I woke up early in the morning, went to the lotus field in Tsuchiura City and found these flowers.
They bloom for three days from 7:00 am to 9:00 am in summer.
Their sizes are around 20cm in diameter.
Lotus flower blooms from a dirty pond. Similarly, the enlightenment arises not out of the men with the ultimate pure but out of the men in the illusion pond.
(The Vimalakirti Sutra)
Lotus field in Tsuchiura
Tsuchiura, which is a city to the north-east of Tokyo, has the largest lotus field in Japan
The depth of the field is about 1m.
So be careful when you take photographs of them.
"Does Japanese eat lotus ?"
"Yes, not its flower, but its root."
