My Wonderful Life, Showa Memorial Park

As it is in the middle of November. The maple-changing color front continues to coming down from North to South. However it has not reached to the center of Tokyo. So I searched some place where I can see the red maple leaves and yellow Gingko trees. I found the National Showa Park of Tachikawa, where I can see both maple and Gingko. While my children were still quite small, I had been there once. However it was so shabby park at that time. When I arrived at this park, I found that the design was very nice.

The walking roads and the bicycle roads were separated completely. The shapes of lakes were also wonderful. Especially I like the Japanese Garden very much. In the center of Tokyo, there are a few Japanese Gardens, which were built more than a few hundreds years ago. However these gardens are quite small. As this park was built quite recently, the size of the Japanese Garden is well designed and large. I was fascinated by it. Today was a bit cool day, I came back early. Anyway I enjoyed the maple leaves, Gingko leaves and the Japanese Garden.

(November 13, 2005)