Binh Duong New City Walk

Binh Duong New City is a huge development close from Ho Chi Minh City.  I was there over the weekend and Monday morning, I had a nice walk.

Vietnamese Santa in front of a coffee shop.

Wide and straight road.

A new building being constructed.

Sunrise.

A big roundabout that will have World Trade Centre.

A convenience store.

A Korean building.

Integrated Political Administration Center.

The New City Park.

The Convention Center.

Political billboards.

People enjoying breakfast.

Autumn Colors of Two Parks

This morning, I walked a bit by and in Inokashira Park.

The start of Kanda River.

Inokashira Park Zoo.

Three cormorants sitting on poles.

At lunch time, I walked in Asukayama Park.

Beautiful Japanese maple by Bankoro, a part of Shibusawa Memorial Museum.

The library.

Unseasonable cherry blossom in Asukayama Park.

Gozare-Ichi Antique Flea Market

On Sunday, my wife and I went to Takahata Fudoson Temple in Hino- a suburb west of Tokyo. They hold an antique flea market (Gozare Ichi) every third Sunday of the month.  We enjoyed a beautiful outing browsing antiques.

Many stalls of antiques were there.

HIJIKATA Toshizo, a legendary swordsman at the end of Tokugawa Era was born in this area.

Cute chrysanthemum flowers in display.

Little girls dressed up for Shichi-Go-San.