Musashino Park & Nogawa Park (April 1st)

 

Cherry blossoms were in their peak.

 

     We went to see cherry blossoms in Musashino Park in our neighborhood.
According to the weather forecast, it would be rainy from early afternoon, so we enjoyed our late breakfast with Sake under the cherry tree before it started to rain.

午後からは雨の予報だったので、遅めの朝食を兼ねて、近所の公園でお花見してきました。
流石に平日の午前中は人が少なかったです。
帰りがけに立ち寄った野川公園では、さらにいろんな野草が咲き出していました。
 

 

Spiraea thunbergii (Yuki Yanagi).

 

Spiraea thunbergii (Yuki Yanagi).

 

 

 

 

 

Viola keiskei (Maruba Sumire) and 

Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).

 

Primula sieboldii (Sakura-sou).

 

Primula japonica (Kurin-sou).

 

Primula japonica (Kurin-sou).

 

Hylomecon japonica (Yamabuki-sou).

 

Meehania urticifolia (Rashoumon Kazura).

 

Arisaema ringens (Musashi Abumi).

 

Anemone flaccida (Nirin-sou).

 

Maple leaves were just budding out.

 

Ardea cinerea (Ao Sagi).

 

Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum (Ikari-sou).

 

Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum (Ikari-sou).

 

Chloranthus japonicus (Hitorishizuka).

 

Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou).

 

Lamium album var. barbatum (Odoriko-sou).

 

Viola betonicifolia var. albescens (Ariake Sumire).

 

Viola mandshurica (Sumire).

Walk around the Neighborhood (March 29th & 31st)

 

Viola japonica (Ko Sumire) in our home garden.

    I caught a bad cold this weekend, so we didn't go to anywhere special.  Here are the pictures taken this weekend.

風邪をひいてしまい、今週末は自宅の近所にちょっと出かけただけで、家でじっとしてました。
自宅の鉢植えも花盛りです。近所の桜を見に行ったら、カワセミに出会いました。
神代植物公園の桜ライトアップを見に行ってきたのですが、照明の数が少ないのと配置が良くないためか、あまりぱっとしませんでした。桜自体は流石に散り始めでした。
今度の週末は、どこかにスミレ探しに行きたいなぁ…。

 

Zanthoxylum piperitum (Sanshou) in our home garden.

 

Viola japonica (Ko Sumire) in our home garden.

 

Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou).

 

Viola keiskei (Maruba Sumire).

 

Cherry blossom in the ICU campus.

 

Cherry blossom in the ICU campus.

 

Alcedo atthis (Kawasemi) in Musashino Park.

 

 Alcedo atthis (Kawasemi) in Musashino Park.

It got a fish!

 

Alcedo atthis (Kawasemi) in Musashino Park.

 

Cherry blossoms in Musashino Park.

 

Carduelis spinus (Ma Hiwa).

 

Cherry blossoms in Musashino Park.

 

Cherry blossoms in Jindai Botanical Garden.

 

Cherry blossoms in Jindai Botanical Garden. 

They were doing light-up this weekend, but the light-up wasn't so nice.

They need more lights.

 

Cherry blossoms in Jindai Botanical Garden. 

Musashino Park and Nogawa Park (November 27th)

The reeds by the Nogawa River on the way back home from Tonogayato Garden.

Here are the pictures taken in Musashino Park and Nogawa Park on the way back home from Tonogayato Garden. We didn't know we could see so many red maple trees.
It seems we have pretty good fall color this year.

こちらは殿ヶ谷戸からの帰りに武蔵野公園、野川公園で撮った写真です。


Red maple trees in Musashino Park.






There are quite a few nice maple trees by the Nogawa River in Musashino Park.


Acer buergerianum (Tou Kaede).


Viola japonica (Ko Sumire)?


Colorful maple trees in Musashino Park.


Ginkgo biloba (Ichou) in Nogawa Park.

ICU and Musashino Park (April 4th)

Malus halliana (Kaidou).

It was pretty cloudy but we went to see some cherry blossoms and have a Hanami at Musashino Park right beside Nogawa Park.


Cherry blossom in the ICU campus.


Cerasus spachiana f. spachiana (Ito-zakura) in ICU.


In the ICU campus.








Viola grypoceras f. variegata (Akafu-tachitsubo-sumire) in the ICU campus.


Viola grypoceras f. variegata (Akafu-tachitsubo-sumire).


In Musashino Park.




We had lunch under these cherry trees.




A kind of weeping cherry "Yae-beni-shidare-zakura", I think...




Prunus jamasakura (Yama-zakura).


I think this one is another variation of Prunus jamasakura (Yama-zakura).
The petals are layered.


Prunus jamasakura (Yama-zakura).


Musashino Park.


Nogawa Park.