Garden visit and Street Market

As our visit to Tokyo is coming to an end want to make sure that I again visit one of my favourite gardens: Rikugien,


Just to remind us that a wedding is taking place very soon, a beautiful couple is strolling in traditional wedding clothes.


Here is some important info: "The name Rikugien refers to a system of dividing Chinese poetry into six categories" Six: Roku in Japanese. "Riku" is the Japanese pronunciation of the word. China's cultural influence on japanese culture is everywhere: In writing, art, tea ceremony. Yet it is Japan which made it all quite distinctly their own.

From Rikugien we walked to Sugamo dori, and visited quite extensive street market that seems to be mostly visited by older people, just like us.

Our Israeli niece is arriving any minute from New Zealand, more nieces and a nephew are arriving from Israel tomorrow. We are looking forward to show them the wonders of Tokyo.


Our next story may take place in Okinawa...


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