Nanakita Park

 Near my condo the local people have at great cost filled in the area behind the levee and in front of their houses. Also they have gone to the local government to get permission to use this new surface as a garden. The ward office said that they had less than a week to bring photos showing the plants, so they have been planting rows of flowers. They say that next year they will make are really good looking layout but that the current one is mainly for the government.

 The riverside on the way to the park is very picturesque. In the distance you can see someone fishing.

 This is the looking east toward my condo, which may be visible in the distant distance, from the west side of Nanakita Park.

 Here is what the river looks like in the middle of the park.

 This is one of the things that I definitely do not like about Japan. People just leave their trash in public places. They will pick up at home and keep private places spic and span but in parks and along roadsides they just drop things. Here someone has eaten lunch in the park and left the bags and empty food packages on the bench.

It has finally begun to cool off and the trees have started to change color. This tree turns to a deep purple that I find to be particularly pleasing. I have read that New England in the US and Japan are the only two places in the world where in the autumn the leaves turn to a variety of colors. Apparently other places in the world are monochrome in the fall.