Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Cold days continue, isn't it? But I love such a sunny day with cold air and cold air.
Chuo-ku, which has many high-rise buildings. There are many places where you can see Mount Fuji beautifully when you go up a little.

But even if you don't climb the skyscraper, there are places where you can see Mount Fuji from zero meters above sea level.

Be sure to get up early on a sunny winter day and come to Harumi Wharf.

Unfortunately, the day I took my camera was in the evening, so Mount Fuji was hazy.
Just as Kaiomaru is anchored, I am impressed by the beautiful appearance that shines in the sunset.

In the back, Tokyo Tower announced the arrival of 2012 (those who missed this year, by all means next year). 

When you climb up to the observation room at Harumi Wharf, you can see Mount Fuji, Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge, etc. in the clear air.

There are rest areas and cafes at Harumi Wharf, so after enjoying the scenery, you can relax while drinking warm drinks slowly. It would be nice to have a relaxing bath at Plaza Harumi. The charm of Chuo-ku is that there is a place where you can relax at a reasonable price.

 It snowed once or twice a year. I entered the garden at the same time as the opening of the park at 9.

In the same way, there were many people who came to the garden with a camera.　My thoughts are the same.

The pine trees on the right are dotted at the site of Yan Liaokan.

The road on the left is Omote Baba.

During the Edo period, customers turned right at the pine tree of 300 years, passed this Omote Baba, descended from horses and mikoshi at the Garden Office, left the sword at the Garden Office, and saw the garden only with Wakizashi.　　　　  　　　

It's "Ochiyaya of Nakajima."

It is paired with "Matsu no Ochiyaya".

"Niwaya Ichiyo" Tayoku Ichinoyo ...

As these words imply, buildings and gardens are gardens built with a sense of unity.

Because it is built to match the garden, sitting in the pine Ochiyaya is considered to be height so that you feel like sitting in the garden.

　It's "Koshindo Kamoba".

　The customers from autumn to winter were for falconry.

There is a trace of "Hawk's Ochiya" near here, but after falconry, the soil is large enough to put it in the dirt as it is on the foot.

And he had a fireplace.

　　If you look closely, the snow is attached to the branch, but it shines in the blue sky and looks like a flower.

 It's "Oteiyama".

Although it is a small mountain, a lot of azaleas are planted in the spring, and it is written that "the mountain was beautiful as if the fire was blowing."

It's a Japanese camellia with snow.

It blooms across the road in front of Bairin.

　Petals scatter like mountain chabana without falling in the shape of a flower like a camellia.　　It is called Haruyama tea flowers that fall to the ground in the form of flowers like camellia without scattering Harahara and petals even in Yamachahana.

Haruyama tea flowers are located in Higashi-Oen.　　　　　　　

　The long-awaited rain in Tokyo, where the dry warning continued, and snow fell from the night of the 23rd to the morning of the 24th.

The campus of St. Luke's College of Nursing is It looks like a White Christmas.

You can see Kachidokibashi from Hatoba Park at Tsukiji 6-chome. The dog posed me.

Can you see Mount Fuji shining in the distance at the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market?

It's annoying snow for commuting, going to school, and work, but it's exciting. Well, let's go!

Hamarikyu Onshi Garden is dotted with two duckbas, tide ponds, and inner moats. You can enjoy watching water birds during this season from the "Oden Bridge" of the tide pond, the bench on the shore of the pond, and the "Large Peeping" where you can see the state of the "former pool" at Kamoba.

birdwatching is the first step to learn more about nature, the environment and water birds.

First of all, it is recommended that you take a closer look at the "Gusa".

Observation of humorous "guises" such as "bathing", "bathing", "wapping", "happing", "ha drying", "rest / sleep", and "single leg standing", as well as "head scratching", "extension" and "missing" You can see the life of the bird.

The spider duck uses a large spatula-shaped beak, soaks water on the surface of the water, and filters and eats algae and plankton with comb-shaped teeth at the end of the beak. It is unique to pick plankton that emerges and gathers as some birds rotate.

little grebe is good at diving, and it can be guessed by air bubbles coming up to the surface of the water that frequently dive underwater for small fish, crustacean and underwater insects. 

　　Many birds have no hair on their legs, and their beaks and eyelids are exposed. In cold winters, you often see your neck plunging into your back, and your legs alternately plunging into your stomach feathers and resting. Ducks are basically nocturnal and often sleep during the day, and when resting or sleeping, it is a lovely scene to see the neck plunging into the back and rolling up on the surface of the water. It is said that there are times when you close and open your eyes, repeat a shallow sleep, and sometimes open only one eye and sleep. When you close your eyes, raise the white lower eyelids.

        　　　 Foraging <little egret>　　　　　  Surface bait>　　　Foraging <northern pintail>

 　　　　　　Feathered <Kawau>　　　　 　Bathing <tufted duck>　　 Flapping <tufted duck>

　　　 　　　Landing <mallard>　　　　　　 Growth <northern shoveler>　　　　　northern shoveler

　　     Drinking <northern shoveler>      Feathering <great egret & Kingfish>　One-legged northern pintail    

   　　　Diving <tufted duck>　　　　　Sleep <Hoshihajiro>　　　　　　　Flying <grey heron>　　　

Today is January 10th. The gorgeous coming-of-age ceremony is over, and this week is the time to go from "Kokan", which is the twenty-fourth season, to "Okan", and the cold is the most severe.

In August last year, Marronnier (Seiyotochinoki) on Ginza Marronnier Street, which was so lush, was also available.

(Shooting date; August 24, 2011)

 Now it has fallen, and it is such a cold situation (view from Marronnier Gate)

In Japan, where the four seasons are clear, there is a severe cold winter, so the joy of a warm spring comes will be great.

Spring is waiting for you. "Daikan" is "Ritsuharu".

Nevertheless, Marronnier Street at night is still beautiful with illuminations.