Taking my friend
from Oxford’s visit as an opportunity to get out, yesterday I ended up in
Kenroku-en for the second time round. Well, technically it was second and
third.
Although I did
not manage to get there for the actual moment of suspending tree branches, I
had the opportunity to see the effects of this, during the day. As much as I
find the idea of suspending branches to protect them from the winter snow’s
weight a bit weird, the view is definitely very pretty. It reminds me of
Japanese umbrellas, with trees hiding underneath them instead of people. Adorable.
And in the evening of the same day there was a so called
light up (ライトアップ, raito appu) at Kenroku-en too. At that moment I really, really regretted not having
a better camera or at least a tripod. Otherwise taking good pictures in
darkness is near impossible, and so most of mine are out of focus and blurred,
and don’t do the justice to all the magic and charm of a lit up Kenroku-en.
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| On the smooth surface of the pond the reflection was near perfect - which, sadly, my camera doesn't reflect. |
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