Last month, during the height of cherry blossom season, I went with some friends to a new (for us) park over in Ashikaga (in fact, it is called Ashikaga Park). There wasn't much to this park but it happens to be built on and around some more ancient burial mounds. It was a much nicer experience than
my previous trip to see some local
random boring hills ancient burial mounds.
There are twelve mounds in the immediate area, two of which have blocked-off passageways. Not too much to say about them that I didn't say in the previous post about the ones in Ota. My Japanese friend who was with me informed me that old Japanese "kings" were buried here.
There was also at some point a geocache buried near a shrine in the park. I went back later to try to find it but no luck. It hasn't been found in a long time so I think it's defunct.
Anyway, it only took three years and going to a different town, but I finally got my interesting (or at least pretty) burial mounds!
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| hey, where'd that American kid come from? |
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| I hope this poor thing hasn't been growing since 1945 |
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| it's rare to get a pic of the sakura that doesn't also include five hundred people |
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from the top of a mound---can you see the cardboard laying at the bottom? kids bring it and "sled" down the hill.
and I was afraid of climbing the other burial mounds because it might be rude. Ha! |
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| view from the top over Ashikaga |
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