Visit to Rikugi-en Garden & Maples
6-16-3 Hon-komagome Bunkyo-ku Tokyo
I visited Rikugi-en Garden on Aug. 29, 2007.
Scenery of Nakanoshima
Scenery of the Fujishiro pass 1
Scenery of the Fujishiro pass 2
Scenery of Stone lantern, the Fukiage Tea-house & the Hohrai islet
The Hohrai-islet & a pine tree on the Daisensui-pond
You will see lots of maple trees around Fukiage-chaya, Tsutsuji-chaya and Takiminochaya.
where, "chaya" means an arbor-like Rest house or simple Tea house with old Japanese style.
A big maple & a red paper umbrella at Fukiage-chaya
Tsutsuji-chaya & maples
Takiminochaya & maples
Mizuwakeishi (Water distributing stone) at Takiminochaya
Let me show you some views of maples in this garden.
A Japanese maple tree & the Dobashi-bridge named Tadurubashi
A Japanese maple tree on the rock at the edge of Dobashi-bridge named Tadurubashi
A Japanese Maple & Togetsukyo-bridge made of two large stones
A gigantic trident maple whose trunk diameter is about 1 m, and Shinsentei Teahouse