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Hakone Tozan MoHa 1 #104 climbs the 8% grade towards Ohiradai Station as it passes a fully bloomed row of hydrangeas. Japanese mountain railroading does not disappoint.
Hakone Tozan Railway. MoHa 1 #104
Ohiradai, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
June in Japan is the beginning of its "infamous" rainy season. Most days from June into late July are filled with warm, rainy days and cloudy skies. Yet, it is in this rainy period when Japan's second most famous flowers bloom, Hydrangeas.
In the Tokyo Metropolis, three railways are very well known for the hydrangeas that bloom along the line, the Hakone-Tozan Railway, The Keio-Inakashira Line and the Enoshima Electric Railway. Goryo Shrine near Kamakura is a famous spot for hydrangeas, often packed with locals and tourists to view and photograph them. Here, an Enoden Type 1000 Series leads a Fujisawa bound local as it approaches Goryo Shrine.
Enoshima Electric Railway.
Enoden Type 1000 Series.
Sakanoshita, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
I have two hydrangeas in my garden. One has not yet bloomed this summer. This hydrangea produced pink flowers last summer and was much taller. This year the flowers range from a purplish-white to blue, like this one.
Though it got interrupted last summer, we've gone to Cape Cod every summer for a week with two couples over the past 13 years or so. With vaccinations, we were able to do it again this year and just returned from a magical week. Four of us are grandparents now, and 3 of us were actually toddlers together as our Moms were best friends. Hopefully we can age with some grace in the way this hydrangea exemplifies in my friends' Wellfleet garden.