By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
November 10, 2020 at 09:00 JST
Visitors enjoy the rare sight of water from the stem spouting from the tip of the leaf's veins at an early morning lotus-viewing event in Sankeien Garden. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
“Lotus flowers make a popping sound when they open,” one of my Japanese friends said. “Really?” I responded, amazed. “Someday, I’d love to witness such a sound.” Then another friend, who recently moved to Yokohama, said that maybe we could. [Read More]
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