#32 · Jul 12–16 · Lesser Heat
Lotus flowers begin to open
蓮始開
Hasu hajimete hiraku · Lotus begins to open
Single lotus flower at first opening, calm water and broad leaves; botanical garden feasible.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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