May 17, 2013

On a walking course

 I am still in Antoku Koen, the first stop on a walking course laid out by the town. I have no idea what kind of tree this was but it was strange looking.
 It is hard too see but a little less than half way up the picture and just to the right of center the is a dark object. This is a large airplane which is on the landing pattern for Fukuoka Airport. Depending on the weather and the visibility, they sometimes come over our apartment. Although they are quite low, they make surprising little noise.
 This little hill is the main thing in the park that the course is directing walkers to visit. It is what is called a kofun, an old burial mound, for the rich and powerful. This is the biggest kofun in a complex of more than 20 burials. This is big enough that after excavating it, they leveled the top and now it can be used as a large picnic area. The area was in use about 1600 years ago.
 A bird was looking for lunch.
 It did not seem to be having very much luck. I watched it for about five minutes and it did not find anything during that time, although it continuously searched.
This is the public toilets in the park. As is often the case, the urinals in the men's room are open to view from the outside.

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