setagaya ume matsuri

Monday was a national holiday, the Emperor's birthday, so we headed out to Setagaya, to check out the ume festival at Hanegi Park

We had heard about this park from a tv show and V also went here earlier in the week.
 

There were many ume trees 

If the air were clearer, we would've been able to see Mount Fuji

Setagaya people

robai (waxy plum/wintersweet)...love the fragrance!

we were kind of hungry, so we bought these ume daifuku made by Kameya Shoten...300 yen each...bummer they never take out the seed!

Near the station was Kyo-azuma, another Japanese sweet shop that we had seen as we walked toward the park

(It wasn’t open when we passed by, but was open when we were making our way back to the train station) 

We tried their ume daifuku...250 yen each...way better because the ume did not have any seeds and instead of white bean paste, this version had azuki bean paste

Apparently their main shop was in Azabu Juban, but when I looked online it had gone out of business

Lunch was at Sekiya Spaghetti Express inside the JR Shinagawa Station, we've eaten here before

This time I tried their napolitan...love! not sickly sweet like some versions can be

I noticed they also have take out, so I hope to try it when I’m not in the mood to cook

The weather was nice, temps are up, up, up!

It was a nice way to end a 3 day weekend

Hanegi Park

4-38 Daita

Setagaya, Tokyo

Kyo-azuma

5-3-11 Matsubara

Setagaya, Tokyo

Closed: Tuesdays

Hours: 8:00-19:00

*cash only