▼ 先日、久しぶりに、文京区駒込の六義園へ立ち寄りました。2月の大雪被害のため、専門業者の庭師さんたちが、忙しそうに働いていました。首都圏をおそった豪雪の爪痕が、庭園内にもまざまざと残っていました。
The other day I stopped by Rikugien Garden in Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, for the first time in many years.
Specialist gardeners were busily working in the garden, which had been damaged by the heavy snowfall in February.
The garden was still clearly marked by the heavy snowfall that hit the Tokyo metropolitan area.
▼ 六義園は庭園内全面禁煙でしたが、お隣の六義園公園には、子どもたちが遊んでいるなか、小さなスタンド灰皿があり、大人たちが一服していました。Although smoking was prohibited in Rikugien, there was a small ashtray stand in the neighboring Rikugien Park, where children were playing and adults were having a smoke.