My Last Run of 2020

My last run of 2020 was yesterday.  I had to wait until the rain stopped in the morning.  So I went in the middle of the day. And it turned out to be beautiful.

The famous sweets place in front of the Women's University was very busy.

This store had many customers queued up, but mostly in popular parks of the area, did not have too many people. I suppose this is due to people complying with the request by the government to stay home.

Zenpukuji Park.

 Hardly anybody there to enjoy the beautiful weather.

Ducks.

A delivery vehicle has many boxes from a very successful company.

Tateno Park - empty.

A little playground by the city hall.

Musashino Chuo Park - a very few people.

Rat 2020 and Ox 2021.

The long walking path from Chuo Park to Mitaka Station.

Sekimae Park.

A new little play area along the path.

Another little playground by Inokashira-dori street.

More path.

Tamagawa-josui.

More path.

Horiai-jidou Park - close from Mitaka Station.

The pedestrian bridge over Chuo Line.

A Manhole designed by the Anime legend.

Tamagawa-josui.

Nishi-En track.

Gotenyama area.

Inokashira Benzaiten Shrine.

Nanai Bridge.

The swan boat rental was closed.

The stage area - no Art Markets.

A path close from Inokashirakoen Station.

Although I could not run much in the earlier months of this year (because of gout problem I developed after Toyama Marathon - Oct. 2019), I could average over 150 km per month in the latter half to make approx. 1,590 km for the whole year.  I hope I will be able to keep up the pace next year.

A Run to Toshimaen

Yesterday morning, I ran to Toshimaen - an old amusement park that closed in August.

This is a walk-way that closed up Igusa River.

This is a photo of boys catching fish - probably in 1950s.

Igusamori Park.

A little shrine at a Y.

Route 8 - Mejiro-dori.

Garbage collectors were busy.

Shakujii River's water level was low.

Kasuga Shrine.

The parking lot of the closed park.

A lot of the park has been demolished.

The entrance of the park remained.

Toshimaen Station.

A New Year's ornament stand - notice the cute little white dog.

Seibu Ikebukuro Line.

Jizo to make a wish (Gankake).

A park close from Nakano Station.  A part of the facility that held some 100,000 dogs during the Edo Period.  This essay explains why his happened.

The area dogs were held are in black lines.  The park is the green north of the train tracks.  You can see how huge the dog facility was.

A  construction site by the Station.