Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

The cold has passed, and the spring is nearing.

You can also feel the sign of the arrival of spring in the Hamarikyu Garden.

The canola flower field is covered with nets and is ready, but canola flower's height is still low but has already begun to bloom.

The news of Bairin's flowering has not yet been received, but weeping plums near the Oteguchi ("Shirataki Weeping", "Fuji Peony Weeping", "Full Moon Weeping"), "Yae Kanku", "Koshu Minimum", "Yae Noume" (Yae Yabai), and "Winter Solstice" and "Red Chidori" at Hanakien are blooming early blooming.

In the winter sunshine, the faint scent of the dignified wax plum (Japanese allspice: Hanakien) and the heart wax plum (Soshinrobai: a hand-washing side near Matsuno Ochiya) is also impressive.

pheasant's eye in mixed flower container beside the Service Center is also just before flowering.

In addition, you can also enjoy seasonal flowers such as daffodils, mountain chabana, and winter peony.

　　　　　 <Shirataxidale>　　　　　　　　　　　<Yae Yabai>　　　　　　　　　　<Koshusaisho>

　　　　　　<Yae Kankou>　　　　　　　　　　　<Shirataxidale>　　　　　　　　　<Fuji Button Shidare>

　　　　　<Mangetsushidare>　　　　　　　　　　　<Yae Yabai>　　　　　　　　　　　<Yae Kankou>

　　　　<Koshusaisho>　　　　　　　　　　　<Toge>　　　　　　　　　　　　<Venicebird>

　　　　　　<Japanese allspice>　　　　　　　　　　　　<Soshin Rowby>　　　　　　　　　　<pheasant's eye>       

　　　　　　　<Daffodil>　　　　　　　　　　　　<camellia sasanqua>　　　　　　　　　　　　<Fuyu button>

 It is said that there were 10,000 plum trees in the garden when it was a villa of the Shogun, and it was said that it was full of a fragrant scent. Currently, there are 80 plums in Bairin and 134 plums in the whole garden. I hear that there are more than 10 types.

On January 2, a demonstration of <Suwa-ryu> hawk art, which is said to be one of the groups of falconers belonging to the Shogun family of the Edo period, was performed at the Hamarikyu Garden.

The highlight event of the opening of the New Year's Day.

This area is said to have been a falconry place for the Shogun's family in the first place, and it is said that it was a one-sided Ashihara, and the representative daimyo garden of the Edo period, where two "Kamoba" facilities, Shinsenza and Koshindo, still remain. It is said that a falcon swung his arm to capture the duck that had been caught by the net during the duck hunting. Even in the Meiji era, it has inherited the culture of falconry as a duckba of the Imperial Household Ministry from the viewpoint of "preservation of ancient techniques", but now hawk is only protected by private volunteers. I hear that it was planned to show off and get interested in traditional Japanese culture and the protection of rare raptor.

In my first dream, the auspicious thing is "Ichifuji Nitakasan eggplant", but entertainment is a place where you can see a real hawk and have a good luck and immerse yourself in the New Year's mood.

The falconers line up with the hawk on their palms and go around in front of the spectators, starting with the "return", where the falconers line up and greet and introduce everyone. The falconer and the student have different costumes.

Next, "transfer" to jump from the palm of the falconer to another falconer's palm, "migrating" to move the branches of the tree and the palm of the falconer, swing a pigeon with a thin string on the tree or call a hawk from the palm of another falconer. After demonstrations such as "Swing pigeon", the viewer's falconry experience.

At the end, Hayabusa confirms pigeons on the ground and descends from the rooftop of the Dentsu Building to capture them.

After turning over the sky for a while, when descending, it descends exactly and captures the pigeon brilliantly.