drown
drowned by the sea of flowers. who says dating is only for teens? LOL!
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This garden is a typical Daimyo(Japanese feudal lord) garden in the Edo period with a tidal pond(Shioiri-no-Ike) and two wild-duck hunting sites(Kamoba). A tidal pond means a pond that are infused with seawater in order to change flavor along a pond by flood changes time to time, of which style had been popularly used in coastal gardens in the Edo period. The whole pond had been reed fields and used for falconry site for Shogun families.
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taken during the monthly meet of Flickr Tokyo Photo Session
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Nikon D80 + 105 mm f2.8
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Taken on September 27, 2008