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October 30 through November 30 is the annual Kiku (Chrysanthemum) Festival. Gardeners work all year just to train the mums in specific growth patterns. We never realized that there was such a variety of mums. Many are grown to be three foot tall in groups of three or seven flowers. Small varieties were used to landscape and decorate the roofs of scaled down Japanese styled houses in a village setting. The exhibition is only open three evenings (11/ 7-9) and we were guests of friends. There are flower festivals almost every month in some part of Japan. We were fortunate to enjoy this one. |
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I felt like I was in a photographer's paradise. The mum flowers had such vibrate colors,. I felt like I had to stop, appreciate and then shoot every flower. This cool autumn evening made it a perect night shot setting. The ship below was created just for this exhibition. The sea waves are green mum stems with the white foam is made by small white mums. The ship's deck is a variety of smaller mum flowers. |
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Fusako Nakurma (on left) has been our hostess on several occasions. Mrs. Ono (on right), also a member of the NICE Committee, accompanied us this evening. They are standing in front of one of the Japanese homes with a mum roof. |
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Bonsi trees were also on display. A prize winner (above) has roots growing from the rock base, other entries are pictured on the left. |
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