I ran along an old canal, Tamagawa Josui. There is a very nice trail beside it so I didn't have to worry too much about the automobile traffic.
Close from where I live, the canal is very narrow and the stream is shallow, but as I ran up stream, it became deeper and wider. It is amazing to know that this little canal was made per Tokugawa Ieyasu - the Great Shogun's order 355 years ago - to supply water to then a new city of Edo, now known as Tokyo.
I didn't make it all the way to the gate where the water from Tama River is diverted to the canal, but I leisurely jogged for about 30 km all together.
I need to work out more for I am determined to un a full-length marathon (42.195 km) by the year-end.
A map of Tamagawa Josui. The red spot signifies the current location.
The typical trail by the canal. It is nice for there are no traffic lights.
A Zen Temple (Kaiganji) on by the canal.
A typical view of the Tamagawa Josui. Can you spot a pigeon?
Azalea flowers by the trail.
Iris flowers.
A curious warning sign - then I realized that I was close from Yokota Air Base.
Tamagawa Josui in Fussa City.
An intereting sign that showed me the directions.
I wouldn't be running all the way to New York.
Or to these cities. A bit too far for me.
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o.k!
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