2021/04/26

Four Nice Local Runs

This pas week, I could log 4 nice runs from my home.

Last Monday - 

The Ochanomizu Well of the pond was stopped.


Pretty azalea on Kaze no Sampomichi.

Tuesday - 
A choo-choo playground equipment at Higashi-Fushimi Park.


A dogwood tree at a little park.


Commuters at Mitaka Station.

Saturday - 
Anne Frank's roses at a park by Suginami Chuo Library.

The pond of Otaguro Park.


A big gingko tree.


And yesterday - 
Inokashira Park is very green.

Higashi Koganei Station.

The entrance of University of Tokyo Agriculture and Technology 

Two children walking.

Musashino Park.



Blood drive buses of the Redcross Hospital.

Not very many children at play at Nishi En.

The Benzaiten Shrine and a bridge at Inokashira Park. 


2021/04/18

A Run to Inami

Yesterday morning, I was back in Toyama and went for a run to Inami.  It rained the entire time I was out - got soaked.

A nice straight road towards Inami from Fukuno.

Apple blossom.


A farmland and equipment.

Water was being let in to a rice field.

Mountains were behind clouds.

A wood carving shop - Inami is famous for it.


Zuisenji Temple - the entrance gate looks more like that of a fortress.

A pretty blossom on the other side of a temple gate.

A long straight road back to Fukuno.

2021/04/10

Three Runs of This Week.

This week, I could put in three nice runs.  We had some rain, but the days I ran, it was beautiful.

On Tuesday, I ran through Inokashira Park and went down south.

Cherry blossoms were falling fast.


Parrots - definitely not native to Japan.

Ducks in Sengawa River.

Ducks and a cormorant.

More fallen petals.

Iris.

Wisteria - early this season.

Cherry blossoms were pretty much done at the pond.


Thursday morning, I ran up north.

A picture drawn by students of Momoi Daiyon Elementary School.

Yae Zakura cherry blossom.

Ducks of the pond of Shakujii Park.


Itsukushima Shrine of Sanpoji Pond.

A long approach to Hikawajinja Shrine.

Commuters approaching Kamishakujii Station.

It is rare to see all the platforms occupied with trains.

Elementary students crossing the street.


And this morning, I ran north-west.

Students waiting for a bus at Kichijoji Station.

High school students walking towards their school.


Pretty tree with an Ox (this year's Chinese animal)

FC Tokyo banner.



Trees of Koganei Park.


A musician getting photo shoot.