9/22/2007

Memories of summer ~Samegai:醒ヶ井~

I dropped in at Samegai[醒ヶ井] that was near by the Mt. Ibuki[伊吹山]. It is small town and is known for a flower blooming underwater.



This flower grows up into only the clear water that water temperature maintained the same. This is called Baikamo[梅花藻]. Because it resembled the flower[花] of the plum[梅], it gained such a name. It is very small, but it is pretty.





















It blooms in water, but comes from the surface of the water when water level is low.

It is cool the side of a river.
I felt cooler the side of the river when I looked at this flower which wavered in the river.











The spring sprang out, too, and there was the Shinto shrine near, too.





















It was a quiet place.
The light blue thing which is seen over there of the window is not the sea.
It is lake which is the biggest in Japan, Lake Biwa-ko[琵琶湖:Biwako].

















We took a rest in a cafe along Lake Biwa-ko and returned.
I had happy time.