Roadside Flowers

I went for a run this morning in my neighborhood.  It was VERY hot today.  Roadside flowers are pretty this time of the year.

 

Bike riders at an unfinished intersection.

Children at play.

Sprinters at Nishi-En track.

Early Morning Run + Walk in Kanazawa

I was in Kanazawa for a change Friday morning.  I had a very nice early run.  The famous Kenrokuen Garden was open - and I had to walk while was there.

The sunrise seen from my room at before 5 am.

A nice display at the station of the old Samurai Clan.

Kanazawa Station.

A beautiful kimono was displayed at a show window.

One of the excavations of an area by the old outer wall of the city.

Ozaki Jinja Shrine.

A remain of an inner moat.

The castle seen close from Otemon Gate.

Kawakita Gate.

The castle - close up.

A reflection of the above in the moat.

Former Honmaru (main building) area - only a woody area remains.

A row of Chaya (tea houses) by Kenrokuen Gardens.

A little nice waterfall in the Park.

Irises were pretty.

The memorial statue for lives lost in Satsuma Rebellion.

A beautiful pond.

Golden Week Runs

This year, the Golden Week was 10-days long.  This was due to the Emperor change ceremonies coincided with the timing.  This link has information about it.

I basically took the whole time off from work and was in Japan to be a part of the historical event of the Era Change from Heisei to Reiwa.  But as usual, I will post the photos from my runs.

On the last Sunday in April, it was a gorgeous day.  I had a nice run in a beautiful sun.

A little park on the way to Shakujii Park.

The field in Shakujii Park - soccer players.

Beautiful Azalea flowers.

A restaurant by the park.

Koinobori.

Green leaves were beautiful around the pond.

It was raining in the morning of the last day of Heisei.

A rain puddle in the park.

Because of the rain, hardly anyone was in the park.

On the second day of Reiwa morning, it was cloudy, but temperature was nice.

Koinobori mader by kindergarten children by Mitakadai Station.

A nice little garden close from Takaido Station.

Pretty little purple flowers.

Bird watchers in the park by the convent by Nishi-En.

Swan boats and Nanai Bridge at Inokashira Pond.

There were some runners in the park.

The following morning turned out to be beautiful.

A little park - west of Kichijoji Station.

A view from the pedestrian bridge by the zoo - could see Mt. Fuji between the trees.

The Benzaiten Shrine and a beautiful red flower bush.

On Saturday, the weather was very nice again.

Pink azalea flowers by the tennis courts.

A nice little flowers in the park by the convent by the park.

Irises by Tamagawa Aqueduct.

Tall trees by Hitomi Kaido west of Kugayama.

A little vegetable stand of a local farmer.

And finally on Monday (the last day of the Golden Week), it was cloudy in the morning.

A different type of irises.

Children must have made a base in a park by Sengawa River.

Maruike Park.

Sengawa Park.

Ghibli Museum.

Sankaku Hiroba had people playing.