Milk vetch flower fields around Asukadera Temple

2023-4-23

When I was a child, I used to lie down in the milk vetch fields on rice fields in my neighborhood. The milk vetch fields looked like a widely spread red-purple carpet, and were very comfortable. I wanted to see the milk vetch flower fields, so I visited Asuka village in Nara prefecture.

However, it was difficult to find the fields actually. I asked a farmer passing by me incidentally, then he talked that the season to plow the rice fields has become earlier than years ago, and it is not easy to see the milk vetch flower fields recently. But he added it would be possible to see them in the neighborhood of Asukadera Temple.

I turned the way back and went to Asukadera Temple, then some rice fields had milk vetch blossoms. It seemed the peak of blooming has already passed, but I was happy enough to see the flower beds. (All photos are taken by SIGMA sd Quattro H)

I also found bees collecting honey. I remembered that I was stung by honey bees several times in the milk vetch fields many years ago.

I saw clovers, dandelions, and yellow peas along the footroads.

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