Kiyosumi Garden
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Kiyosumi Garden could be said an oasis in the downtown Tokyo east of Sumida
river. As big parks are rare in this area, the garden has been a precious
open space for the people of the neighborhood. When the great earthquake
hit the downtown Tokyo in 1923, many people who sought refuge into this
garden survived the disasters, meanwhile tens of thousands who fled into
the field of Honjo Hifukusho - military factory of uniform at Honjo - were
burned to death by the fire following the quake. |
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Kiyosumi Garden is located in Fukagawa, near Kiyosumi-Shirakawa tube station. |
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Kiyosumi garden is a typical Japanese garden of Meiji period. It has a big pond in the center and artificial mountains and excursion routes around it. |
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The stones gathered from all over the country are laid out around the pond. You can walk along on the stones step by step. |
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There is a tea house called Ryotei at the south corner of the pond. You can serve a tea party in the house. |
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Mountain cherry trees are in full bloom when I visited the garden on a day of late April. |
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The left is a stone monument carving the famous Haiku of Basho. Did you hear the sound of water Echoing from an old well A frog had jumped into the hole. The right is the image of stone sculpture of Buddha. |