Lycoris Radiata (Red Spider Lily) 曼珠沙華（彼岸花）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

These are Lycoris radiata, known as the red spider lily. Despite their beauty, however, in Japan, red spider lilies are associated with death for an unfair but understandable reason. In Japan, burial used to be general (currently most are cremated). Red spider lilies were planted to keep moles and other animals away from bodies because the plant's bulbs are poisonous. "Perception precedes reality," doesn't it?

Lycoris radiata 曼珠沙華

Red spider lily 彼岸花

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彼岸花（曼珠沙華）です。不吉なイメージがありますが何の根拠もなく、日本で昔まだ土葬が一般的だった時代にモグラなどから遺体を守るために、毒性を持つ彼岸花を墓の周りに植え始めたのが理由のようです。イメージって怖いです。

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