Canola flowers

When Japanese people hear nanohana (the Japanese word for canola flowers), they often picture bright yellow flowers blooming in the fields in spring. Canola is a generic term for plants in the Brassicaceae family; their flowers appear similar, but there are various types. Depending on the type, the flowers can be processed to produce certain oils. People also enjoy eating these flowers as a familiar spring food in Japan. You can see superb canola flowers along the the Shinagawa Hanakaido in Shinagawa City (Higashi-Oi 1- and 2-chome and Katsushima 1-chome).