Shinjuku, Japan
It is still Spring in Japan!
Although cherry blossoms are not blooming at this time, there are other flowers in their blooming time. However, this post won't talk about those flowers. 😅
Woke up late afternoon on a Saturday but hey, it's the weekend. Weekend means no work. Today is Pikmin Bloom's Community Day (I'll create another post about it) so I need to go out, breathe in fresh air and walk around.
To be honest, if I woke up early (or at least after lunch time), I would have gone to see the tulips that are actually in their blooming time now.
Before the sun sets, I decided to go to Nishi Shinjuku. Nishi (西) in english means west, so yes, you guessed it right! I'm going to West Shinjuku.
Started the walk from Nakano all the way to Nishi Shinjuku and the walk lasted around 30-45 mins. Of course, I stopped a bit along the way to snap photos because the sun was still up.
It was a hot weather. After all, it's in the middle of spring here in Japan. I was expecting it to be at least windy but no. In the end, I was sweating from the weather, not from the walk (or was it?).
You will know when you have entered Shinjuku because the high rise buildings will welcome you. I think these are office buildings. Not a lot of salaryman (they usually wear formal attire) can be seen because it's the weekend.
Nishi Shinjuku has a lot of buildings but there's a park somewhere. Yep, it's the Shinjuku Central Park. I mentioned it in one of my cherry blossoms blog which you can find here.
Although it's not cherry blossoms blooming time anymore, there are still a lot of people laying down their mats in the park. I wonder if they don't feel the hot weather at all?
What I really like in this park is its accessibility (well, I live in the city so this is really a lifesaver). I can just sit down here, looking at the skyscrapers and reflecting life (wow!).
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (in japanese we call it 都庁, read as Tocho) can also be seen from this park. Actually, you just need to walk a few more meters to reach the entrance of the building. This building has an observatory at the top, and the great part is it's free! This time, I didn't go to the observatory but usually I go there whenever I come to this park.
Anyway, Shinjuku Central Park is so wide so if you want to explore it, here is the map.
I ended my walk in this park. The sun has set so it's time to go home (actually, I didn't go home yet - I found a cafe nearby so I'm here writing this post 😅).
Til next time!
Thank you for reading and see you around!
All photos in this post are taken using my phone.
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