Parliamentary Museum Has Azalea and Cherry 憲政記念館のツツジと桜

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I saw people coming out of a building across the street near the National Diet Building. I also saw trees with white flowers and green leaves inside the premises. Naturally I got closer to it, finding that that is the Parliamentary Museum.    

Miniature Japanese national diet building 国会議事堂ミニチュア

Miniature chamber ミニチュア議場

The garden has various flowers including azalea お庭のツツジ

The garden has cherry blossoms, too 庭には桜も

Fugenzo cherry was still in bloom 普賢象もまだ満開

Statue of Yukio Ozaki, the father of parliamentary politics in Japan
憲政の父、尾崎行雄の銅像 

The Parliamentary Museum was established in 1970 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the opening of a parliament in Japan. It has a statue of Yukio Ozaki (1859 - 1954), the father of parliamentary politics in Japan who served in the House of Representative for 63 years from 1890 to 1953😲

So, it's understandable that the museum has his statue, but not only that. It also has many flowering trees, such as azalea, cherry and dogwood, which were so beautiful against the blue sky that I forgot about the time. I’ve lived in Tokyo for many years, but didn't know that there is such a museum in the center of Central Tokyo. 

If you don't speak Japanese, you may not be able to enjoy inside the museum because it has no English explanations😭, but you can still walk around the garden and enjoy the unbelievably serene and calm atmosphere with colorful flowers. Last but not least, no admission fee is charged😉 

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憲政記念館です。国会議事堂の近くをお散歩していたら人が出入りしているのを見て、近づいてびっくり！東京に住んで長いんですが存在すら知りませんでした。

中はともかく、庭がすごい！ツツジと桜と花水木が満開でした。空も青くてしばしボー｡｡｡ 入場料無料。穴場です😉

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