O-Fuji Matsuri

Literally, Wisteria Festival.

The last weekend in April I went to the nearby town of Kurogi with some friends for their annual Wisteria Festival. It was fun. Lots of flowers everywhere. The whole town smelled really nice. Here's a few pictures. (woo hoo!)


Tile placed in the sidewalk. The writing says "Kurogi Big Wisteria." This one's for you, Mom.


The wisteria is generally grown on these overhead lattice structures. Walking around had sort of a weird cave-like feeling to it. Only it smelled much nicer. According to the sign, that particular wisteria plant (tree?) is over 600 year old.


Another tree. This one was a young 'un. Only 400 years old. Or so the sign said.



Lastly, here's me and my friend Lynn, hamming it up amongst the Wisteria blossoms. For you folks at home, yes, I have gotten quite fat. I'm working on it.

That's all for now. Photography criticism is always appreciated.