{"id":48,"date":"2025-04-26T22:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T02:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/paulspicts\/?p=48"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:46:10","slug":"ashikaga-flower-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/paulspicts\/2025\/04\/26\/ashikaga-flower-park\/","title":{"rendered":"1 – Ashikaga Flower Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This was the first destination with Anna after I picked her up from Temple University’s Japan campus. It’s a couple of hours outside of Tokyo so we traveled by train (Google maps is excellent when going around Japan) and hoofed it a bit on foot (though we did end up using a taxi to get to the park and back to the hotel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flower park is known for its Wisteria which is a hanging flower. It’s a decent sized park (not as large as Longwood Gardens but definitely packed with flowers and blooming plants).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No idea what these are called but I thought the spots were neat. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wisteria <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wisteria Comes in a number of colors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A canopy of white Wisteria over a bridge <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is the R9 hotel we stayed at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I got up in time to see the sunrise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is one of the rural trains and the commuter parking for the train. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh, I forgot. They had Wisteria ice cream. Yes, I broke my diet. Yes, it was good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was the first destination with Anna after I picked her up from Temple University’s Japan campus. It’s a couple of hours outside of Tokyo…<\/p>\n

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