I’ve been to Showa Memorial Park so many times since I moved to Tokyo last year, that I think it’s safe to say it’s my favourite park in Tokyo prefecture. Sorry, Shinjuku Gyoen, you’ve been replaced! Every time I visit Showa Memorial Park, I discover another part of its HUGE grounds! And not only is it a massive park, but each of the five ‘zones’ have different seasonal draw cards. So there really is no bad time to go.
For this visit, I went to Zone E to see the Japanese Garden for the first time. It’s kind of like a cool secret garden, where you have to walk through inconspicuous wooden gates into an area hidden from the outside world. Once you’re in, though, it opens up to a glorious, tranquil lake.
I was not at all expecting such a beautiful spot. The afternoon sun made for some brilliant colours. And the still lake made for some epic reflections! It reminded me of art projects in primary school where you fold a paper in half, put blobs of paint on one side and then fold the other half on top, then open it up to reveal a symmetrical ‘masterpiece’! Those paintings were always a lot of fun, as was trying to capture these lake reflections!
Looks a bit like our back yard … at least the water, in the rainy season!
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I can totally see the resemblance… :-P
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写真の池は こもれびの池ですか。「こもれび」というのは、どういう意味ですか。
水に映った美しい絵の中に 飛び込んだら、別世界(べっせかい)に
いけそうですね。松ノ木のまわりに 縄のロープが ひっぱってあります。
そのかさのような形が 水に うつっているのを とても 興味ぶかく 見ました。
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この日本庭園について http://www.showakinen-koen.jp/garden/ でたくさんの情報がありそうです!全部わかりませんでしたけど、私ももっと知りたいです!
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Beautiful photos. Love reflection shots, especially in Autumn. Looks so peaceful.
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Hi Aaron, thanks! Yeah, a great place to get lost in your own thoughts :)
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WoW!!!
Just magical, how did you manage to take such beautiful reflections…picture perfect and every piece that you have taken can be framed…one can keep gazing at it.
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Framing a photo or two is actually a great idea for a Christmas present, thank you!!
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Good times ahead and you can make it a wonderful present…own captured picture, it matters more than anything…
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