I was planning to head to the mountains again and do another walk but during the night I was woken repeatedly by the sound of rain and hail hitting the window. The hail was still evident the next morning when I went to Inokahira Park.
Inokahira Park was a present to the people of Tokyo from the Emperor around the beginning of the 19th century and its centre piece is a huge pond surrounded by cherry blossom trees.
There is the chance to hire paddle boats and cruise up and down the pond. Some of the shapes of the boats are interesting but the most attention grabbing were these huge swans.
At one end of the pond there is a temple dedicated to Benzaten, who is apparently the vengeful goddess of love bringing the untimely finish to love affairs and is only supposed to affect those couples that enjoy boat rides on the pond. The pond is now full of kissing fish.
The other end of the pond contains great walks through the trees and across small bridges. It is hard to believe that this park is in the middle of Tokyo only 30 minutes from home.
During the cherry blossom season is it hard to move in this park and can only imagine that must look amazing.
Inokahira Park was a present to the people of Tokyo from the Emperor around the beginning of the 19th century and its centre piece is a huge pond surrounded by cherry blossom trees.
There is the chance to hire paddle boats and cruise up and down the pond. Some of the shapes of the boats are interesting but the most attention grabbing were these huge swans.
At one end of the pond there is a temple dedicated to Benzaten, who is apparently the vengeful goddess of love bringing the untimely finish to love affairs and is only supposed to affect those couples that enjoy boat rides on the pond. The pond is now full of kissing fish.
The other end of the pond contains great walks through the trees and across small bridges. It is hard to believe that this park is in the middle of Tokyo only 30 minutes from home.
During the cherry blossom season is it hard to move in this park and can only imagine that must look amazing.
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