Kuroyona in Bloom at Hyakuna Garan

August, with its fierce typhoons, is over, and September has come at last.

Even in Okinawa, the mornings and evenings are beginning to carry a hint of autumn.

Many of you may have seen the kuroyona in the photograph. It flowers twice a year, in spring and in autumn.

At Hyakuna Garan the kuroyona is now in glorious full bloom, and in this beautiful space made by nature, you lose all sense of time.

Bathed in sunlight and swaying in the sea breeze, the flowers seem to be singing a chorus of light.