2010-05-06

Takeshiba Pier, Kyu Shiba Rikyu: May 3, 2010






It is the third day of the Golden Week holidays. The weather is good and it is hot. The sunshine is brignt. It is almost summer!

I visited Hamamatsucho and Takeshiba in the Tokyo Bay area. The sea was blue.

Takeshiba is a terminal of passenger lines. Ships leave for and arrive from the Izu islands (Oshima island, Miyakejima island, the Ogasawara islands). The Tokyo Bay cruising ships also leave and arrive here.

There is a terrace along the port. I sat in a chair and felt the breeze from the sea.

Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden is a traditional Japanese-style garden. It was formerly a villa of a powerful family in the Edo era. The garden was originally a part of Tokyo Bay and the pond had salt water. Now, it is several hundreds meters from the sea (because of landfill) and the pond has fresh water.

They had azalea, wisteria and iris flowers today. I enjoyed the flowers.

I happened to find a Pokemon shop near JR Hamamatsucho Station. There were so many kids and their parents. Children looked so happy and were making screams of joy.

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