Hi, My photos of the first 2 were taken in Kinchakuda and the last one in Gongendo. Kinchakuda is a round shape and flat field surrounded by the Koma river. It was originally a natural habitat of Lycoris radiata with other plants. About 20 years ago people removed other plants to grow only Lycoris. It is said there are more than one million bulbs of lycoris now. Gongendo was made as a bank to prevent from a flood of the Gongen river about 430 years ago. It was not a natural habitat of Lycoris and they were beginning to be planted about 10 years ago. Mari Kitama -------------------------------------- Get the new Internet Explorer 8 optimized for Yahoo! JAPAN http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/ie8/