3.3 mile training walk (Koenji -> Shinjuku)

Rental apartment - one floor for one person

Modern tradition - vending machine in from a Japanese tiled home



Rice vending machine!



Local shrine entrance



Still tobacco shops!!! "Cigarettes" sign :-(



Temple













Japan's White House? :-)



Clouds passing through the city of Tokyo...





Tokyo Medical University Hospital where
I was first diagnosed with my blood cancer...



TMDU new hospital building!

Love this building design!

Shinjuku - right building is for karaoke :)



Coccoon building for design school

Shinjuku!

Tokyo bags :)

This purse would make me hungry all the time ;)

Has to be a Hello Kitty bag!

Training walk/jog in Hayama

Morning training in Hayama with fellow Japan for LIVESTRONG leaders :)
Included over 400 steps up a hill and walk/jog along the beach



View of Mt. Fuji before start of training



Walking up the hill

Reaching the 400th step :)

View from the top

Red Torii gate in front a shrine

In the green area behind the red bridge is the Hayama Imperial Villa, a residence
owned by the Japanese Imperial Family

With a fellow LIVESTRONG leader :)

Koinobori carp streamer kites as symbol for Boys Day (Children's Day on May 5)

In front of a shrine

With fellow Japan for LIVESTRONG leaders :) Unity is strength!

Training walk in Nakano

Grateful to JASC friend Ako-chan for joining me for a training walk and all her support! Doing this half marathon in honor and memory of her parents among so many others towards a world overcoming blood cancer and all cancers.

3-mile training walk (Tokyo Tower -> Tokyo Station)

Tokyo Tower -> Zojoji Temple -> Daimon -> Hamamatsucho -> Shiodome -> Shimbashi -> Yurakucho -> Tokyo Station

 


 

Still some cherry blossoms ;)






Koinobori "carp streamer" kites for Children's Day next month




Zozoji Temple & Tokyo Tower



 "Care guardian deities of children"

Torii Gates at entrance of small local shrines

Mini-car :)

Shinkansen "bullet train" sighting :)

Maneki-neko lucky cat

Locals playing Japanese chess "shogi"

Sumo sign

Beautiful ceiling of Tokyo Station

3-mile training walk (Shibuya -> Shinjuku)