“Futamurayama-shouchi,” meaning something like “Futamurayama, place with a good view”
On the top of Futamurayama, only one minute walking from the Assembly Hall at Fujita Health University, the cherry blossom (sakura) is now in full bloom.
Close to the temple near the top are at least two types of sakura, an almost white one and a deeply pink one. In the forest grow wild “yama-sakura,” which, from human point of view, have their flowers wastefully high in the sky. However, after climbing the watchtower and seeing the trees from above, one can understand the trees’ strategy, as butterflies here chase each other above the canopy.
The little temple feels more sacred than a picture with these traffic barriers and signs can capture. Within the temple there are three stone statues with each their own story.
The watchtower(at the highest point in Toyoake)
From the watchtower you can see Fujita
Different hats for different seasons (really). This statue is Jizo, a guardian deity of children and travellers. Particularly, this statue is 切られ地蔵尊 (cut Jizo statue). It seems that it was a full-size statue when erected in 1679, cut to its current small form when hit by lightning in 1740. The previous lower part of the statue is standing right behind it, but on this picture you can only see a small part of it at the very left.
There are also wild “yama-sakura” (mountain cherry blossom) in the forest, which have their blossom high up in the sky
Elsewhere in the forest the コバノミツバツツジ (Rhododendron reticulatum) is also blooming
This is a summary of the curriculum vitae (CV) of Prof. Masahiko Hibi, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University. He will give a presentation at Fujita Health University.
This is a summary of the curriculum vitae (CV) of Prof. Lutz Roewer, Professor for Forensic Genetics, Dept. Forensic Genetics, Labor Berlin – Charité Vivantes GmbH, Germany. He will give a presentation at Fujita Health University.
