Before getting to the stream walk, here is a photo I took the day before on my way back from the dentist. This is a bread store, Cybelle, that serves free coffee if you want to eat your bread on the premises. Some of the bread is excellent. They sell one kind that is based on French baguettes but it includes cranberries and walnuts. It is really good for breakfast.
This is an old house that was badly damaged in the earthquake. It does not appear that anyone lives there anymore, however, they have installed a brand new gate, which you can see the top of in the foreground.
Part of a field in Mizunomori Koen, the Water (mizu) forest (mori) Park, is visible in the background. In the foreground is the grounds of a construction company. They are currently replacing all the temporary buildings with new temporary buildings. Not sure if it is because of earthquake damage or just general improvements.
Some of the houses alone this road are big with large lots. At first I thought that it might be nice to live in one, but then I realized that there are no stores in the area so it would be very inconvenient without a car.
The combination of the earthquakes and lots of rain has caused landslides in some places.
I walked along the stream side path which is now badly overgrown in places. In past years this flat area between the stream and the wall was kept clear and people used it to picnic and to fish. This year the ladders that had allowed access are gone and it has just gone completely wild. It does not show in the picture but the edge separating the water and the land was man-made and kept in good repair. Now, there are many spots which are broken, apparently because of the earthquakes, and remain unrepaired. I have no idea why this place is no longer being used.
I was intrigued by the shadows of the reeds.
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