Showing posts with label Shimoda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shimoda. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Liberty Park or Ichou Park

Statue of Liberty in Momoishi Village, this replica is located on the same latitude as the original statue in New York



Old Japanese people digging somethings, I think clams but not sure hehehe



Playground in Liberty Park or Ichou Park


Slide


Flower with no name LOL






Another view of Statue of Liberty in Shimoda taken last Dec 2008




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Ichou Park is in Momoishi Village in Oirase Town, Aomori, Japan. As the town shares same latitude as New York City (Lat.40' 40" N), the Statue of Liberty was put in the park and is the highest of all the Statue of Liberties in Japan. The size is 11.5 meters high, 1/4 of the original size in New York and is lighted up at night, adding a fantastic atmosphere.


This is my second post of Ichou Park which is commonly called by most of the US Military people here in Misawa as the Liberty Park. We once again visited this place last August 8, but that day it was gloomy and the sun did not really cooperate with us.

The last picture and second to the last were taken last December 2008.

I wasn't able to take another closer shots when we last visited the park due to the weather, there were lots of bugs and mosquitoes and for some reasons mosquitoes are more attracted to see my son :-) and when they bit him he will end up having big bumps on his face, eyelids and sometimes on his both ears. And unfortunately I did not bring off spray to repel those mosquitoes.

This park has playgrounds for kids, a slide, swings and see saws.

To get the directions, click this to see my old post.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Monday, February 9, 2009

Shimoda Swan Park






During winter, swans from Siberia are migrating to Japan. Last Saturday we headed to Shimoda Swan Park to see the swans but only to find out there were only 5 of them and hundreds of ducks hehehe. You can still see some snow on the lake.

I think we have to go back here next month to see more swans :-)

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Shimoda Park's pond




This is another picture from Shimoda Park. I'm just new with my camera and I don't know to adjust the setting yet. Just bear with my pictures. Thanks to my brother who is giving me advices on photography .I should take the basic photography then hahaha. Any comments are welcome :-)
Notes:
The first picture is the original one
The second picture was enhanced in adobe photoshop cs2 by my brother, thanks bro.