Across the Hijikawa River you can see a small mountain whose cone shape resembles Mt. Fuji, which is why they used the same Japanese characters when naming the mountain, just changing the pronunciation to “Mt. Tomisu.” From afar it looks like an ordinary mountain, but if you visit from late April to May you’ll notice a rich pink color covering the top like a little hat. That’s 63,000 azalea flowers, the official Ozu flower, planted by the locals when it was turned into a public city park. Currently with 40,000 residents, the number of azalea flowers actually exceeds the population. The bright pink color indicates the arrival of early summer in Ozu.