Night Walk at Showa Park Japanese Garden
Well, the Momiji Season is upon us. I thought we might miss it altogether this year since we will be gone most of November. But, when our free weekly edition of The Stars and Stripes arrived, we read an article about the Night Walk at Showa Park and decided to check it out. Showa Park is HUGE. (It takes well over an hour to walk from one end of the park to the other.) In honor of the Momiji, there are a few areas in the park that are lit up at night. One of the areas is a Ginko tree lined avenue and the other main area is the Japanese Garden. Along the Ginko Avenue they have music playing in time to changing colored lights. There were SO MANY people there! After a few minutes looking around, we noticed everyone was doing the same thing - holding up tiny Ginko leaves next to their faces/lips and taking selfies! It was so entertaining to see all the people doing the same exact pose! I was too self conscious to take a pic of the people taking the selfies, but you can imag...