A Nice Local Run

Morning of last Saturday, I went for a nice local run.

Kichijoji Station.

Students walking to their school.

Pretty Cosmos flowers at Musashino Chuo Park.

Little baseball players at the park.

Jomon houses at Shitanoya Site.

Soccer players at Waseda field.

Acorns.

The pond of Musashiseki Park.

Shin-Ome Kaido.

The bus stop with a turntable. 

Baseball players at Musashino Daisan Junior High School.

A Beautiful Morning Run in Sapporo

I was back in Sapporo - and last Friday morning, had a beautiful run.

Beautiful yellow leaves of the trees leading to Former Hokkaido Government Office Building.  It is still under renovation.  What we see was a painting.

Beautiful trees by Hokkaido Shirine.

The huge Torii of the shrine.

Beautiful leaves in Maruyama Park.

Trees behind Sapporo Shiryokan.

A statue at the western edge of Odori Park.

The Olympics Symbol.

People walking in the Park.

Sapporo TV Tower.

An exhibition at the tower.

Two Runs in Yilan

Last week, I also stayed in Yilan, Taiwan.

Friday morning, I ran to the beach from my hotel.  The landscape was very flat and wet.

Pretty white herons.

There were many fish farms.

Lotus.

From the beach, Guishan Island (Turtle Island) was seen.

Another temple.

A rice field.

Saturday morning, I ran towards mountains.  It was very different from the day before.

With friends, I ran to Wufengqi.  It was a bit hilly going there - but beautiful.

We did not have enough time, so could not go up to the waterfalls higher up, but still, it was very nice.

Some people were swimming at a pool in the river, although there was a sign that specifically said "no swimming."

There was also a lady who was washing her clothes.

Enjoyed the runs very much.

A Koshiung Run

 Last Thursday morning, I had a fun run in Kaoshiung, Taiwan.

I crossed over a bridge over Ai-ho River

One of many colorful temples.

Surprised to see many monkeys on the road.

The zoo entrance.

A temple worshipping Guanyin.

Kaohsiung Martyrs' Shrine

A very nice view of the city and the port.

This gate looks suspiciously like a Shinto Torii gate.

A gate of National Sun Yat-sen University

These are Japanese steam locomotives.

Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway

Ships at the port.

The light rail

Two of interesting figures.

A light rail moves past a big robot statue.

I enjoyed visiting the city of Kaoshiung.