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Aichi’s Prefectural Flower

Rabbit-ear iris

The natural beauty of the area now known as Yatsuhashi in the city of Chiryu made a deep impression on one Sir Ariwara Narihira. Inspired, he wrote a Waka poem, with each line beginning with the five syllables which compose the the rabbit-ear iris’ Japanese name—Ka-ki-tsu-ba-ta.

The beautiful blossom was chosen as the prefectural flower in 1954.



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