I Go to Utsunomiya Central Park

 

It becomes colder day by day. 

As time goes by, the color of leaves turns beautiful. I went to Utsunomiya Central Park to see how the park had changed its scenery these days.

I Go to Tochigi Prefectural Sports Park and Utsunomiya Central Park

 

There are several places where I play tennis in Utsunomiya. Tochigi Prefectural Sports Park is the most frequently visiting place for playing tennis for me.

The park not only has sports facilities but beautiful flower gardens around the tennis courts, ball parks and football fields.

It's fun to take pictures after good exercises.

Utsunomiya Central Park has good flower gardens. It's just ten-minute-bike-ride away from home.

The garden is also a perfect place to take pictures in spring.

 

Hydrangea Flowers in the Rain

We are still in the rainy season here in Utsunomiya. 

My schedules of playing tennis are apt to be cancelled recently. It is not the exception today.

Hydrangea flowers in Utsunomiya Central Park are blooming beautifully these days.

On occasion, forgetting about playing tennis, taking pictures of flowers can refresh my mind.

 

I Take Pictures on a Rainy Day

This is the way I take pictures.

It is hard to take photos holding both my camera and an umbrella.

All photos of today's post were taken by my wife, Kiyono using her smartphone.

I Go to Utsunomiya Central Park in the Rain

The baby snail on wet leaves goes well on a rainy day.

The frog and the carp in the water do not care about the rain, of course.

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.

I Go to Utsunomiya Central Park

Since Japanese government declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19 or coronavirus disease 2019, many shops, restaurants, movie theaters, sports facilities and others are closed.

Our activities are strictly limited now.

I went to Utsunomiya Central Park to see flowers several days ago. It took forty-five minutes by walking from home to the park.

Flowers didn't care about the disease and were blooming beautifully.