
Welcome to the highs and lows of living in Asahi, Nyu-gun, a small and strange town nestled in the mountains of western Japan. Dare you read what thrilling adventures will befall....AN ENGLISHMAN IN NYU-GUN!!!
10 May 2005
This flower is called "Higanbana" in Japanese ("Red Spider Lily" in English). It's a type of Amaryllis which shoots out of the ground during the autumnal equinox in September, and can often be found around the edges of rice paddies and graveyards. The bulbs are poisonous, so they're often planted around rice fields to keep the rats out. "Higan" is the Buddhist term for the seven days around the equinox, when Japanese families pray to their ancestors.

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