Introduced from China from the Nara period to the Heian period. A typical plant that symbolizes longevity based on traditional Japanese play “Noh”. In fact...

They have been considered as a top/head of all flowers in China. Imported to Japan in the Nara period. Started to be used as a medicine and became a decorative flower in...

They have long been loved as a motif for Japanese waka poems, paintings, and costumes. Many works incorporating bellflowers along with other...

kikkou=tortoiseshell, Tsunagi=connection.
Turtles have long been treated as a symbol of longevity.