3-mile training walk in Toyohashi

 Beautiful Toyohashi

My son joined me for this training walk :) GO TEAM! :)

Tanuki: Raccoon Dog

At a neaby shrine

Unknowingly son took a photo of back of my hair - showing TNT and LLS :)

GO TEAM! in Japan! and worldwide!

Son having some fun on the walk back home

Some sheep on the way :)

3-mile training walk near Imperial Palace

 Tokyo Station

Interesting building design :)

 

 Nursery School children

Kokyogaien National Garden

Actual guard - Wasn't sure until he moved his head :)

Shinkansen Bullet Train sighting  :)

Small local shrine between buildings

My first Tokyo training walk of 2019!! :) Enjoy!

3-mile training walk (Koenji -> Asagaya - Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine -> Koenji)

First training dedicated to two-time cancer survivor Torill W from Norway who kindly sent me this Northern Lights Norway hat and scarf!!! Healing hugs of gratitude!

In front of Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine Gate

Chozuya - Shinto water pavilion for workshippers to wash their hands to purify themselves before approaching main shrine

Ema - wooden plaques used for expressing wishes. 

Omikuji- white pieces of paper on bottom that tells patrons their fortunes for the year. 

One ema wooden plaque expressing wish to be cured from illness and to be healthy in mind and body

Plum blossoms

  Famous actors in ads - Tommy Lee Jones for coffee ad on vending machine :)

4-mile training walk (Koenji<->Asagaya)

This training was dedicated to E.T., a fellow blood cancer survivor who supported me a few years ago and now is undergoing treatment. Two weeks before my half marathon to stomp blood cancers!

Hopefully, someday in my lifetime, I can say with certainty that I'm cured and 100% "freed"
from

 the possibility of relapse!

At the gate of a school

7-5-3 is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys, held annually on November 15 to celebrate the growth and well-being of young children.  

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shichi-Go-San

Pictures below of Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine

No. 1!

Donald Duck and Goofy heading to Tokyo! :-)