We Are Tomodachi Spring 2016

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7The Echizen Coast on the Sea of Japan, located about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northeast of Kyoto, is one of Japan’s three main sites where wild daffodils grow in profusion. The flowers cover an area of some 60 hectares (150 acres). As many as five million white daffodils bloom fragrantly on steep seaside slopes against the backdrop of the vast, often wild waters of the sea below. The sight of the flowers standing firmly in the cold wind from the Sea of Japan has struck the hearts of Japanese people, inspiring haiku and other poetic compositions and serving as material for paintings and photographs. The highly aromatic and long-lasting daffodil is the prefectural flower of Fukui and is commercially cultivated by local growers.The Sea of Japan and Daffodils: Echizen Coast, Fukui Prefecture

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