Shinrin Koen and Asahigaoka

 Walking a bit further, I can see the Asahigaoka Subway Station and the Youth Center straight ahead

The archways open onto the platform of the subway station. In good weather many people use this area to wait for a subway. The trains come every seven minutes so you can come out hear for 10 minutes or more and know when to go back inside to catch a train.

 His man was sitting in the sun, reading.

 This is the main hall of the subway station. The wickets are straight ahead and the platform is one floor down.l

 Since I was out for a long walk, proceeded to the stairs that lead to the street.

As with most subway stations, there are long flights of stairs. There are also elevators and in busy stations escalators but many people use the stairs for exercise.

Still walking in Shinrin Koen

 It does not show well but this is a fairly steep hill.

 The walking path is also for jogging and there are markers ever 0.5 kilometers around the 3 km course.

 In some places there are railings along the side of the path because of the steep drop-off, some of which are steep enough and deep enough to be dangerous.

 Here and there you will find roofed areas with seating and usually a small table.

Here they are repairing a place that collapsed in the aftermath of the earthquakes and then the heavy rains we have been having recently. Beside the path there is an almost vertical drop of close to 10 meters. It appears that they are building a restraining wall.

My apologies! It has been almost a week since I posted anything here because the monitor on my computer died. It took me all this time to determine what was wrong, go out a buy a new monitor and then get it installed. Everything seems to be working fine now, so I should be able to publish pictures almost every day again.

The pictures below are in Shinrin Koen, Woods Park, on the walking circuit that I previously described. The park is in the middle of the city so it is really a green oasis with direct access from the Asahigaoka Subway Station. You can see the park from the platform. There does not seem to be much to say about these pictures, so I will just let you enjoy the greenery.