Eiraku Park

Oliver and Ashley made friends while they were at Japanese kindy during the holiday a while back, Haruichi and Kannna. Their mother Asami is such a nice lady and I enjoy catching up with her. Each time we are back we make an effort to get the kids together. It takes a while for them to relax around each other but by the end of the day they just want to spend more time together.

Eiraku Dam is located 20min drive away from our Japanese house.
We knew there wouldn't be many cherry blossoms flowering but we still wanted to give it a go. This park is beside a dam and I remember coming here for school excursions when I was little. It would have been so beautiful if all these trees were blooming. Well, someone else had the same idea and brought their picnic lunch but no SAKURA!!!

At least the kids enjoyed the nice view looking over the dam:

The kids were slightly disappointed when they found out no lunch under the blooming trees :( but they didn't mind it at all once we got to the playground. Time to run around. 

They went up and down this huge slide over and over again. 

Great big park with lots of climbing frames etc for kids of different ages. 

Ashley loved the trampoline mountain:

Oliver had a great time playing ball with Haruichi. He exhausted Haruichi out but kept on kicking the ball for a long time. 

Ashley and Kanna:

I think the next catch up will be in summer. Thank you Asami-san for a fantastic day. We had such a wonderful day!