A Long Hot Local Run

Today was the hottest day of the year.  Even in the morning, the temperature was up to high 20s (degree Celsius).  I had a fairly long run this morning.

Boys practicing soccer at the field by Inokashira-dori.

Tamako Cycling Road.

The Octopus playground equipment was off limits last time I ran by.  

Happy to see that children could play on it now.

A baseball game.

An old steam locomotive in Koganei Park.

A big nice field of the park.

A flee market was on this morning.

There were many children at the playground area.

Pretty flowers along Tamagawajosui.

People enjoying green Inokashira Park.

Children and their parents in Kanda River by the park.

A Run to Tenjin and Ohori Park

Yesterday morning, I had a very nice run in Fukuoka City.  From my hotel by Hakata Station, ran by Tenjin and also around Ohori Park.

The station was not so busy early in the morning.

One of many Shinto shrines.

Tenjin area is going through a historically massive changes.

The old castle.

Ohori Park.

A heron catching fish.

A turtle - it is an invasive species.

The local NHK building.

Fukuoka Gokoku Shrine - it was off limits for a music festival was being prepared.

Pupils waiting for their bus.

A construction work of a bridge.

An old lantern by Canal City. 

A construction was going on by the east side of Hakata Station.

Two Nice Park Runs Over the Weekend

I could go for nice local runs over the weekend.

Saturday, although it was raining a bit, I ran to Musashino Chuo Park.

Art by local children were displayed.

Beautiful spring flowers.

Natsugumi.

A vegetable stand by a local farmer.

A road by Tamagawajosui looking towards Inokashira Park.

A couple sits by the pond.

The bridge and the Benzaiten Shrine.

People walking with umbrellas.

On Sunday, it was a much better weather - got pretty hot while running in the morning.

A soccer team children running in Roka Koshun-en.

Volunteers planting new flowers.

Bottlebrush - the name makes sense.

Hydrangea.

Turkeys!

Senkawa River.

The trail had this poster.

Umbrellas being dried.

Iris.

Potatoes had pretty flowers.

A Central Park Run

I am a week late in posting this, but I was in New York last weekend.  Sunday morning, I enjoyed a run in Central Park from my hotel in Upper West Side..

An interesting figure at a corner of The Dakota.

Strawberry Fields.

There were many dog walkers.

This girl dashed with joy - close from the Reservoir.

There were also many runners.

Harlem Meer.

A gate to the Conservatory Garden.

More dog walkers.

More runners.

A statue of Hamilton.

Loeb Boathouse restaurant.

The gate to the Children's Zoo.

The hotel where Eloise used to live.

Tall skinny buildings.

One of the nice walk bridges.

A big rock.

People were gathered at Strawberry Fields when ran by it again.