Sakura season

Cherry tree blossom season has started, flowers are at full bloom, coloring the streets and parks with a beautiful pink tone, public areas are full of people enjoying the cherry trees “sakura”, even on weekdays.




Some of the cherry trees have passed full bloom and the falling petals create an effect of falling snow every time the wind blows, carpeting the ground with the pink petals, it is unmatchable experience to walk under the “pink snow”.



I did my cherry tree blossom viewing this time at ToshiNogyou park, or city agricultural park in the adachi prefecture, the park has four different types of sakuras a greenhouse and a large number of seasonal flowers. There is also an old house at the premises, marked as an important cultural property by the Adachi ward; unfortunately, access is closed as a security measure due to the earthquake and the aftershocks.



Although the rolling blackouts are suspended more of the public cherry tree viewing festivals have been cancelled to save energy and water, nevertheless you still are allowed to organize your personal viewing gathering.


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Martial arts center Tokyo Budokan

In a very Japanese way of mixing tradition with the moder, the Tokyo Martial Arts center in Ayase is housed in a futuristic looking, avant-garde building that shares more with the transformers that the traditional arts teach there.



The Tokyo Budokan in Ayase, Tokyo, (often confused with Nihon Budokan) designed by Japanese architect Kijyou Rokkaku and completed in 1989, with facilities for a wide variety of Japanese Martial Arts, like kendo, judo and karate.


The Center is a beautiful building that is not very well known to people outside Ayase, is worth a visit if you are in the north of Tokyo.

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Edo period post station town of Senju

Nikko kaido, one of Edo five routes, was the route connecting Edo (Tokyo) with Nikko Tosho-gu. Senju (thousand Inns) was the first station of the road, now the area is part of the Adachi ward in Tokyo.



The area still marks the site of the old stores location and some old houses are still preserved.




The Hospital Nagura was a period famous chiropractic hospital and continues until now as an orthopedic hospital.


Marked outside as Tenmaya (Yokoyama house), a toilet paper wholesale store, the house it is now a private residence.


The house of the Yoshida family, 8th continuous generations of Ema manufacturing. Akiko Yoshida of this house is registered as a human cultural asset by Adachi ward.


The Senju butterfly park was made to convey the atmosphere of the Edo period post town.



Shosenji temple (also known as red gate temple), founded on 1260, used by the third Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada as a rest place when on hunting trips.



Senju post station historical petit plaza, the house used to be owned by the Yokoyama family whom moved the paper business to the new location; the house is used as a mini exhibition center of the era.



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Nishiarai Taishi

Soujiji, best known as Nishiarai Taishi is a Buddhist temple in Adachi ward in Tokyo.The temple was built in the year 826, and the main hall was built in the mid-Edo period. In 1971 it was rebuilt to his present form.


The beautifully carved main gate (sanmon) was completed in the late part of the edo period.


ShioJizou close to the main gate. Worshipers believe that pouring salt on this Jizou cures warts.
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