August 2025 @Gite-Milvain, #Passionflower, #Wisteria, #Buddliea and Portuguese #Laurel

What I did recently, going from home in Ōsaka to Tōkyō (2). My friend the Aoyama Gakuin University professor and I went to Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑), quite a large park in central Tōkyō. I'm hard-pressed with the limit of four photos. He had a nice camera and sent me some close-ups of flowers in the greenhouse of Shinjuku Gyoen that I'm not showing this time. If there seems to be a demand, I will. Here I show how spacious the park is, despite the central location, wisteria in Japanese culture, and spooky trees with roots like hands reaching up. The last photo is my close-up of the 'Mickey Mouse' flower, if you can see the resemblance.

Publications and projects as a Professor in Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org

#Japan #Tokyo #Shinjuku #flowers #trees #nature #culture #wisteria #travel #sightseeing #photography #photos

Early may at #Gite-Milvain, #Bellflower, #Dandelion seedhead and #Wisteria in flower

Bought as a supermarket rescue two-years ago, this #wisteria had a couple of small sickly-looking flowers and was just 50cm tall. Today it’s three meters tall with over 30 blooms… and still growing. We’re hoping it’ll completely cover the back of our home.

#Gardening

#wisteria #maze es regnet Blau
#SmokeBush, #Buttercups, #Bellflower and Percy the #Penguin in the #Wisteria at #Gite-Milvain