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Monorail to Chiba Koen Station 千葉公園駅
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View of Chiba Park from monorail. 綿打池
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Chiba Park approach
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White weeping cherry blossoms
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White weeping cherry blossoms
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Pink weeping cherry blossoms
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White and pink weeping cherry blossoms
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About 30 weeping cherry trees ring the pond's perimeter.
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Chiba Park
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Most of the weeping cherries are planted along the pond's edge.
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Chiba Park weeping cherries
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Boats for rent
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Chiba Park
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Monorail track
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Arakiyama hill 荒木山A low hill is next to the pond. Some cherry trees are also on this hill.
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Arakiyama hill 荒木山
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Photogenic weeping cherry シダレザクラ
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Weeping cherry tree is "shidare-zakura" in Japanese.
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"Shidare" actually means "drooping."
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Monument for the Ohga Lotus, a 2,000-year-old lotus flower species discovered in Chiba by the late Dr. Ohga in 1951. 大賀ハス
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Lotus Pavilion, the Ohga Lotus blooms around this pavilion during June and July. 蓮華亭
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Inside Lotus Pavilion, pictures of the Ohga Lotus is displayed. 蓮華亭
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Pond path
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綿打池
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綿打池
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Chiba Koen Station 千葉公園駅
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Chiba Koen Station monorail platform 千葉公園駅
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Chiba Koen Station monorail
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