Hibiya Park is in Hibiya. There’s some grass in this park but you can’t walk on it. There’s a small fence around the grass and no one dare cross it. Underneath Hibiya Park is one of the largest underground parking lots in Tokyo (open 24hrs), very few people know about this parking lot which is why I can always find a parking space. The exhaust fumes from the cars must seep up through the ground cause the grass in Hibiya park is always brown. No squirrels in this park, in fact there are no squirrels in any park in Japan except that squirrel park in Machida.
At night, Hibiya park is the darkest park in Tokyo and people come here to do all kinds of things that shock even me. I’ve been here many times at night so believe me when I tell you that. During the day it’s a nice place for a cheap date. Sit by the fountain, make small talk with your date, eat an ice cream cone etc. Sometimes the day date carries over into the night and well..you know. Anyways, getting off topic. I had some business in the area the other day and parked my car underground. It’s been a while since I’d been here so I walked around and tooks some photos. The Sakura are already appearing and it looks like the peak will be the middle of the week. Should I skip off work to partake of some hanami?
Do tell about these shocking things. Why don’t you go snapping some pics in the park and maybe we can all have a thrill a la Blow-Up.
OK, I’ll just need to get my night-vision infrared goggles and high-powered zoom lenses ready..
Now we can all see exactly how well a GR digital does in low light. Even better, bring your DSLR. You’ll need super clean, low light, high ISO shots for all the “action”. Ha!
I’m assuming they’ve got lamp posts along walkways in the park.
Not many, that’s why it’s soo dark. I mean really dark.