Japanese Fall Festival
ByIf you haven’t been to the Japanese Stroll Gardens in Springfield, you are missing out on the prettiest place in town. It’s worth the five bucks (now there’s something I don’t say often). Saturday they had their annual Fall Festival, and we hadn’t been in a while, so we went. It was really crowded, which was the only thing of the whole day that I didn’t like so much. I prefer quiet parks. But we had a picnic dinner, watched some drummers and a sword guy, and strolled around the gardens twice. One stroll was lit by torches and candles, which was gorgeous! It would have been very romantic if not for the gobs of people around. They also nearly defeated my goal of getting some candlelit landscape photography, although some “ghost” images look pretty interesting. Unfortunately, I had switched bags and forgot my tripod head, although I did have the tripod. That was an interesting experience. It’s too bad they don’t let you do weddings there – I would have tried to get ours there! But for future reference, it would be a great place to go for engagement or couples’ pictures, bridal portraits, romantic bride & groom pictures, or a trash-the-dress session!
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