A Run to Zuisenji Temple

Yesterday, I ran to Zuisenji Temple in Inami from my hotel in Fukuno.

The sign shows the entrance to Inami.  The statue is of Shakunyo, that established the temple.

Shakunyo was the 5th Head of Honganji Temple.

The long street leading to the temple.

A cute wood figure.

The entrance to Zuisenji - looks like a fortress.  It was actually used as a base for Ikko-ikki, a Honganji-led rebelion.

Volunteers in front of the main gate of the temple.

A beautiful dragon figure on the gate.

The Hondo - the main building of the temple.

A figure of Shinran the founder of Honganji.

A cute cat figure of a store sign.

Rice field.

Beautiful pink flowers.

A Run Around Fukuoka Airport

Early Tuesday morning, I had a good run in Fukuoka.  From my hotel by Hakata Station, I could run all the way around Fukuoka Airport.

Cycad plants by Mikasa River.

Torii of Shimotsukiguma Hachiman Shrine - east of the southern tip of the runway of the airport.

Airplanes parked at the airport.

The domestic terminal is being renovated.

Expressways of the city.

Hakata Station.

A stone statue titled "Asu wo Tsukuru Hito (People that Make Tomorrow)" by my hotel.

Early Morning Run: Kugayama - Chitose-Karasuyama

I had a nice long run in the morning on Sunday.  I have to run early in the morning these days for already at 7:30 am, it gets very hot.  This is the hottest summer in Tokyo I have experienced in my life.

Kugayama Inari Shrine.

The new road is almost ready - a bit south of Kugayama Station.

Jizo.

 A train arrives at Chitose-Karasuyama.

The station.

Senkawa River.

A crow.

Scarecrows at Maruyama Park.

A family is trying to catch bugs.

Pairs of birds.

A street cat?

Goya screen on a store windows.

Goya fruit.

A Nice Run in Kobuchisawa

I spent the three-day weekend in Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi.  On Sunday, I could go for a nice run in the area.

Hydrangea flowers were pretty in the resort area.

A small Kai-Koizumi Station.

The platform of the station.

Statues of Camels in front of a local museum.

The area is very woody.

An unpaved trails of the resort area.

A nice little creek.

A newly cleared area.

A friendly dog on a veranda of a holiday house.

Pretty yellow flowers.

A butterfly.

Wooden deer figures.

It was VERY hilly - had about 200 meters of vertical up/down at the altitude of over 1,000 meters.

Recent Local Runs

I am trying to keep up with running despite the hot weather.

On Saturday, I ran towards Takaido and came back along Tamagawajosui.

Takaido Wanpaku Park.

A new road construction by Tamagawajosui.

The big tree where the new road and Hitomi Kaido was kept.

Tamagawajosui.

An urban farmland close from Inokashira Park.

 On Sunday, I ran westward.

A Torii of a little shrine.

The entrance to the local university. 

A little park north of Itsukaichi Kaido.

A corn field.

Musashino Chuo Park.

Boys were catching fish at the pond of Sekimae Park.

Pretty white lilies in Inokashira Park.

Yesterday morning, I took a walk in the neighborhood.

Grapes by Mitakadai Station.

Bamboo.

Gotenyama.

Inokashira Pond.

Runners around the pond.

This morning - I ran along the edge of Musashino City limit.

A local girls school.

Someone drew Pikachu on a road.

A little park by Musashino Art School.

Kichijoji Station.