Keihanna Memorial Park

It was a nice winters day today and we went to Keihanna park where they were having a free concert by some Taiko drummers. The concert was in the building above - a strange construction hidden by a a large amount of girders. Below is another view.

After harvesting the rice in Japan, the straw is often tied up in conical stands, I assume to dry. I have been meaning to photograph some of these but have not got around to it before. They had a few in the park for reasons not entirely clear.