On June 17, we had decided to take a drive to see iris in bloom at
Lake Kagurame (神楽女湖 -ko) in
Beppu,
Oita. Located on the South-East hillside of Mount Tsurumi (鶴見岳 -dake), the lake is one of the best spot for iris in Japan, with 80 species, of 15000 (about 30 million) pieces of iris flowers has been planted. The best time to see the flowers is from the beginning of June to early July. Iris viewing garden will be open in the middle June every year.
Before coming here, we stopped at two sightseeing places on the way,
Chikugo-Yoshii and
Amagase Onsen hotsprings. What did I do there? I'll tell you about these places later.
The lake's irises are approaching full bloom, with over 80% of
the flowers already open. We enjoyed for an iris blossom viewing party.
Iris blossoms in bloom in the garden.
A view of Iris gardens from a path to the lake observatory.
A close up of some blossoms.
We also went to the lake observatory. There's so crowded with many tourists who have been
shooting with a tripod.
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