Flat Stanley in Japan!

Flat Stanley visited Makuhari.

We went to Kaihin-Makuhari area.

Here is a business section of this city and here is known as large shopping malls and international exhibition.

Makuhari has three station, Kaihin-Makuhari Station(Keiyo-line / Musashino-line), Keisei-Makuhari Station(Keisei-line), and Makuhari Station(JR Sobu line). 

First and second picture are Kaihin-Makuhari Station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 At Internal Exhibition

 

 

 

 

Here is Keisei Makuhari Station.

A monument is near the station. This is for Konyo Aoki (1698-1769).

He was scholar in the Edo period of Japan and he is known as sweet potato. 

Those days, sweet potato were grown in only western Japan but it was known as emergency food for famine.

He made it possible to glow sweet potato in Edo, here( second picture) is where he did trial prototype.

Thanks to him, a lot of people's lives were saved in the Great Femine of Tenmei.

 

 

 

 

 We went to my workplace.we used train(Keisei-line.)

 

 

We arrived workplace.

All medical articles that are used in hospital are purchased in this department.

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Today's lunch!

 

 

Let's go back to home! It's already night!

But today we don't use train and walk as far as the next station, 

because it might be cherry trees are in bloom...!

...bloom??

 

 

Not yet in bloom!

But preparation for next week Cherry blossom festival has already started.

"Sakura-Maturi" (Cherry Blossom Festival)

 

 

Today we went to Tojo residence.

Here is for Akitake Tokugawa , the younger brother of  the Last Shogun of Japan Yoshinobu Tokugawa.

He is known for 1867 Paris Expo as delegation of Japan. 

This residence completed in 1884, and recognized as a important cultural property in 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butterfly!

 

 

Bathroom

very cold in winter...

2 types of toilet.

We can see Tokyo Sky Tree!

 

 

 

 

This leaves are hollyhock (We call "Aoi") and Family Crest of Tokugawa Family.

Many Japanese family have their family crest, and some women have crest that inherited from woman to woman( from mother to daughter).Mine is butterfly.

 

 

 This is bat, sign of good luck.