Dragon Fire Flower Festival

Every fall, a very distinctive red flower blooms here in my little slice of Japan. I have no idea what they call the flower in Japanese, and it's possible that my friend was just making up the name "Dragon Fire Flower," but it's fitting, so that's what I'm calling it until I know better. ;-)

There is a town not so far from me that has a festival dedicated to this flower for most of the month of September. I finally had a chance to go this year. Here are the photos from the festival. :-)