Equinoctial Week @ Temples in Setagaya：:Sept. 23, 2017

It is Autumnal Equinox Day today. We are in the Equinoctial Week, when many people visit their graves. 

I visited some temples in Sitagaya ward during my weekend walks.

I found many visitors at Gotokuji Temple.

The chrysanthemum and other flowers were devoted to their graves (and to the spirits of their ancestors and other passed-family members).

The flowers were also devoted to jizo, guardian gods of the children. (See the second photo) 

The flowers of the cluster amaryllis were open in several places. (see the top photo) 

At the shops, they sold flowers for the visit.

The season is turning to autumn.

Shizuoka: Sept. 16-17, 2017 (off Tokyo)

I was in Shizuoka City, about 150 km west from Tokyo, to join a gathering and visited several places during my stay there.

Fugetsu is a garden which locates quite near from the JR Shizuoka station. (See also the top photo)

The last shogun used to live here about 150 years ago. Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the 15^th shogun of the Edo government. He returned the power to the royal family (Meiji Emperor) in 1867, which ended the rule of the Tokugawa shogun government which had lasted 260 years.

Yoshinobu moved to Shizuoka after the Meiji Revolution and lived in Fugetsu about 20 years before he moved to another place in the city. Fugetsu is now uses as a restaurant.

I also visited an aquarium in Miho, Shimizu ward of the city. It is operated by Tokai University.

Fish and other marine creatures of the Suruga Bay, which lies in front of the city, are displayed. (See also the 3rd photo from the top)

Anemone fish attracted kids. (2nd photo from the top)

In addition to living lives, specimens are also displayed.

The experiments of tsunami were also carried out. A move in the sea floor makes a wave; it grows as it approaches the sea coast; then, the wave washes away the towns.

They also have a natural history museum in the area.

The typhoon was approaching the area, so they suspended the operation of the water buses.