A Run from Fukuno to Takase Shrine

On Thursday, I could go for another nice run in Nanto.  This time, I ran to Takase Shrine, the highest ranked Shinto Shrine of Toyama.

HELIOS, an cultural event building of Fukuno.

A nice little park near by.

An old building in Fukuno.

Beautiful and colorful lilies.

Another pretty flowers.

A vegetable field.

A rice field.

A big Torii leading to Takase Shrine.

A cleansing fountain of the shrine.

A beautiful white stone approach to the shrine.

The ceremony area of the main building.

A cute Ema featuring the animal of the year.

An Inari shrine within Takase Shrine ground.

A view from the shrine entrance.

Beautiful pink flowers.

A bicycle trail.

Fukuno Elementary School.

A Run from Tabikawa to Oyabegawa

On Wednesday, I ran in Toyama - from Tabikawa River to Oyabe River.

Tabikawa River.

Onions getting ready to be harvested.

Kawasaki Bridge at Oyabe River.

Pretty yellow flowers.

Pretty while little flowers.

A temple.

Tonamino Senior High School.

Water gates on Oyabe River.

A typical of the trail by the river.

An expressway.

Hydrangea.

Posters promoting Toyama.

Runs in Rainy Season

We are in a middle of Tsuyu Season in Tokyo.  I could put in a couple of nice runs in between rains.

On Friday morning, I ran about 10 K.

A battery-assisted bicycle for carrying a child.

Beautiful hydrangea.

Pretty flowers in Chuo Koen Park.

Figurines displayed on an HVAC unit of a restaurant.

This morning, I went for a nice long run.

Inokashira Pond has many water grass growth these days.

Kaitsuburi - Little grebe.

A community farm.

A father and son play at Kuriyama Park.

Baseball practice at an elementary school.

Stray cats.

 Paintings of kindergarten children.

Hellow Kitty road barriers of a new road.

Ume - plum fruits.

 Back at Inokashira Pond - very green now.

Three Days in a Row - mainly Hydrangea and the New Road

These days, I rarely run consecutive days.  But I did - 3-days in a row - for the first time in a long time.

On Friday, I woke up very early in the morning.  It was an OK weather.

Roses were pretty along a house by Kanda River.

Beautiful pink hydrangea.

A different type of hydrangea.

Dokudami (Houttuynia cordata).  These are pretty common in our neighborhood.

Yesterday, it rained and rained all day.  I braved a good run - and got soaked.

This butterfly was clinging to a leaf of hydrangea.

Rain falls on Inokashira Pond.

Hydrangea flowers are in abundance this time of the year.

Lilies along Tama Cycling Road.

Maple leaves had seeds already.

Cabbages.

 People waiting for the bus.

The trail by Tamagawajosui.

A family walking towards Ghibli Museum.

Officials checking the fish traps for foreign species in Inokashira pond.  I was happy to learn that no more Black Bass and Blue Gills have been found in a while.

Flowers by Inokashira-koen Station.

White flowers in our neighbor's yard. 

And today, the weather is very sunny and very warm (hot).  I enjoyed a slow paced run this morning.

Inokashira Line train goes towards Mitaka-dai Station.

A pretty white roadside flowers.

Someone's yard.

Children at play at the field south of Fujimigaoka.

The new road along Tamagawajosui is now open.  I first wrote about its construction 5 years ago.  It took a long time, but now it's done!

A phone booth for handicapped.

A road by Inokashira-koen Station.

Inokashira Pond seen from Hyotan Bridge.

The little trail close from Inokashira-koen Station.