Rikugien is a Japanese type garden located in Tokyo. The garden is one of Japan’s cultural heritage from Edo’s era. It opens from 9am to 5pm. Entrance fee is ¥300 for adult. There are two sections of the garden: pond and man-made hills. Picnic is not allowed in the garden. Sitting areas can be found …
Mima Isono
Welcome to TiptoeingWorld, a blog by Mima Isono, hyperactive mom with restless feet and wandering mind living in Tokyo, Japan.
It’s a cloudy day with a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon. The sky is a bit unfriendly for flowers photography. I still managed to take pictures of these beautiful flowers in the neighbourhood though 🙂 Hydrangea is known as one of the flowers that bloom in June in Japan. These ones open much …
Don’t you feel cold? That was the question I wanted to ask to a school girl wearing extremely short skirt in freezing cold December. She looked just fine and got a warm smile on her face. Never once she touched her feet nor making “shhh” sound of feeling cold. She is not the only one. …
Tokyo giant ferris wheel of 117 meter tall is less than 20 minutes by train from Tokyo station. We always wanted to take pictures of this giant ferris wheel. Only today we had a chance to visit the Kasai Sea Side park, the house of the ferris wheel. It’s a huge park with a man-made …
The fist time I ever saw “shibazakura” was while I was sitting on train looking at an advertisement in Japanese. Not that I could read “kanji” (japanese character) but picture alone explained the beauty. “Pink Flower” was the keyword I used to search the name of the flower. It turned out the beautiful flower on …
Wisteria or “Fuji” as the local calls blooms mid April to mid May. There are quite number of Wisteria parks in Japan. Famous one is in Kita-kyushu, Fukuoka Perfecture. We didn’t go to this place and chose the nearest ones to Tokyo instead. People will go to Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo to see wisteria …