Our 283rd entry in this blog is our trip to Inokashira Park. This is the park where the Ghibli Museum is located. After visiting Ghibli, we decided to tour around the park as this park is famous and has lots of events on holidays and weekends.

The land was given to Tokyo in 1913. On May 1, 1917, it opened under the name Inokashira Onshi Kōen, which can be translated as, “Inokashira Imperial Grant Park”. Thus the park was considered a gift from the Emperor to the general public.

How we wish that we live near this park. It has a very wide area, with a track perfect for jogging. 🙂

This park is famous for hanami, watchine cherry blossoms during spring time. Spring in Inokashira Park is the season of the blooming cherry trees that line the pond. That would look perfect in photos, pink and white tress surrounding the pond. 🙂

The park contains a small temple dedicated to Benzaiten. The park has a petting zoo and a small aquarium, and is a place where vendors, musicians, artists and street performers gather.

The park is bustling with crowds who arrive to take in the lively environment on weekends and holidays, especially during the cherry blossom season as well as the autumn season.

We enjoyed our walk in the park. We can hear the birds and we saw some dogs running free (of course these are not stray dogs, they also visited the park as well). Hope we can visit this park during spring or autumn. 🙂