This festival takes place at Rengeji-ike Park in Fujieda, April 17 - May 5, where there are 250 wisteria trees in 20 varieties. The festival has been running for 40 years. When I attended this year, most of the wisteria were past their prime. It was still a fun time.
These fish were begging for food, but I had none.
There were many flowers in gardens around the pond.
These fish wind socks are hung all over Japan during Golden Week, in honor of Children’s Day.
I attended this festival in 2024 and posted about it here.
Thirteen coasters - front and back.
This is an interesting historical place that I had never even heard of before. Tagonoura Port is the closest port to Mt. Fuji. There is a park, a temple, and shrines, but we were the only visitors at the time.
We climbed up the lookout tower and looked all around.
After climbing down, we walked around. This temple looked abandoned.
There were two shrines.
This is the sad google translation on the Aji Shrine sign:
This smaller shrine was next to the first one.
Zipper Pouch Progress
Cross Stitch Fobs or Ornaments - I’ve used up all of the fabric space. I will set these aside for now, to be cut apart and made into things later.
After visiting Nichiren Shoshu Shimonobo, and seeing/smelling the wisteria, we had lunch at the Lotus Land Restaurant, a whole foods vegetarian place and a favorite of ours.
Next, we visited Otedome Waterfalls and Shiraito Waterfalls. We visited this place together in August 2016, almost 10 years ago!
Shiraito Falls are part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and have been protected as a Japanese National Monument since 1936. In 2013 the waterfall was added to the World Heritage list as part of the Fujisan Cultural Site.
Otodome Falls are smaller and a five minute walk from Shiraito Falls.
A short walk down many steps and we could see Shiraito Waterfalls.
To the right of the main part of the falls, the waterfall stretches quite a ways.
The signs say don’t go in the water, but many people can’t help themselves.
Looking back away from the waterfalls.
I enjoy site seeing with my knowledgable friends!
