More Icy Run

On Sunday I could go for a run.  It has been cold, so snow was still around and parts have turned ice.

A square right outside of Kichijoji Station.

The old house by Nakamichi Street.

Nakamichi Street.

A park behind Kinokuniya grocery store.

A postman carefully rides his motorcycle.

A little snowman.

A train by Tanashi Station.

A recruit sign for the Self Defense Force.

A trail by Tamako Cycling Road.

Koganei Park.

Children playing with sleds.

A trail by Itsukaichi Kaido.

Inokashira Benzaiten.

Inokashira Pond.

A path in Inokashira Park.

Icy Run

We are having a very cold winter, especially this week.  It snowed A LOT two days ago in Tokyo.  Although it warmed up quite a bit yesterday, snow remained on the streets.  I braved a run this morning, but it was very icy, so I had to be careful not to slip and fall.

 Still a lot of snow by Sankaku Hiroba.

Kugayama Station.

Bike parking by Kugayama.

The new road north of the station.

A trail by Tamagawa Josui.

This part was VERY crunchy to run on.

Some streets were very icy.

Inokashirakoen Station.  A person on the right side had slipped and is on ground.

Inokashira Pond.

Swings in the park.

 The path towards Inokashirakoen station from the park.

Our neighbor's car is buried in snow.

Inokashira Pond Situation

We had nice weather this weekend and I had two nice runs.  For each run, I checked out the dried Inokashira Pond situation.

At Benten Ike Pond, spring water seeps out - a lot!

A bridge of Benten Ike Pond.

Nanaibashi Bridge over the main pond.

From Nanaibashi Looking west.

The boat rental house.

Birds.

Looking towards Nanaibashi from the western tip.

Panorama View of the pond.

A temporary building explaining the drying of the pond.

These are the fish they captured - blue are foreign.  They found over 240 Bluegills, although this is the third time to try to eliminate them.

Pipes to move water.

Still a lot of water is pumped out to keep the ponds dry.

Semi Dark Morning Run in Sendai

I was back in Sendai this week.  I could go for a nice run this morning.

 There was some snow still on ground.

A statue of Tanikaze, a legendary sumo wrestler of the 18th century.

C601 steam locomotive displayed at Nishi (West) Park.

A double deck bridge over Hirose River.

A white heron in Hirose River.

A Toro stands by the river.

A ryokan sits by the river.

A trail by the river.

A big cliff by the river.

A jizo shrine.

A historical building of John Kinne Hoyde Deforest, a Christian missionary that lived in Sendai in 1887.

A drone store/school.

Sendai Station this morning.