(2025-11-22) Evening Stroll at Showa Memorial Park in Autumn
Showa Memorial Park is exceptionally large for a park in Tokyo.
They hold events there from time to time.
This autumn features illuminated autumn foliage.
They light up the Japanese-style garden area and the Ginkgo Avenue.
So I chose a day with a wind speed of 1 m/sec (almost no wind)
and went to see it.
After learning from the last “Stargazing Stroll,” where I ended up walking a ton,
I entered through Nishi-Tachikawa Gate and took the shortest route to the Japanese-style garden inside.
I always think this, but unlike Hitachi Seaside Park,
this park keeps the usual night lighting during events and
doesn’t prepare any extra temporary lights or signs at all (;'∀').
Groups of people walking together could be heard saying things like,
“Is this the right path?”
“I have no idea where we’re walking.”
“Let’s ask a staff member for directions.” “There aren’t any staff.”
Showa Memorial Park, if you run events, could you pay a little more attention?
Anyway, I finally managed to reach the garden.
Inside the garden,
the rule is “only one monopod allowed except in the tripod-permitted area,”
so I wandered around shooting with a monopod and then set up in the tripod area to take photos.
The garden pond was almost perfectly still, so I could capture reflections, but...
every gazebo was packed with people to the brim (;'∀').
You didn’t even need to zoom in to see how the atmosphere was ruined, lol.
Still, it was beautiful nonetheless (●´ω｀●)