Autumn roses in Yuri-no-sato Park

I went to the Yuri*-no-sato Park in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture. *Yuri means lily in Japanese.

As the name says, the park is well known for lilies. However, the season of lilies is around every June. Now, instead, you can enjoy roses. A couple of big typhoons hit this year, so a lot of the flowers had fallen. Yet some of them were survived and I was able to see different types of roses.

 

In the spacious park, there are a lawn area with play equipment, a roofed barbecue site, a water wheel and a fountain. So, you can enjoy in summer, too. There is a coffee shop which you can watch the beautiful sunset from the rooftop. You can take out their menu and you can eat it anywhere you like in the park like a picnic. Also, there is a farmer's market, so mothers can buy foodstuff for dinner after you played a lot with children. The park is illuminated and shows images by projection mapping in the evenings all year. So, it seems that the park provides a different atmosphere to the visitors at night. (H.S)