Last Updated: Aug 25, 2022

Kinchakuda Manjushage Park

Saitama’s Sea of Spider Lilies

For the past month or so, my entire feed on Instagram has been overtaken by red spider lilies. Known in Japanese as manjushage or higanbana (the term that I’ll opt to use from here on out), these flowers are synonymous with the arrival of fall in Japan. Generally, they are at their best around the…