They say you either love it or hate it; well, Emily adores Marmite.
We wanted to go to Hamarikyu so I could look at the sea of cosmos they found there last week. Though it was quite warm, we decided to walk there (mainly to get Emily to nap on the way, though I don't think she realised that this was the idea!).
On our way through Hamamatsucho we saw that there were some street festivals under way, and wandered down a side road to have a gander.
A man gave us a yellow ribbon and requested that we join in their parade. They had a portable shrine, and a smaller gilded one that some children were helping to carry. We set off, in the opposite direction to where we were heading, following the chanting locals for five minutes before making our excuses and turning back. Our reward for handing the ribbon back in was a large bag of goodies (ie. sweet and savoury snacks loaded with sugar and salt).
At the garden we sat at a table in the picnic area and set to, it being already past 2.30. Unfortunately we shared our shady spot with an inordinate number of insects, and had to abandon the picnic as I was being bitten so much. Emily loved chewing on some cucumber and daikon sticks. Goodness knows how she does it without any teeth.
We resolved to go straight to the star attraction, finding a huge area of fantastic cosmos 6 feet high, some cool pink and white, and others vibrant red and orange. There were butterflies and bees galore, and many photographers with serious-looking telephoto lenses.
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