Walking off the gyoza in Heiwa Koen

Today we went for a walk in our local park, Heiwa Koen, to work off the gyoza from last night. We wondered whether this would be the last chance we would get to walk in this park before we move. We first came to this park during cherry blossom season in April 2005 and we have since seen it in autumn, winter and summer. Of course, many of the trees are bare now, but the camellia are blooming everywhere. The Japanese Camellia (tsubaki) is one of my favourite flowers and I still can't believe it can bloom when it is so cold and all the other flowers are dead. A lot of people were out today walking their dogs, visiting graves, flying kits, riding bikes, fishing and there was even one couple sailing a remote controlled mini surfboard.