Kokubunji – Tonogayato Garden (Tonogayato Teien)
Making a stopover before heading to the Hachioji Matsuri for the second time, I visited Tonogayato Garden in Kokubunji. Kokubunji
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Parks & Gardens
Aokigahara – Hiking in the “Suicide Forest”
Aokigahara – also known as the Sea of Trees – is a 35 km2 forest which is so dense and
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Todoroki Valley
Just leaving the train station and looking around, many places seem to look the same. But Tokyo is full of
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Oncheoncheon Citizen’s Park in Busan
On my way to Beomeosa Temple, I made a stopover at Myeongnyun-dong Station. There is a stream beneath the station which is the Oncheoncheon.
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Sampo-jii Pond/Shakuji Park (Park in Nerima)
Nerima-ku, home of high-flying martial artists (Ranma 1/2) and Doraemon, also has a nice and quite unusual park. While most
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Shinjuku Gyoen: Autumn colours in Shinjuku
Today I went to Shinjuku Gyoen, which is often recommended as a good place to watch cherry blossoms. Unsurprisingly, it’s also one of the best parks to see the autumn colours
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Heiwa no Mori park: Beautiful autumn colours
So far I have been to a lot of places to watch the autumn leaves but one place I haven’t visited so far is “Heiwa no Mori” (peaceful forest). Which is kind of weird considering it’s only a two minute walk from my apartment.
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Autumn in Inokashira Park
Time for another re-visit: I’ve seen the cherry blossoms in Inokashira Park earlier this year so I had to see the autumn colours. Unfortunately, there wasn’t that much to see although the park is always worth a visit.
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Rikugien Light-up Event
Yoyogi Park was great but the most spectacular sites are located at the “Light up” events. Some parks in Japan are doing this during the autumn leaves season and are open until 9 PM or later.
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Autumn colours in Yoyogi Park
They say that the best seasons to visit Japan are spring and fall. Last year I arrived in time for the last days of the cherry blossoms and only had little time to photograph the leaves in autumn (Momiji). This year I’ve got more time and so I went to Yoyogi Park today.
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Sankei-en – Traditional Japanese Garden in Yokohama
Unfortunately all the cities around Tokyo that I haven’t visited are all two hour trips with regional trains. So that either means getting up early or go somewhere else. And there are many temples and gardens which I haven’t visited yet. One of them is Sankei-en (三溪園) in Yokohama.
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