2011/10/09　　1

This is the middle day of the three consecutive holidays. Same as yesterday, admission for both parks was restricted until 17:00 due to high attendance. It was not so hot, not so cold, and not windy. Because I'm setting out to lose 10 kg weight, I decided to go to Maihama today on foot. (Usually, I go by bicycle.) I left home around 15:00 and took the scenic route along the Edogawa River, toward the parks.

Left) Resort Parking 6(R6) seemed full. Until a short time ago, half of this parking area used to be filled with piles of rubble, but now it has been cleared up. Right) I saw an exhausted family who were leaving an extremely crowded park. I hope they enjoyed the parks. Don't lose heart and come visit TDR again!

When I arrived at the bicycle parking area of TDL, I saw a long queue on the pedestrian deck. It was around 15:30, so they still had 1 hour and half left until the restriction was due to be cancelled.

We had sprinkle of rain for just a moment, but it stopped soon. But, this queue was awful...

Bon Voyage and Ikspiari were very crowded with many people who couldn’t enter the parks.

When I walked around Ikspiari, I could see my favorite performance by David Ramsay.

Around 16:50:  Because of the restriction on admission, the queue for TDL became longer and longer, and reached to Bon Voyage. Even though the admission restriction was due to be cancelled at 17:00, the waiting time for buying tickets must have been one or two hours...

The restriction was cancelled at 17:00. I hope people who come to the park today for the first time in their lives don't develop a dislike for TDR. Then, I started home on foot.

Traces of the earthquake were still here and there.