Went to another park which is bigger than the previous one we visited. There are all kinds of trees but the bamboo trees are the ones that attracted my attention. I have not seen a bamboo tree since I was a kid. The weather wasn't so kind to us and we had to hurriedly leave the park. I promised myself that I will be back here when the weather is nicer.
The 2 top pictures are car parking lots. There are ample lots and parking is free of charge. However, vehicles are not allowed to park here after 5pm as the operating hours are from 9am till 5pm.

Japanese convenience stores or konbini and sushi dinner

Mini Stop is a konbini or convenient store in Japan. Besides MS, Japan has other
konbini like 7-11, Lawson and Family Mart. They sell hot and cold beverages, sandwiches, onigiri (rice balls), instant noodles including ramen etc.
Konbinis also offer services like banking services through their ATMs, fax machines, copiers, postal services, ticket reservations for concerts, theme parks, baseball game, tickets for highway bus services etc etc.
This morning, my wife and I took a 10 minute walk to the above konbini and had our coffee (100 Yen or S$1.25c) and sandwiches. The sandwiches ( 250 Yen or S$3.10) were one of the best we ever had. The bread for the sandwiches were soft and the fillings were absolutely tasty.
Konbini offers free wi-fi but we particularly like Mini Stop because it provides seats besides free wi-fi. Most Lawson and 7-11 do not provide seats for their customers. Most konbini operate 24/7. As usual,car parking is free of charge.

                                                                                Dinner@ home

We had the bamboo rice which was prepared by my mother-in-law, sushi and potato salad which we bought from the supermarket. They are scrumptious and fresh as well as reasonably priced !

Small cars, big cars, parking etc in Japan

There are 2 types of car licence plates in Japan,one is white and the other is yellow in colour. The white one is applicable to cars over 1,000cc and the yellow plate is lower than 1,000cc. The yellow plated cars are known as " K " or karui which means "light vehicles". "K" plated cars are lower in taxes etc and in some places have dedicated or specially allotted parking lots. Most " Ks" are used as second car in the family.
In Japan, the number of vehicles owned by a family are determined by the number of car parking lots they have.
Most, if not all public car parking are free of charge except in the cities and at train stations.