Sanzu River
The bulbs of "Lycoris radiata" are poisonous. These are mostly used in Japan, and they are used to surround rice paddies and houses to keep pests and mice away. This is the reason most of them now grow around rivers. The Japanese common name for "Lycoris radiata" literally means "flower of "higan" (the other shore of Sanzu River, or a Buddhist holiday around the autumnal equinox)". In Japan the red spider lily signals the arrival of fall. Another popular Japanese name for "Lycoris radiata" is , taken from the name of a mythical flower described in Chinese translation of the Lotus Sutra. It is called by over 1000 other local names in Japan.