Home Garden on My Balcony

My wife and I keep a home garden on our balcony.

Mulukhiya called 'moroheiya' in Japanese, okra, cherry tomato are growing in their flowerpot.

Mulukhiya and cherry tomato are having yellow flowers recently.

The Azaleas Are in Full Bloom

Utsunomiya Tower and azaleas

There were lots of trees in Hachiman-yama park.

Cherry blossom were already finished but the azaleas were at their best just two weeks ago.

I visited the park two times in May.

I found that white color azaleas bloomed one or two weeks later than red or purple color ones. 

I Go to A Little Zoo in Hachiman-yama Park

My wife and I went to a little zoo which kept a pony, capibaras, monkeys, Japanese cranes, peacocks, pigs and else just one week ago.

The zoo was located in Hachiman-yama Park.

Luckily, it was exceptionally not closed, even Utsunomiya Tower and other shops there were closed due to COVID-19.

Roadside Flowers From Home to Utsunomiya Central Park

Chinese violet cress in a vacant land

tree peony beside Union Street

There were flowers even on the way from home to the Utsunomiya central park.

Most shops along the Union Street were closed due to COVID-19, though wild flowers in a vacant land and flowers in a street side flower bed were blooming beautifully.

I Go to Utsunomiya Central Park #2

There are not only flower gardens but also a big pond and a medium size pond with traditional Japanese style bridges.

While I was staying in the park, I rarely met people.

I think the number of people visiting the park might be less than one tenth that of the number on a usual day.

Carps and wild ducks, they were swimming as usual, did not care about COVID-19 at all.

It was a very quiet day.