Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Visiting Horse Museum in Negishi

[Date & Time] Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00~17:00
[Spots] Uma no Hakubutsukan (Negishi Horseracing Memorial Park, Museum of Horse and Horse Racing), Negishi Shinrin Park, Yokohama Chinatown, Yamashita Park, Yamashita Rinko Line Promenade, and Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
[Visitors] 2 American women (in their 50s from Montana and California), and 1 Canadian woman (in her 60s from Vancouver)
[Attendant] 1 KSGG member
[Language] English


  
 Uma no Hakubutsukan displays lots of exhibits produced as a result of the exchanges of horses and people in the permanent exhibition in various fields such as natural history, history, folklore, arts and crafts, and horse racing.  The visitors looked around the museum earnestly because they had the official qualification of International Federation for Equestrian Sports and were very interested in horses.  In Negishi Shinrin Park, they enjoyed Yae Zakura (double cherry blossoms) and Shirotae Zakura (white double cherry blossoms) in full bloom though Someiyoshino (cherry blossoms) were out of bloom.  After lunch in Yokohama Chinatown, we headed for Yamashita Park.  We saw Pacific Venus (26594 GT) from Yamashita Rinko Line Promenade and had a coffee break in Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse.  We went back to Sakuragicho Station, walking along Kishamichi Street.