{"id":2728,"date":"2020-08-04T12:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T03:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2020-08-07T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:39:56","slug":"takada-castle-site-park-double-headed-lotus-is-in-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/2728\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDouble headed lotus\u201d is in bloom! <br>Takada Castle Site Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The flower that brings happiness has bloomed!<\/h2>\r\n<p>At the Takada Castle Site Park in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, \u201cSotoren\u201d, which has two flowers on one stem, bloomed on the morning of August 3rd. \u00a0This is the first time in two years in the park, and many people with cameras are visiting.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6C931612-47BA-4A0A-80EE-696EBF23602F.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6C931612-47BA-4A0A-80EE-696EBF23602F.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6C931612-47BA-4A0A-80EE-696EBF23602F.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6C931612-47BA-4A0A-80EE-696EBF23602F-370x208.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6C931612-47BA-4A0A-80EE-696EBF23602F-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6C931612-47BA-4A0A-80EE-696EBF23602F-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6C931612-47BA-4A0A-80EE-696EBF23602F-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span title=\"\">Photograph: August 3, 2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>The double headed lotus bloomed along the edge of the Nishibori(west moat) in Takada Castle Site Park. \u00a0The variety is \u201cSeiko Kouren,\u201d a dark pink flower.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-120084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0803_00002-3.jpg\" alt=\"Still0803_00002\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0803_00002-3-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>This sotouren was found by the manager of the park management office on the 31st of last month. \u00a0It is a mutation that occurs once in every 20,000 to 30,000 flowers, and it has long been said to bring happiness in China.<\/p>\r\n<p>According to the management office, Sotouren has not been found in the park since it was discovered in the Kitahori(north moat) two years ago.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-120085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0803_00003-1.jpg\" alt=\"Still0803_00003\" width=\"808\" height=\"454\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0803_00003-1-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>According to Shinji Sato, chairman of the \u201cSearch for Sotouren at Takada Castle Site Park,\u201d the lotus flower opens early in the morning and closes at noon. \u00a0This is repeated three times before it disperses on the 4th time. \u00a0The double-headed lotus will be viewable until the morning of Thursday, August, 6th.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-120083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0803_00001-3.jpg\" alt=\"Still0803_00001\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Still0803_00001-3-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>In the past, Sotouren have been taken from the park, but Chairman Sato calls for \u201ceveryone to look only, while feeling the romance of the moment, so that everyone can be happy.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>The \u201cKanrenkai(Lotus Viewing Event)\u201d is currently being held at Takada Castle Site Park. \u00a0The current flowering status of the lotuses can be checked using the live camera. \u00a0If you are interested, please check the related articles.<\/p>\r\n<div tabindex=\"0\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>\uff1c Related article \uff1e<br \/>\r\n\u00a0 \u25a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/2466\/\">\u3010LIVE\u3011 Lotus flowers at Takada Castle Site Park real-time!\u00a0 Check the flowering status with a live camera!<\/a><br \/>\r\n\u00a0 \u25a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/149\/\">\u3010MOVIE\u3011Summer tradition Takada Castle Site Park \u201cThe most Oriental lotus\u201d<\/a><br \/>\r\n\u00a0 \u25a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/2690\/\">After 2 years! &#8220;Double headed lotus&#8221; that brings happiness to Takada Castle Ruins Park\uff08Joetsu City\uff09<\/a><div class=\"b-spot\"><h2>Lotus in Takada Castle Site Park<\/h2><div class=\"gmap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.jp\/maps?output=embed&hl=en&q=%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E7%9C%8C%E4%B8%8A%E8%B6%8A%E5%B8%82%E6%9C%AC%E5%9F%8E%E7%94%BA44-1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"b-spot-detail\"><div class=\"b-spot-lt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1230630.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"b-spot-rt\"><p class=\"info\"><b>Address: <\/b>44-1 Motoshirocho, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture<br><b>Access: <\/b> Hokuriku Shinkansen Joetsu Myoko Station \u21d2 To Echigo Toki Meki Railway Takada Station. 15 minutes on foot from Takada Station. There is a parking lot in the park<br><b>URL: <\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joetsu-kanko.net\/\">http:\/\/www.joetsu-kanko.net\/<\/a><\/p><p class=\"btn\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E7%9C%8C%E4%B8%8A%E8%B6%8A%E5%B8%82%E6%9C%AC%E5%9F%8E%E7%94%BA44-1?hl=en\">Google Map<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-map-marker-alt\"><\/i><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joetsu-kanko.net\/\">Website<i class=\"far fa-fw fa-window-restore\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The flower that brin&#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=2723","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[166,23,82],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlight","tag-166","tag-23","tag-82","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}