While going for my regular (three times weekly) 6km runs, I noticed something rather unexpected (for Japan) along the route. A bottle brush flower! This is a flower which is native to where I'm from in Australia! What was it doing in Japan? What was the chance of one being along my running route? So far this is the only bottle brush that I've seen in Japan, I wonder if this person is a collector of rare flowering plants? Well it was something that brightened my days as I ran passed it while it was in bloom. A little reminder of Perth, and big reminder that God is always watching over me. I went back at later time of day with the camera and got this photo.

Some links to photos of bottle brushes I've taken in Perth:-
http://www.pbase.com/jameslclarke/image/66579381
http://www.pbase.com/jameslclarke/image/75747395
http://www.pbase.com/jameslclarke/image/76339104
http://www.pbase.com/jameslclarke/image/76339105
http://www.pbase.com/jameslclarke/image/111029280