My Run Scenes from the First Half of September

 Here are the scenes from some of my runs of the first half of September.

The first Sunday of this month, I ran locally.

A bicyclist along Kanda River.

Jomon memorial.

A big shrine with a huge parking lot.

The new football pitch of Takaido Park.

A baseball field.

Takaido Park.

The pond of Inokashira Park was really green.

On the same week on Wednesday, I ran in Nagoya.

A part of the elevated expressway was being repaired.

Tokugawa Art Museum entrance.

Onigawara displayed at Amagasaka Park.

A type of sunflower.

Aichi Arena being built.

Nagoya Castle seen on the other side of its moat.

Ping pong diplomacy monument.

The Second Sunday, I ran in Tateshina Highland.

Kita-Yatsugatake Ropeway.

The ski slope of Pilatus Snow Resort.

Mt. Tateshina.

A family of deer.

The City of Chino seen afar.

And last Friday, I ran close from Shin-Yamaguchi Station.

A local train.

Itsukushima Shrine.

Hachiman Shrine at the top of a big hill.

Guard rails are painted orange in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Persimmon fruits.

A rice field - close from harvesting.

Pupils walking to their school.

August Run Scenes

 I failed to post my runs in August.  I am compiling the photos here.

The day after the Anniversary of the Dnd of the War, I could go for a run in Tateshina.  

I ran up the ski slope of Pilatus Snow Resort.

And came back down on a Villa area trail.

Florescent moss in a little cave.

Two days later, I ran down to a lower Villa area.

Mt. Tateshina seen from our Villa entrance.

Grapes growing on a roadside.

Saw deer hiding behind an abandoned building.

And the last run in Tateshina was on the last day of my Obon Holidays.

A sun ray through trees.

Deer.

A view of Yatsugatake.

A trail towards Mt. Tateshina.

This point was as far as I could go.

I then went up Hutte Albireo.

Pretty but poisonous flower.

Water seeping out of the ground.

I was then in Chatan, Okinawa.  Last Saturday morning, I enjoyed running along the shore down south.

A beautiful palm tree-lined walkway of Mihama American Village.

Mihama Beach.

A cat.

Local restaurants.

The next day - Sunday, I went up north.

Beautiful boats at a marina.

Takonoki (Octopus tree).

Gates of US military bases.

I ran in Hachijojima on Wednesday morning.

A beautiful sunrise.

A ruin of a hotel.

A cat.

The airport.

Aloe grows wild.

A Shinto shrine.