2020/06/28

A Rainy Run in Fukuno

Last Friday morning, I went for a run in Fukuno.  It was a warm morning and while running, the weather turned to a pouring rain.  I enjoyed it, though.

Beautiful rice fields.

A Zen temple.




Tall trees surround an old house.

A mountain range.

A little river.

A very narrow alley in town.

Elementary schoolers with umbrellas.


2020/06/26

A Nice Run in Toyama - Jinzu River Bridges.

Yesterday morning, I could have a nice run in Toyama City.


Two older train bridges over Jinzu River.

The beautiful Hokuriku Shinkansen Bridge.

A bridge for automobiles.

A Japanese pheasant on top of a mound of a construction site.

A dog following his master with a frisbee.

A light rail train on Toyama Ohashi Bridge.

Another older bridges.


Students walking to their school.

Hydrangea - beautiful.


Boats on Matsukawa River.

A banner shows the city.

Commuters walking to their offices close from the station.

2020/06/24

A Run North of Nishi-Ogikubo and South of Zenpukuji River


Yesterday morning, I ran to Nishi-Ogikubo Station.  I went around the area north of the station up to Zenpukuji River towards west.  

Looking north away from the station.

A bridge over Zenpukuji River.

A small street heading back to the station.

The bus stop in front of the station.


A Torii of Fushimi Inari Shrine.

A climb away from Zenpukuji River.

Pretty flowers.

A gate of Shotengai by the station.

A dog walker.

"Sakano Ueno Keyaki Koen" or The Park Atop of the Hill with Zelkova Tree.

Grapes.

Iogi Park.


A residential complex construction site.


2020/06/21

A Beautiful Run in Kesennuma - 6 years later...

I had a beautiful run this morning in Kesennuma.  It was great to see that situation was much better compared to when I visited it last time in 2014.

There still were many empty lots, but roads were fixed and there were many new buildings.  I could see that much progress was made in 9 years.

A road fixing work.

A kindergarten.


A manhole.

The great seafood restaurant was raised to protect from tsunami.

The bridge to Ukimi-do.

Ikari Shrine.



More construction by the harbor.

A new attraction - Pier 7.

Ships at the port.

Fish market - the blue vertical line shows the height of tsunami of 11 March, 2011.

Vacant lots.

A new big bridge under construction.



The blue line shows the tsunami height.

Purple clovers.

Used Kei Cars.

Drawings of fish on a pedestrian walk.

Hoya Boya, the mascot of Kesennuma.

The large empty lot leading to my hotel.