> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.novaugust.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Holidays Part 7, Keihanna Commemorative Park - URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/holidays-part-7-keihanna-memorial-park/ - Published: 2012-01-23T13:15:04.000Z - Updated: 2012-07-03T12:02:53.000Z - Author: Matt Enlow - Tags: fruit, post, modern art, moon, Photo Journal, statue, stilts, sunset, terraced falls, the holidays japan, Tohoku Journal, waterfalls, 竹馬, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43 [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4025-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4025.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [ ](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4025.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) けいはんな記念公園 Keihanna Commemorative Park At last we've come to the end of the [holiday series](https://blog.novaugust.net/tag/the-holidays-japan "The Holidays Japan") of posts. And really, it's nothing but lovely pictures. Cheers! But before I launch into those, just one little story for the next photo. # Elmer's Dragon [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/龍-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/%E9%BE%8D.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/%E9%BE%8D.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) 龍 \~\~ Dragons The new year is the year of the dragon and my 24th birthday. In other words, I'm a dragon (this sentence taken out of context is rad). Okaasan gave me the dragon bell in the photo above since it's my year, and I told her how I'd been obsessed with dragons as a kid and what a great gift it was. Surely, this obsession came from all the books I read, and was read, as a kid. This made her ask, have you ever read the ones with Elmer in them? I was shocked. I've never met anyone in America other than my family who knows of those books - my dad had read them to me as a child (just like they'd been read to him as a child) and I'd loved them since. Apparently, the books are much more popular in Japan. Okaasan had read them to her own kids when they were children. I figured this was something I had to photo and share with my dad. Right, serendipity covered, back to the park. # Keihanna Commemorative Park Okaasan, Adam and I all went to a wonderful park in Seikachou, the city in Kyoto Prefecture where Okaasan lives. It's definitely the nicest park I've seen inside of a Japanese city, but, I've got not so much to say about it, but a lot to show. [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01149-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01149.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01149.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) The shadows of Okaasan, Adam, and I [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01150-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01150.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01150.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) A large bridge elevated well above the water [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4032-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4032.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4032.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) Terraced falls [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4033-450x600.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4033.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4033.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) I think I remember Okaasan saying these columns were flown in by helicopters [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4035-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4035.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4035.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) Nature hidden in a city [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4029-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4029.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4029.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) Koe from above [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC011551-450x600.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC011551.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC011551.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) Adam, fish whisperer [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01162-450x600.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01162.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC01162.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) 竹馬 \~ Take-uma \~ Bamboo Horse \~ Stilts [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4036-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4036.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4036.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) This statue had something to do with Galileo, but.. mostly, it's cute [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4037-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4037.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4037.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) Some modern art built into the park. Note the little statues playing on the beams [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4052-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4052.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4052.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) The moon came out and stood between some trees [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4053_crop-562x600.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/2012/01/holidays-part-7-keihanna-memorial-park/dscn4053%5Fcrop/?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/2012/01/holidays-part-7-keihanna-memorial-park/dscn4053%5Fcrop/?ref=blog.novaugust.net) It may look like autumn, but all that red is overripe fruit, not leaves [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4039-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4039.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4039.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) The sun lowers [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4044-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4044.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4044.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) The art installation and bridge [![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4045-700x525.jpg)](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4045.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) [](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4045.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net) Evening overtaking the lake