The Last Run of September

On a beautiful Saturday morning, I went for a very nice run - my last one of the month.

Kugayama Inari Jinsha is getting ready for its annual autumn festival.

Kugayama Station - the local school was open today.

A little Kei truck passed me at the new road still under construction.

More students by Iwasaki Bridge - south of Kugayama Station.

Hitomi Kaido crosses the trail.

Tamagawa-josui aqueduct.

The trail by the aqueduct.

A residential building just got demolished.

A little stand that sells locally grown vegetables.

Inokashira-koen Station - more students coming out.

The water of Inokashira Pond was very green this morning.

A Run in Nagoya - Mainly Sakae

This morning in rainy Nagoya, I could go for a 10K run.  From my hotel in Sakae, I traced down the Hisaya Odori Park - very long and narrow strip stretching north-south.

The Ferris Wheel on a building the home of SKE48.

A cute statues of Mother and Daughter.

A statue of Fraternity.

A monument that looks like a boat.

People waiting at a bus depot.

Oasis 21.

Sakura Dori - one of the cross roads.

The TV Tower in front of an eagle Statue - present from Los Angeles, a sister city to Nagoya.

A world map shows Nagoya and Los Angeles locations.

One of the Hollywood Star plates.

Aztec Calendar, present from Mexico City, another sister city.

An old house.

A pond in Meijo (Nagoya Castle) Park.

Acorns.

Nagoya Castle Moat.

An entrance to the Castle.

Nagoya City Hall and Aichi Prefecture Office.

A wide sidewalk that features Nagoya Grampus - the local professional  Soccer team.

Kichijoji Streets Run

This morning, I ran around Kichijoji and took interesting photos.

Nanaibashi-dori, leading towards Kichijoji Station from the bridge of the pond of Inokashira Park.  During the day, it is filled with many shoppers.

Stores had their shutters closed with cute pictures.

Grafitti in an ally by 

A clothing store on Nakamichi-dori displays Makoto-chan T-shirt.

A new "Ghibli-looking" store under construction.

City assembly member election is coming up.

Nakamichi gate looking towards the station.

Pictures by graduates of the local girls' school.

A shutter of a Seal stamp store.

Pretty vending machines behind a department store.

Daia-gai street in Sun Road Shotengai.

An entrance to Gesso Zen Temple.

A new athletic entertainment business.

A bus going towards the station in a narrow alley on the south side.

Posters of musical artists on the wall of a "Live House" on Suehiro-dori.

A Nice Local Run Before a Storm

A big typhoon is approaching today - it rained all day.  So, I decided to go for a fairly long run yesterday in a cool weather.

A distance marker - 1.5 km from the start of Kanda River.

A trail by Kanda River around Fujimigaoka.

A bee was busy on a flower.

Runners along the trail.

 Beautiful cosmos flowers close from Takaido Station.

Aozora Park - a new nice place south of Eifukucho.

A heron in the river.

Pretty sunflowers.

Pomegranates.

Zenpukuji River is being fixed.

A trail by the river.

A pond with a fountain.

Children and fathers at a play ground.

Lycoris - Higanbana in Japanese are beautiful this time of the year.