I wanted to try my hand at collecting bekambe when I was taking pictures of them. Originally, the bekambe grows upside down in the water, so you have to turn over the whole leaf by hand to pick the fruit. However, the berries that are ready to be gathered are easily dislodged, and as soon as the leaves are turned over, they fall off and sink into the lake. This is very difficult. And the berries are so prickly that it hurts if you grab them tightly. It may look easy, but it takes a lot of skill and patience.

Fruits growing on the underside of a leaf. The one you are holding in your hand is a bekambe.

The fruits are so fragile that they often fall off... Mr. Tosa is very skillful and talks while he picks the fruits.

I was preoccupied with collecting Bekambe, but I found fantastic scenery of Lake Tangji in the early morning sun. Because it is close to Kushiro and the climate is prone to fog, it is often foggy in the morning in this season.

Foggy Lake Tangji. If you are lucky, you can see deer coming to drink water.

Flowers on the fantastic water surface and Lake Tangji

It is also beautiful when the fog clears.