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Martin Brown · 06-11-2008, 11:34 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening,rec.gardens

wrote:

Thank you for your suggestions! I should love to go to Kyoto, but
it doesn't seem feasible, so shall probably stay in the Tokyo area.

You could consider Hakone or the Izu peninsula as places just outside
Tokyo using the Shinkansen to get close and then local trains. It
would help to speak a little bit of Japanese outside Tokyo.

You might find this more than a bit stressful when jet lagged...
Shrines and some of their gardens within the Tokyo metropolitan area
might be a safer bet.

Pity you couldn't extend the trip and tack on a visit to Kyoto or
Nikko - they would be extremely pretty at around this time of year
(and very busy). Most of the best gardens are some way from Tokyo and
many are only at their best at certain times of year. You probably
want to visit places with acers and other highly coloured trees at
this time if year (the very best places will be exceedingly busy at
weekends).

Some shrines will have spectacular crysanthemum displays too.

Enjoy your trip. It is very pretty and still reasonably warm at this
time of year. Worth looking at the Japan Times website and asking any
local friends for suggestions of transient events worth seeing. eg
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0081024a2.html

Regards,
Martin Brown