I visited Hamarikyu Gardens to enjoy rapeseed flower blossom.There were about 300 thousands rapeseed flowers in a 3000-square-meter field. The yellow ground was so beautiful. There are tall buildings behind the field. The contrast between them was impressive.
Nanohana ya Tsuki wa Higashi ni
Hi wa Nishi ni.
This is a famous Haiku poem by Yosa Buson, a famous Haiku poet in the Edo period. The meaning of it is:
Beautiful rapeseed flowers
The moon is coming up in the east
The sun is going down in the west.
The sun was in the west when I visited the gardens. The scene reminded me of Buson's Haiku.
Hamarikyu Gardens were made in the early Edo period by one of Tokugawa families. It has become open to the public after the World War 2.The gardens are designed in Japanese style. They introduce the sea water into the ponds. (Unique!)
There is a tearoom on a small island in the pond. I found a tourist group from Russia enjoying a tea ceremony. They served a cup of tea and a Japanese sweet. The sweet was made in cherry-flower design today. Hamarikyu Gardens locates about three kilometers south from Tokyo Station and faces Tokyo Bay.
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