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White Japanese Meadowsweet (Filipendula purpurea f.albiflora): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipendula

White Japanese Meadowsweet, Kiyosato, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 6/21/2025

Lake Yamanaka from the 5th Waypoint of Mount Fuji, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 6/20/2025

Mount Fuji over Lake Kawaguchi from a sightseeing boat, Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 6/20/2025

Japanese maple trees with fruit, Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 6/20/2025

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_pictum_subsp._mono

Hydrangea Annabelle flowers, Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 6/20/2025

Smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrangea_arborescens; https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=s940

Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki,’ Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 6/20/2025

Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki'(Salix integra): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salix_integra

Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis grandis) flowers are blooming in Seisen-ryo, Kiyosato, in the city of Hokuto in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meconopsis_grandis

Another species of the blue poppy Meconopsis gakyidiana is the national flower of Bhutan.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meconopsis_gakyidiana

Seisen-ryo, Kiysato, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 6/19/2025

Seisen-ryo, Kiysato, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 6/19/2025

Seisen-ryo, https://seisenryo.jp/

Bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) has been blooming since the start of the rainy season in most of Japan.

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

Hydrangea plants, Japan Plateau Dream Lookout, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 6/13/2025

Japan Plateau Dream Lookout, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 6/13/2025

Also, please visit the articles on May 27, 2024, Japan Plateau Dream Lookout, and on March 10, 2025, Japan Plateau Dream Lookout 2025.

https://yamanashietsuo.net/japan-plateau-dream-lookout/; https://yamanashietsuo.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=4883&action=edit

Summer is almost here. The eastern pale clouded yellow (Colias erate) has been seen sometime in the city of Kofu in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Eastern pale clouded yellow (♀), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 6/09/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colias_erate; https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/colias-erate

Japanese bindweed, Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 6/09/2025

Also, please visit the article on May 26, 2025, Calystegia pubescens, A Weedy Wildflower, https://yamanashietsuo.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=5407&action=edit

Mount Amari is located in the city of Nirasaki in Yamanshi Prefecture, Japan.

Japanese azalea (Rhododendron molle subsp. japonicum), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_japonicum

Views from Mount Amari, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, 6/07/2025

Views from Mount Okuamari, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, 6/07/2025

Beard lichen and Spanish moss, between Mount Amari and Mount Okuamari, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, 6/07/2025

Fishbone beard lichen (Usnea filipendula): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usnea_filipendula; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usnea; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss

Kumazasa, between Mount Amari and Mount Okuamari, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, 6/07/2025

Kumazasa (Sasa veitchii): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasa_veitchii

Siebold’s crab, between Mount Amari and Mount Okuamari, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, 6/07/2025

Siebold’s crab (Malus sieboldii): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus_sieboldii

The United Nations designated June 5 as World Environment Day and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. It is said that, although it was not much on the news, this day is an opportunity for individuals, businesses, and communities to deepen their understanding and take responsible action to protect our environment. Especially, this year it was called for collective action to tackle worldwide microplastic pollution. 

https://www.unep.org/events/un-day/world-environment-day-2025

https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/

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

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/environment?hub=180536

https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day

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

https://www.unep.org/ietc/news/blogpost/5-june-world-environment-day-2025-beatplasticpollution

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/06/world-environment-day-plastic-pollution-solutions/

The common walnut (Juglans regia) trees have borne fruit in the riverbank of the Kamanashi River in the city of Nirasaki in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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

Common walnut trees, Kamanashi River, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, 5/31/2025

An exhibition of The Beauty of the Imperial Household in Connection with Yamanashi: The Masterpieces of the Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan has been held at the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art in the city of Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan from April 26 through June 1, 2025. https://shozokan.nich.go.jp/en/; https://www.art-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/. The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan is temporarily closed from May 7, 2025 to expand its facilities.

Chinese Lions Regal presence of roaring lions, the originals were drawn by Kano Eitoku and Kano Tsunenobu and owned by The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, https://tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp/en/gallery/

The right screen by Kano Eitoku, Momoyama period, 16th century and the left screen by Kano Tsunenobu, Edo period, 17th century, Image courtesy of Canon, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Yamanashi, 5/29/2025

In the garden of the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art:

The Big Apple No. 45 by Masaaki Sato, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Yamanashi, 5/29/2025

https://etsuo.tokyo/2022/06/; https://yamanashietsuo.net/masaaki-sato-exhibition/; https://yamanashietsuo.net/the-big-apple-no-50/; https://www.masaakisato.com/

Maple trees, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum, Kofu, Yamanashi, 5/29/2025

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum, https://www.gardenia.net/plant/acer-palmatum-atropurpureum

https://www.art-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/park/, https://www.art-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/english/

Calystegia pubescens, commonly known as Japanese bindweed, is a species of bindweed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia_pubescens). This species is a weedy wildflower distributed in Japan, South Korea, and countries in south-eastern Asia. Bindweed or false bindweed (Calystegia) resembles morning glory (Ipomoea nil). Both are climbing plants. Yet, there are different characteristics. Ipomoea nil is the annual with different leaf shapes and has a typical tap-root system of dicotyledons while Calystegia pubescens is the perennial with specific leaf shapes and has an extensive root system of both vertical and lateral roots, including rhizomes (underground stems) and its seeds remain dormant in the soil for many years making it difficult to eradicate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia_pubescens; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_nil

Bindweed growing in the roadside next to a drugstore, Kofu, Yamanashi, 5/25/2025