Roses 3: Arakawa ni chome

At Arakawa Ni-chome there is a park that has the tramline on one side and a water treatment facility on the other.  I might have been a bit over roses here, because there aren't reall tham many roses photos here.
There were a lot of quirks about the place. 



Dinosaurs

A very acrobatic naked lady

this was more like it - but it still looks rather ... communist  -
in the artistic sense of the word.

The wisteria behind would be worth going back to see late April next year.

Water treatment

Not a very attractive view

The park between Arakawa ni chome station and the rose beds

The very unassuming Arakawa ni chome station.

Roses 2: The Arakawa line

The Arakawa line, which is reasonably close by, is another spectacular spot for roses.   We walked from Kyu Furukawa to the tram line at Oji station via Asukayama park.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roses 1 : Kyu Furukawa

Pictures from early -mid May. Hiro's parents were in town and wanted to see roses.... Kyu Furukawa is not far away. We went the day before the roses festival opened but the roses were already in full bloom.  The blossoms have been early this year.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not the most comfortable shoes.

I really really want to start a collection of shoe photos.  Hiro is adamant I might get arrested as a variant of an upskirter (a woefully common practice here - are there any other countries that by law have a click sound on a mobile phone...)   The topside of these shoes are see through plastic.