
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.

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.
