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Sep 4, 2014 - 1 min read

Red Spider Lilies Around Lake Biwa

September cycling in Shiga Prefecture

By Cathy Cawood

Community writer

Drifts of spider lilies under the pine trees beside Lake Biwa

Spider lilies growing on a stone wall in Sakamoto

Spider lilies bordering the fields beside the road

Rice stubble edged with red blooms

Spider lilies growing beside stone retaining walls

A single clump of red flowers stands out against the green

The flowers look particularly beautiful with the lake in the background

A black and white butterfly attracted by the red flowers

Temple statue with a splash of red in the background

The lilies look delicate, but must be very hardy!

Spider lilies growing around a shrine

Splash of color beside a small roadside shrine

Border of scarlet between rice stubble and road

Red blooms among bundles of rice straw

Under a tree by the lake

Spider lilies bordering a country road in Takashima

I love to cycle in the Japanese countryside, and Shiga Prefecture has some of the best scenery I've found in Japan. During September spider lilies spring up all over Shiga, adding scarlet accents to the scenery. A lot of rice is grown in Shiga, and the rice harvest takes place through August and September, so you can see the red lilies blooming next to a mix of ripe golden fields, brown stubble and the green of new re-growth, as well as against the ever lovely Lake Biwa.

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Cathy Cawood

By Cathy Cawood

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Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu

Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu 9 years ago

Nice place indeed. Now I know what these flowers are called.

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