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Torie! I found your sandbox!!!! And I bought a new fountain pen (I Might Have a problem) Week 4 Article evaluation one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration

When looking at Imperial restoration End of the Shogunate Military reform

They all need citation needed - were there none or were they wrong? Also a few sentences that were in the article sounded like they could have been option lead. Toriegcollins (talk) 23:22, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

two Hibiya_Park Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiya_Park

Want to improve on the history of the Park. There is almost nothing written here. Toriegcollins (talk) 16:53, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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Article I choice to edit is :Hibiya_Park Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiya_Park

Want to improve on the history of the Park.

looking at information: https://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-parks-gardens/hibiya-park from source Hibiya Park is a 16 hectare (40 acre) public park bordering the southern moat of the Imperial Palace. Hibiya park is Japan's first public Western-style park. History Hibiya Park was the grounds of feudal lords during the shogunate, and became a military parade ground during the early years of Japan's modernization in the late 19th century. It was then made a public park in 1903. Hibiya Park is where the 1905 Hibiya Riots were sparked. This 30,000-strong popular protest was against the terms of the Portsmouth Treaty, the peace treaty brokered by the US between defeated Russia and victorious Japan. Willow, pine and pond in Hibiya Park, Tokyo. A newly nationalistic Japanese public believed the treaty was a sell-out, spurred on in this opinion by a largely vitriolic press (at least one paper even advocated the assassination of the Cabinet!). The ensuing riots spread over Tokyo, with 17 killed, hundreds injured, nearly every police box (koban) in the city destroyed, a pro-Treaty newspaper's offices burnt down, and martial law imposed for almost 3 months. This marked the birth of a decade of violent mass political action in Japan, as well as of Japanese nationalism. World War Two During World War Two, nearly all the trees in the park were cut down for timber and the fences, etc. melted down for steel. Post-war restoration work was crowned in 1961 with the construction of the big 30m-(90 ft) diameter fountain.

http://www.gotokyo.org/en/kanko/chiyoda/spot/40127.html from source Area: 161,636.66 m2 (some areas are state-owned property provided under gratuitous loan Trees: Tall trees: 3,100, shrubs: 10,100 m2, grass: 11,300 m2 Main plants: Ginkgo, Japanese apricot, camphor, buttonball, dogwood, pine, tulip tree, rose, leopard plant Events: Concerts at the small music hall (Wednesday and Friday Concerts), morning glory display (July), seedling sale (April and October), chrysanthemum display (November) Facilities: Hibiya Public Hall large music hall (telephone: 03-3591-6388), small music hall, parade ground, Hibiya Library Books and Culture Hall (opens autumn 2011), tennis courts, children’s playground, food and drink stands, College of Green and Water for Citizens

https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/hibiya-park Toriegcollins (talk) 16:53, 18 March 2018 (UTC) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Article adds in Bold History Hibiya Park (日比谷公園 Hibiya Kōen) is a park in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. It covers an area of 161,636.66m2 (40 acre) between the east gardens of the Imperial Palace to the north, the Shinbashi district to the southeast and the Kasumigaseki government district to the west. The land was occupied by the estates of the Mōri clan and Nabeshima clan during the Edo period, and was used for army maneuvers during the Meiji period. It was converted to a park and opened to the public on June 1, 1903.[1] On September 5, 1905 the park was the scene of the Hibiya Incendiary Incident a major citywide riot that erupted in protest of the terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. The park is famous for the Shisei Kaikan (市政会館), a brick building built in Gothic style in 1929, which once housed the Domei Tsushin state wire service and its postwar successors Kyodo News and Jiji Press. '''This Park is also home to the "Risky Ginkgo," A Ginkgo tree that is about 500 years old and almost lost the park's designer his job when he fought to save the tree in 1901. ''' The park is also known for its open-air concert venue, Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall (日比谷野外音楽堂), and for its tennis courts (for which reservations are hotly contested due to their proximity to the financial and government districts). World War II took a toll on the park when almost all the trees and fenceing was used for the war effort. Toriegcollins (talk) Toriegcollins (talk) 17:05, 18 March 2018 (UTC)