This year our GW is very understated: no marathon bike trips to the extreme end of the island, no mad crush on the shinkansen. Just a peaceful break in Tokyo. Part of the reason for this is that GW is only 4 days, partly it's because I am still not in a rhythm with juggling my work and partly because Hiro's parents will be down on Friday. The are coming down to go on a boat trip, but would like to see some roses while here. With that in mind we went to Shinjuku gyoen today to see what the roses there were like...
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| On the way to the station - not in Shinjuku Gyoen. |
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| A perfect place to lie on the grass and have a picnic. |
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| We looked to avoid the crowds. |
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| Roses are not really out yet, but will probably be so by the weekend. |
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| The end of azaleas |
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| The beginning of the roses... it's a pity computers don't do scratch & sniff yet. |
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| Azaleas and roses |
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| The carp have good genetics or good acclimatization to survive in here. Muddy but still pretty. |
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| No people here, but people don't seem to like sitting on places that aren't grassed. |
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| Experimenting with Panorama mode |
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| Wisteria |
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| Wisteria and the tea house |
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| More Panorama |
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| And Again |
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| This is what we were trying to avoid |
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| Magnificent Mexican trees - similar to mangroves - the roots are at right angles to the soil. |
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| Panorama of the trees. |
2 comments:
Not even one photo of a cute kiddie? :p
I really like this park - even when it's crowded, you can usually find a quiet spot somewhere.
The short answer...
No!
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