#satoyama garden
Barrier-Free City Flower Garden Park
Two primary objectives were met when I chose to visit Satoyama Garden here in Yokohama, Japan: 1. No entrance fee; and 2. Pet friendly.
The view of this shot gives you a basic idea of how the garden was designed. The city took the extra effort to ensure that the park was mostly barrier free making it easy to bring family or friends who rely on wheelchairs to get around.
The slopes in this shot are not that steep, making it easy to push a wheelchair around and allow your family member or friend to enjoy the flowers up close!
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
34 mm ISO 1600 for 1/125 sec. at ƒ13
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Osteospermum - African Daisy
Towards the end of my photo shoot at Satoyama Garden (Yokohama, Japan), I cam across this African daisy.
There wasn’t anything special about this daisy. However, the rows of koinobori (Japanese car streamers/windsocks) hanging far in the background made for a lovely backdrop of bokeh in contrast with the dark bold colors of the flower.
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
105 mm ISO 3200 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/13
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Border Collie Japanese Carp Streamers
Fortunately, Satoyama Garden (Asahi Ward, Yokohama, Japan) is a pet-friendly park as long as you keep your dog on a leash and clean up after any droppings.
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
105 mm ISO 400 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/5.6
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Satoyama Garden Picnic Grounds
(Asahi Ward, Yokohama, Japan)
Although 3 or 4 food truck vendors are available just inside the main entrance of Satoyama Garden, if you want to enjoy some homemade cooking in the shade of trees on lush, green grass, the park has you covered with a small picnic ground. Visitors can spread out a picnic blanket and take in the greenery and flower blossoms while enjoying some rice balls, sandwiches, or whatever it is that your family packs in the picnic basket.
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
105 mm ISO 800 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/8.0
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Spring in Japan: Osteospermum “4D Violet Ice” (African Daisy)
Native to South Africa, the variety seems to go by other names including African daisy, Cape daisy and Blue-eyed daisy.
Osteospermum are just one of over a hundred different flowering plants on display at Yokohama’s Satoyama Garden (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan). If you ever visit Yokohama, please take the opportunity to visit this garden!
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
105 mm ISO 800 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/8.0
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Rhododendrons
Widely celebrated for their displays of color, rhododendron shrubs are said to be the epitome of spring. Here in Japan, they might rank second only to the gorgeous cherry blossoms.
Rhododendrons are just one of over a hundred different flowering plants on display at Yokohama’s Satoyama Garden (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan).
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
105 mm ISO 400 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/8.0
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Tasso Strawberries & Cream English Daisies
Satoyama Garden located adjacent to Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zoorasia is a city park accessible via bus from Nakayama Station on the JR Yokohama Line, or from Mitsukyou Station on the Sotetsu Line in Yokohama (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan).
The park has about 300,000 plants of more than 100 varieties during spring, with about 250,000 plants during fall.
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
105 mm ISO 400 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/8.0
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White California Poppy and Lupine Rainbow Flowers
Satoyama Garden located adjacent to Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zoorasia is a city park accessible via bus from Nakayama Station on the JR Yokohama Line, or from Mitsukyou Station on the Sotetsu Line in Yokohama, Japan.
Access to the park is free and pet-friendly, and wheel-chair accessible. Parking costs a flat fee of ¥1,000 yen for all-day-parking.
The park also includes food trucks selling ice cream and snacks near the entrance, and tents are set up to sell garden related items, including small live plants.
The park is basically a huge flower bed with an area of 10,000 m2, making it one of the largest in Yokohama city.
Pentax K-1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
105 mm ISO 400 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/5.6
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