Today was the day of the MS track and field finals at the Oi Futo Athletic Field in Shinagawa City. It started out being a beautiful day. The sun was shining with only a few clouds. Much of the ride was along streets both large and small. I did not take many pictures going there, but I did get some pictures on the way back.
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| Meguro River |
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| Crossing the Hizume-gawa River |
Christian Academy in Japan did fine. These awards were given at lunchtime while the officials were having a break.
The field is near Haneda International Airport. There were planes flying out of Haneda on a regular basis.
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| Super Ambulance was written on the side. |
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| What an interesting looking building. |
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| Wake boarding behind the boat. |
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| Solar panels on the side of the building! |
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| Look Left... |
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| Look Right |
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| Azaleas are starting to flower. |
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| This house caught my attention on the way down and again on the way back. Interesting architecture for Japan. |
Shortly after this picture, a thunderstorm moved in. It started to rain pretty heavily. I took cover at a couple of places when the rain was getting pretty bad. By the time I came to Hoya, the streets were dry and the rains had not come yet. I did make it home before the storm arrived at my house.
I have been looking forward to this bicycle ride for about a month now.
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| This was the route back home, 2 hours and 53 minutes, which included the stopping for picture taking, city bicycling and waiting for the rain to pass. The ride down was 33.3 km in 2 hours and 19 minutes. |
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| I was soaked when I got home but happy. |
I am always grateful that I can bicycle safely here, even going through downtown Tokyo. There are many beautiful sites to see and when seeing them on bicycle, I find I can appreciate them and even stop to admire them as I go.
This weekend is a long weekend for Golden week. I am grateful for some time away from school to be able to rest. I pray you too will have a good weekend.
