Along Mukogawa River in Nishinomiya city

The Mukogawa river is just a five minutes of walk from my apartment. I go there a few times week. Along the river area is designed for recreational activities. A typical picture I see includes a group of school kids playing baseball, a girl practicing to play flute, a band of old men catching fish, a family of beaver tanning on sun, an organisation holding its annual sports event, ambitious adults jogging and myself attempting some jog or push-ups while enjoying watch others.

Mukogawa river may have nice biodiversity, and generates from beautiful tributaries. I found this web very useful to have a good of this river, even it is in Japanese, you will sure enjoy it. Click the webpage. I like historic pictures featuring changes in human settlements along river and more photos of species inhabiting in the area. Unlike its source, the river part near my place looks completely artificial. There is no natural river stone, it is water channeled through a neat shaped cement lines. River bank is also cemented hard. So, does it look clean - yes; however, I miss seeing a real river with earth, mud, earth bank and all complete!
Also, I attach a few of pictures I took from Mukogawa river in Nishinomiya.

Japanese street (通り)

To tell you a story of Japanese street, I post some photos here. Although incomplete, these pictrues indeed tell much about own life and anything else. Just scroll down to view them below!

A temple is next to my apartment building.


This is a street, where I live. Nishinomiya area, Hyogo.


Folks and vehicles.


A person draws in Umeda, Osaka


An inseparable area of street here.


Cute and quiet!


Would a train station be a part of street?


Yes, pets are always on street:)


When dawn...


Ports are in line with a street


Regardless of the rest, people find home on street.