Japan - Day 9 - Kiku Matsuri (Chrysanthemum Festival)
Friday, October 21, 2016 Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
The Chrysanthemum Festival is held every autumn on the grounds of the Kasumigajo Castle in Nihonmatsu. All I can say is . . . we saw a whole lot of chrysanthemum.
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10 comments:
so bewtifull..dats my birth flower
pretty cool! I think you'd look good in that kimono! hahaha!
Chrysanthemum colors are so vibrant. Love the mannequins covers with the plant growth...ha.
j: I love the big mums but after seeing the first 20 of 'em, I'd be okay, all pau, NEXT!-N
Haha, the flowers on the statues. I wanted to touch the close up pic of the chrysanthemum.
I didn't know that, Dd.
So strange-looking yah, Les.
LOL, Chet.
That's exactly what I was thinking, N.
Susan, the flowers were pretty, but were kinda weird as clothes on the mannequins.
Sooo funny - we saw a whole lot of chrysanthemums...
I would have been asking, "so where is the shopping market?"
Terrible traveler, I am.
pretty!
Exactly, Aunty!
They were, Kat!
What an awesome place! You guys really saw so much!
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