2020 “Good Garden (1128)” Day
On November 28, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games triggered by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and private gardens were established to help people learn about the appeal of Tokyo's Japanese gardens. "Good Garden Day" positioned by On this day, the first 10,000 visitors to 9 metropolitan gardens designated as cultural properties were presented with can badges with family crests of each garden.
One day ago, on November 27, the Tokyo Regional Meteorological Observatory reported one of the biological seasonal observation information, "maple (Tokyo Kitanomaru Park Japanese maple)" autumn leaves. Based on observations on the same day as last year. At the Hamarikyu Garden, the trees of maple, such as the Japanese maple and Maple, are colored and are at their best. Japanese maple is a deciduous Takagi of the maple family (former maple family) native to China, and is widely planted as street trees and park trees because it is resistant to drying, air pollution and pests. It is also called "triangle maple" because of the shape of the leaves, and the bark is characterized by splitting vertically and peeling off. The maple, which is planted mainly on the west side of the pond with tide, came from China (Kiyo) to Nagasaki during the Kyoho period of the Edo period, and was donated to the Shogunate. It is said to be the 8th Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa "handplanting". It is said to be "Handplanting" in Koishikawa Oyakuen and the current Koishikawa Botanical Garden). The beautiful gradation of green / yellow / autumn leaves shines against the backdrop of Ochiyaya of Tsubame / Ochiya of Hawk.