Japanese Witch Hazel (Mansaku, 万作）

        *Today, I went to see the witch hazel (←link) to the next city's park* 

     My friend taught me about the rare (for me) tree called witch hazel. 
Among the varieties of them; The majority of vernal , Chinese and Japanese witch hazels typically flower sometime from January into March.
The Japanese name for witch hazel is mansaku.  When it is written in Chinese character like this "万作" they literally mean “rich crop” ; in reference to folklore that posited that, when flowers appeared in great number, abundant crop harvests would follow. The name has also been translated as “earliest flowering”. It came from the dialect of northern part in Japan "mannzusakuru まんずさくる,　firstly come"

the tree located a bit far from the camera angel,  sorry for my bad pics with zoom

After passing the gate, we needed to go down the path, and deep inside the park. We were lucky that running into the staff and being guided to the right direction.

It would be nice if we could get more closer and enjoy the unusually lovely flower better. They look tiny from where we stand.  As you can see, my husband used bicycle from the parking lot. 

Besides seeing the tree, it was a marvelous day for taking a walk and forest bathing whch I cannot usually have.

I'll link this post to "Our World Tuesday".  

I wished to write this in time before I sleep and to the link.
Thanks for stopping by. Visiting you soon, my friends.

Night Night from Japan;