(ENG)
Lately I have not been walking much. That's why I had lost a lot of energy. Today was the day I decided to go to the Kyoto Gyoen, a park that surrounds the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
As I may have mentioned before, Kyoto Gyoen is a park surrounding the Kyoto Imperial Palace. The Kyoto Imperial Palace is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Household Agency, while the Kyoto Gyoen is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment.
One of the reasons I went there today was because I found a notice on the official website of the Kyoto Gyoen that the weeping cherry trees in the garden were at their best.
However, it had been raining since early this morning, and I was waiting at home, hoping that it would stop soon. As soon as the rain stopped, I went out.
Kyoto Gyoen is a big place, so I could have walked more than 10,000 steps from my house, but that would have been too hard, so I took a bus to the nearest bus stop, Karasuma-Imadegawa. Since I came here, there are many buses, so I immediately got on the bus.
I got off the bus and entered the Kyoto Gyoen through a nearby gate. The rain had stopped completely, and although it was muddy in some places, it did not matter once I saw the cherry blossoms.
The most famous cherry tree in the garden is the weeping cherry tree at the site of Chikamori's residence. About 60 weeping cherry trees are planted at the site of the Chonoei family's residence, which served as regent and chief advisor to the Emperor. The weeping cherry trees are very tall and powerful. And the individual flowers are lovely. I was glad to have come.
I was hungry, so I ate and drank some bread and juice that I had bought at a convenience store when I left home. I looked around and saw that the inside of the rest area had become much nicer. There was a store and a restaurant. I was not told anything when I was eating bread because it was still before the restaurant opened.
I wonder if I can go to the restaurant next time I go there.
After taking a short rest, we went to see another famous weeping cherry tree. This is the Izumi weeping cherry tree. There is a small stream called "Demizu no Ogawa" running through the garden, and this cherry tree is planted near the stream. Many tourists were taking pictures.
As one would expect from such a large area, and since it was early in the morning, there were no crowds.
I walked from the weeping cherry tree in Demizu to the Gyoen and back, and then returned by the same route as I had taken on the way there. I walked more than 8,000 steps, but my legs were sore.
(JPN)
ここ最近私はあまり歩いていませんでした。だから体力もなくしていました。今日こそは、たくさん歩くぞと、京都御苑へ行ってきました。
以前にも書いたかもしれませんが、京都御苑は京都御所をぐるりと囲む公園です。京都御所は宮内庁、京都御苑は環境省の管轄という違いもあります。
今日行ったのは、苑内の枝垂桜が見ごろというお知らせを京都御苑の公式サイトで見つけたからというのも理由の一つです。
ただ今朝は早朝から雨が降っていて、早く止んでくれないかなあといらいらしながら自宅待機をしていました。そして雨音が止むとすぐ出かけました。
京都御苑は広いから、自宅から歩いていけば１万歩を余裕で超えるかもしれませんが、それはしんどいので最寄りの烏丸今出川バス停までバスで行きました。こちらに来てからはバスはたくさんあるのですぐバスに乗ってしまいます。
バス停を降りて近くの門から京都御苑に入ります。雨はすっかりやみ、所々ぬかるんでいるところはありましたが桜を目にしたらそんなことはどうでもよくなりました。
苑内で有名な桜はまず近衞邸跡の枝垂れ桜です。摂政や関白を多く出した近衞家の邸宅跡に枝垂桜が約60本植わっているそうです。やはり枝垂桜は背が高いだけに迫力があります。そして1つ1つの花は可愛い。来てよかったと思いました。
そして小腹が空いたので、自宅を出た時にコンビニで買ったパンとジュースを休憩所で飲み食いしました。ふと見たら休憩所の中がずいぶん立派になっていました。売店とか、レストランとかが出来ていました。まだ開店前だったからパンを食べていても何も言われませんでしたが。
今度行った時はレストラン行けるかな。
そしてしばし休憩してもう１か所有名な枝垂桜を見に行きました。出水の枝垂桜です。御苑内には出水の小川という小さな川が流れていて、その近くに植わっています。たくさんの観光客が写真を撮っていました。
さすがに広いだけあって、また朝早くだったので、混雑はありませんでした。
出水の枝垂桜から御苑内を往復して、あとは行きと同じルートで帰りました。そして8000歩超えましたが、脚が筋肉痛になりました。
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