藤 - Fuji - Beautiful Japanese Wisteria 

May is the season of wisteria flower, also known as Fuji (ふじ ). During this season, there are beautiful Fuji flower displays around Kyoto. Have you seen Wisteria flowers around your city? *＾＾*

Visterija arba Fudži - tai gegužę pražystantis vijoklinis krūmas, galintis užaugti iki 15-18 metrų aukščio. Sakoma, kad visterija yra vienas seniausių žydinčių medžių visame Japonijos archipelage.

Wisteria, fuji 藤 (ふじ )
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To enjoy the beauty of colorful and blooming flowers, you should go to Ashikaga Flower Park – which attracts a lot of tourists annually coming to contemplate. With approximately 8.2 hectare, the park owns 3 big Wisteriatrusses, with the size is about more than 1000m2, in addition to a rare dual one. Moreover, the park also has a more than 100-year-old Fuji tree, spreading its branches, forming a giant umbrella with flowers covering all over it and an 80 meter tunnel which is made from white Fuji flower looks so beautiful.
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Amazingly intricate artworks by Sagaki Keita heart emoticon Worldwide classics made up of thousands of tiny cartoons!

Keita Sagaki recreates classic paintings by drawing them straight onto paper without drafting them first
His works can take a year to make. 

From a distance, they look like painstaking recreations of classic paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
But a closer look reveals these amazingly intricate artworks are created from thousands and thousands of childlike sketches.

And the 27-year-old, originally from Ishikawa, northern Japan, does not draft the pictures, which can take months to create.
He said: 'I don't draft my work, I just draw it in pen, directly onto paper.
'I usually use a 0.38mm pen, and sometimes ink thinned with water to achieve a grey tone, but that's all.'

Incredibly, Keita Sagaki's works, which can take almost a year to create, are completely improvised and drawn directly onto paper without being drafted first.

Despite his direct approach, Mr Sagaki, who lives in Tokyo, said that some of the pictures have taken him months to complete.
He said: 'It varies according to the size of the work. The Last Supper took the longest time. I drew it for approximately ten months.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068717/Keita-Sagaki-The-man-hand-draws-classic-paintings--using-thousands-cartoons.html#ixzz3KH57tJP5 

He uses a tapestry of thousands of cartoon characters - woven together to resemble the famous works they mimic.

More: http://lostininternet.com/sagaki-keita-draws-images-within…/
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