I took some time out on Saturday to visit Yoyogi park. The park is stunningly beautiful in all seasons, but something special happens in winter - blue sky, crisp air, sunshine, autumn colours, happy people, exercise, hearty food all combine to create the atmosphere.
Within seconds of leaving the 'big city' you feel so close to nature, and some of the bizarre activities going on there make it feel like you have entered a different world. On Saturday morning there were a group of actors rehearsing (for something resembling the Rocky Horror Show) a team of High School cheer leaders practicing their routines, 3 guys playing Maurie 'didgeridoos', umpteen joggers, cyclists and skaters, a group of Punks (eating their healthy looking pack lunches) and a mob of slightly overage 'Rockers' who did a mime routine to 'Peggy Sue' by Buddie Holly.
Probably the only place in the world where you will see punks and rockers join forces to pick up litter and sweep up around them before they go home.
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