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Autumn leaves of Japanese maple [Sukiyabashi Park]

[Dimini ☆ Cricket] Nov. 14, 2016 12:00

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It is Sukiyabashi Park, which faces Ginza 5-chome, Harumi-dori St., sandwiched between the Metropolitan Expressway and Tokyu Plaza Ginza.

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The maple in this park is beautifully colored leaves.

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Sukiyabashi Park used to be the Sukiyabashi Bridge, where the river was reclaimed, the bridge was removed, and became a park.

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It was renovated this year and became a beautiful park.

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Sukiyabashi became famous nationwide in the NHK radio drama "Your Name" after the war, and facing the street of the park, "Sukiyabashi Here" written by the original author, Kazuo Kikuta There is a stone monument of "Iriki".

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In a tree in this park, I found an interesting name.

I did not know that this name was derived from the fact that there was a private therapy that was effective for eye diseases, etc., when using juice that was roasted bark as eye drops since the Warring States period.

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