Japan National Stadium + Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue

Yesterday I had some errands to run in Omotesando. I decided to have a bit of a walk afterwards and headed to Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue (it’s still green but I have been when it’s in all it’s glory – very busy and see below). I then followed the road round to the Olympic Stadium – I’d seen it whilst it was in the process of being built but not finished and it’s beautiful. There wasn’t much else to do in the area, so I got the train home.

The above photos were taken around mid to late November. They ...

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Hello, yes, we went to another garden this weekend.  It is called Koshikawa Korakuen (小石川後楽園).  It was lovely.  The changing leaves festival has just started and continues on until 4th December if I remember rightly.  Not all the leaves had changed yet as you can see from the below photos, but it was still lovely nonetheless.   It was busy though!  We had to queue to get in, not long, perhaps around 15 minutes or so.  It did sort of ruin it there being so many people in the garden, couldn’t really relax and just stand still and enjoy the scenery.   ...