I visited Mt. Kannon on Thursday, October 9th.

I held my hand in front of the wind cave and felt the warm air. It's around this time of year that the warmest air flows through the cave.

It's starting to look more like fall on Mt. Kannon, and I found lots of seeds and berries.

Korainantenshou (Arisaema peninsulae). It becomes a female plant when grown in nutritious soil.

The stem-like parts are pseudostems, the lower sections of leaf stalks, featuring a mottled pattern resembling that of a venomous snake, like the Japanese pit viper.

I think this is the Ezotorikabuto, a poisonous plant.

Mizuhiki. The upper part is red, while the lower part is white.

Gennoshokou. The fruit is rod-shaped and when ripe, it splits into 5 sections at the base to disperse the seeds

Aomori-Thistle. This is the flower that I saw the most of. One of the characteristics of this flower is that it faces upward.

Red berries of the Yukizasa. I remembered that you can simmer and eat the berries; they are delicious with no bitterness.

Ezo-fuyunohana-warabi

These are a type of fern. What look like flowers are actually called fertile fronds, pouches that contain spores.

Chestnuts. Now I'm craving chestnut rice.

Naginatakoju, from the mint family. It can be used for tea.

Black nightshade, from the nightshade family.

Yuzengiku. It resembles edible chrysanthemums.

Views from the Mt. Kannon observation deck

Mt. Apoi

Cape Enrumu

Oyako-iwa (Parent & Child Rocks)