Next to the Tokyo Tower, there is a large park called Shibakoen - with all kinds of interesting things in it. Shrines, temples, an actual park etc. I love one of the temples as it has former imperial graves and a special section devoted to young children who died. These are not sad, but joyful memorials for a life that never got to be what they could have been. Some of the statues are decorated with clothes and toys. They make for great photography. I took along my Mamiya 645 gear and a light meter. All were shot using Kodak Ektar 100 colour negative film.
Some of the statues. Slight distortion from the Memiya Sekor wide angle lens.
This one was ready for the New Year - in 2012
There are hundreds of these statues.
The small red hat is a feature of these children’s statues.
Flowers in the Imperial graveyard
Japanese maple is lush during summer.
Tokyo Tower is just next door.
A detail of the main temple gate.