2019-04-06

松本城の桜
　昨日から急に暖かくなり松本城の桜も咲き始めたと聞いた主人は奥さんと早速出かけた。数年前まではアジアからの観光客が多かったが、最近は欧米の観光客が多くなった。今日も英語、ドイツ語、スペイン語が飛び交っていた。

お城と桜　The castle and cherry blossoms

小彼岸桜　1　Rosebud cherry in the castle 1

小彼岸桜　2　Rosebud cherry in the castle 2

Cherry blossom of Matsumoto-jo Castle
　It becomes warm recently and there is a report that the cherry trees of the Matsumoto-jo Castle have begun to bloom. My master has gone to see the cherry blossoms with his wife in this morning. There were many tourists from Asia until several years ago, but many European and American tourists visit in recently. So, my masters hear English, German, and Spanish.

2019-04-06

ネパールハイキング6
＜ショコン湖＞
　宿泊先のロッジタサンビレッジのホテル前のネパール桜が５部咲き。日本の桜の原産地はネパールとの説が有力だという。ネパールの低地では秋咲きだが3000m近いここでは日本と同じで春咲きで葉より花が先に咲く。カリガンダキ河をショコン湖への登山口までジープで疾走し、登山口からヤクの放牧場を通ってショコン湖（2725m）まで登った。放牧場には可憐な花が咲き誇っていた。ショコン湖の湖面にはニルギリ連峰が“逆さニルギリ”となって映り込んでいた。

ホテル前のネパール桜　 Nepalese cherry tree in front of the hotel

カリガンダキ河原を疾走 Run in the Kali Gandaki river

花 flowers

ショコン湖の案内板 Sign of the Sekong lake

逆さニルギリ連峰　　Inverse the Nilgiri mountain range

Nepal Hiking 6
　 　The Nepalese cherry-blossoms in front of the Lodge Thasang Village are nearly half out. The Nepalese-cherry tree blooms in the low land in autumn, but it blooms in spring in the Thasang Village (about 3000m) as same as Japan, and the flower appears earlier than a leaf. My masters ran in the Kali Gandaki river by jeep to the starting point of a mountain climb to the Sekong Lake, and climbed up to the Sekong lake (2,725m) through the grazing land of the yak. Many pretty flowers were in full glory in the grazing land. The Nilgiri mountain range was reflected in the surface of a lake of the Sekong lake.