Otaguro park

Recently my husband and I visited 2 parks around my residential area.

The first one was Otaguro park in Ogikubo.

It’s near to my apartment, and about 6-7 minutes walk from Ogikubo station.

It was formerly the estate of Motoo Otaguro, a music composer and critic in the Showa Era, who was credited with introducing the music of Debussy and Stravinsky to Japan.

After his death, his estate was donated to Suginami-ku, and since then it has been kept up as a beautiful Japanese-style garden.

All people can walk around there and relax free of charge from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

And if you apply, you can use a tea house to enjoy a tea ceremony. However I guess this service is only available for Suginami-ku residents.

After Otaguro park, we walked around the Ogikubo area, and we found a traditional Showa-style apartment on the way to Ogikubo station.

I like such old style apartments, because when I see them, I feel nostalgic even if I don’t know the period.

Near Ogikubo station, we found a small bakery.

Recently, I’m addicted to eating bread, shokupan in Japanese, for breakfast everyday.

So I have been trying to buy bread at different bakeries near my office and my house.

At that bakery, I also bought bread. But…the taste was not bad, but not so impressive.

I wonder if I really want to try to eat other types of bread at that shop.