Inside Nanakita Koen

 The flowers were in full bloom (when they aren't, they plant something that is) and were beautiful.

 This is a shallow man-made pond that is often full of ducks but on this day there were none. I guess they were all off minding their eggs.  The squarish structure in the middle of the pond is a fountain that varies the shape and height of the spray. I do not expect to see it this year. The government will be doing everything it can to reduce the consumption of electricity and this uses electric pumps. Because of the lose of the nuclear reactors in Fukushima and of other regular power plants during the disaster, they do not expect to be able to generate enough electricity to keep up with demand this summer.

 This is a wooden bridge over the little stream that feeds into the pond.

This path goes along the edge of the river, along the top of the levee. The soccer stadium is in the background.

Note: Today is going to be very busy. I have an art lesson in the morning and then in the afternoon I am going to the above stadium to watch Vegalta play. Kyoko and Tsubasa left after supper last night and arrived saftely at home in Tokyo sometime after midnight. It seems strange not to have a baby running around the house and wanting to play.