Blue and pink flowers blooming in a rainy season of June.
Location:Hakusan-jinja shrine（白山神社） & Asukayama park（飛鳥山公園）, Tokyo
Date: 9 June 2019
Camera: Fujifilm X-T30
Lens: Helios M44-2 58mm F2
June is a rainy season in Japan called "Tsuyu（梅雨）". Lots of rainy days, high humidity and increasing temperature towards summer usually make feel down. However, I love this rainy season because June is also a season of hydrangea in Japan (and a month of my birthday!).
June is a rainy season in Japan called "Tsuyu（梅雨）". Lots of rainy days, high humidity and increasing temperature towards summer usually make feel down. However, I love this rainy season because June is also a season of hydrangea in Japan (and a month of my birthday!).
Many parks, temples or shrines across Japan have hydrangea gardens, and most
of them open the hydrangea festival in June. Part 1 is photos from
Hakusan-Jinja shrine（白山神社）and Asukayama park（飛鳥山公園）. They are
famous for the hydrangea festivals, but not so crowded like hydrangea temples
in Kamakura（鎌倉）.
I made a photo album at the end of this page which has photos that are not listed on this gallery. Some of the photos are also available at Adobe Stock and Shutterstock.
I made a photo album at the end of this page which has photos that are not listed on this gallery. Some of the photos are also available at Adobe Stock and Shutterstock.
The first place is Hakusan-jinja shrine. Please note there are many shrines
with the same name. This shrine is close to the University of Tokyo and
Hakusan station in Tokyo.
This shrine holds the hydrangea festival in June, and you can enjoy many
colours of hydrangea everywhere in the shrine. This shrine is located in a
quiet educational area. Access from central Tokyo is good, but it is not so
crowded.
You can find there are many shapes and colours of hydrangea. The one with
small flower and marbles are Japanese original hydrangea, and the one with
many flowers are European hydrangea. European hydrangea is also originated in
East Asia. It was once exported to Europe and modified to the current shapes.
The colours of flowers depend on the pH of the soil. Acid soil makes the
flower blue, and alkaline solid make it red.
Move to the next place: Asukayama park. This park is very big, but the
hydrangea is blooming mainly on the way along the train rail named "Asuka no
komichi (A Path of Asuka 飛鳥の小径). As you can see on the second photo
above, a wall of hydrangea is standing on one side of the street for about
500m (1,400 ft)! You can also find many different types of hydrangea along
this street.
Lastly, let me introduce the classical lens I used here. "Helios M44-2" is
so-called "Russian lens", and mine is manufactured in 1987. This lens makes
the spiral blurs and clear bubbles, and you can also find these features in my
photos above. It only cost around $100!
The reason why I interjected the story of classical lens is because I visited
another place for hydrangea festival with another classical lens. This photo
above is taken by the other lens, but the atmosphere of the flower is totally
different, isn't it? Part 2 also shows many photos of hydrangea with this
special (but cheap) classical lens!.
Photo Album (includes photos that are NOT on this page!)
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