Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa (December 20th)

Illumination in Showa Kinen Park.

We went to see the Christmas illumination in Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa.
There were lots of people and we saw some fireworks before we left there.


When I shook my camera, then the picture turned out to be like this. Interesting.

Ogouchi Dam, Okutama (December 7th)

Ogouchi Dam, aka Okutama-ko (lake) in Okutama.

We went to Okutama to see if any fall color could be seen still. When we got to the Ogouchi Dam, which is also known as Okutama-ko (lake), we found candle ice on the ground. It was really cold, but the sky was really clear and blue. However, most of the leaves of the trees in the mountains were already gone. After that, we went to the hot spring near the Okutama station.


Sunshine on the lake.


Candle ice... It is winter already...






Beautiful blue sky.

Sourousen-en Garden and Tonogayato Garden (December 6th)

Sourousen-en Garden in Koganei.

We went to Tonogayato Garden in Kokubunji by bicycle to see the fall color. On the way to there we found a garden called Sourousen-en. We have never been to or heard of the garden before, but the view from the entrance gate looked pretty nice and interesting, so we went in the garden. The garden had nice big maple trees and we saw the beautiful colors of the leaves brightened up by the morning sunshine. In Tonogayato Garden it was not as good as last year, but we could see some nice maple trees.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.


In the Sourousen-en Garden.
It has a pond, too.


In the Tonogayato Garden.


In the Tonogayato Garden.


In the Tonogayato Garden.


In the Tonogayato Garden.


In the Tonogayato Garden.


In the Tonogayato Garden.