caves

Aokigahara Woodland

Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 3/18/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara; https://fujisan.ne.jp/en/pages/215/

Fugaku Wind Cave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugaku_Wind_Cave

Narusawa Ice Cave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narusawa_Ice_Cave

https://www.mtfuji-cave.com/en/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalagmite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalactite

Fugaku Wind Cave and Narusawa Ice Cave, Fujikawaguchiko and Narusawa Village, Yamanashi, 3/18/2025

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Sakura, Sakura, Sakura 2025 —Flower Viewing at the Museum!

Cherry trees are in full bloom in a museum. Titled “Sakura, Sakura, Sakura 2025 —Flower Viewing at the Museum!,” the exhibition has been held at the Yamatane Museum of Art from March 8 through May 11, 2025.

https://www.yamatane-museum.jp/exh/english/2025/sakura2025.html; https://www.yamatane-museum.jp/english/museumshop/

Cherry Tree in Morning Sun by Hashimoto Meiji

Yamatane Museum of Art, Hiroo, Shibuya-ward, Tokyo, 3/13/25

Somen (thin noodle) dish and Japanese sweets, Cafe Tsubaki (camellia), Yamatane Museum of Art, Hiroo, Shibuya-ward, Tokyo, 3/13/25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dmen

https://www.wagashi.or.jp/japanesesweets-wagashi/en/about/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagashi