Autumn in Tokyo

Just spent a morning wandering around in this beautiful park.  The colours are so fantastic at this time and today is a holiday so there were many Japanese visitors too - and it rained!

Rikugien Garden (Near to Ikebukero and Kyu Furukawa Garden)

This garden is a typical "kai-yu" ("walk-around") style garden. The thirty and sixty minute walking courses will take you round the pond, up Mount Fujishiro which is a miniature mountain, past Garyuseki Rock which represents a dragon, and past Horai-jima island which is shaped like a turtle. The garden dates back to 1695; it took 7 years to build and throughout history it has been described in many Japanese "waka" (31 syllable) poems.