George visits a Japanese garden

George takes a nap while I attend lectures.  Lazy little monkey!

The history of the garden at Hotel New Otani.  (Double-click to enlarge image.)

George in front of the garden's waterfall.

Koi in the garden pond.

George waving at you from the Kaneiji lantern.

Today I was very busy.

I was listening to teachers from Japanese universities.

They talked about the schools in Japan.

They talked about the government in Japan.

They talked about other things as well.

I listened and learned.

I found it very interesting.

George did not.

He got tired of sitting and listening.

He wanted to go back to our room.

So that is what he did.

He has his own bed in our room.

First, he took a nap.

Later, he went outside.

Our hotel has a garden.

The hotel is new and modern.

But the garden is very old.

It has been a garden for 400 years.

It has a waterfall.

It has a pond with big orange fish called koi.

It has pretty red bridges.

And it has big stone lanterns.

Japanese gardens often have this kind of lantern.

George is sitting on one lantern, in the picture.

This lantern is even older than the garden.

It was brought here from another garden.

It is called the Kaneiji lantern.

It is 700 years old.

George had fun climbing on it.