The water bus travels down the Sumida River and was absolutely full as we rode from Asakusa to Hama-rikyu. We didn't know it at the time we bought the tickets, but the bus drops you off right at the family garden on the Tokugawa Shogun, or the "Detatched palace gardens". It was a great introduction to Tokyo as we got to see a whole bunch of the river's multicolored bridges and some beautiful skylines of the city, as well as a really serene park. The part has 4 ponds/water features some of which are salt water, fed directly from the river. There were duck hunting grounds, a horse exercising area, a flower field, flower tree garden and specialty peony field, just to give an idea of the size of the place. It was full of couples picnicing and walking around having Saturday. My favorite part was the peony gardens (Mu Dan Hua). They're gorgeous flowers but also very important in Chinese and Japanese history as well as herbal medicine.
The most fun might have been the performers we saw on the way out. Two women were doing various tricks with umbrellas and other props while this guy played some instrument whose name I don't know. They were very silly and made me smile lots. Also, they looked really pretty in their kimonos.
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