April 29, 2000. The Flower Festival at the Himenosawa Park Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The Flower Festival is an annual event at the Himenosawa Park through April 29 to May 5. I walked 4-5 km from the top of the Mt. Higane to the center of the park as working out field athletics with many people. It was a good exercise. We had some quizzes abut Atami on the way from the mountain. Luckily, they gave us some sparklers, flower seeds and other presents. Azaleas are coming out in the park. They also give orienteering, origami and other events during the festival. Please take a look for details. http://www.city.atami.shizuoka.jp/event/index.html

	The top of the Mt.Higane, start point of the field athletics. You see mountains of Amagi in the front, Suruga Bay in the right, Sagami Open Sea in the left and streets of the town.		There are 50 playground equipments in the middle of the field athletics. Many children were challenging them.
	60, 000 azaleas are coming out. They are red, purple, pink and white, so colorful!
	These are 2,000 rhododendrons, which are 800 kinds from all over the world.		"Izu shinseiki sozosai"(means to create new century in Izu) is held in Izu (including Atami). The mascot "Izunosuke" is popular among children.