JS4 Towards Mukogaoka

Often as not, I walked a circuit that claimed to be 5 km's long and was, quite impressively, entirely comprised of foot and cycle ways. Not only that, but I could digress onto any number of paths in a variety of directions if I wanted a change. I suppose this is one of the reasons why Sanda has a reputation as a modern, planned, garden city.

This photo gives yet another perspective on where we lived, this time at the next remove. Walking towards Flowertown and looking back. the large white buildng in the background is Takarasuka-Sanda Hospital which was, as future pics will attest, about 100 metres from our house. The four-laned Sanda kansen is to the right, with a small group of struggling shops in the foreground.

JS3 Walks

I did a lot of walking in my local neighbourhood. Usually by myself though sometimes on our last tour with the infant Tom. Even though Mukogaoka is a 'new' town, it is really quite close to the centre(ie. old part) of Sanda. Its also handy to parks and gardens. We seem to have had the best of both worlds.

Sandadani Park was less than a stone's throw from our house, with a baseball park (doubling as a football ground), gardens. ponds, walking tracks and an evacuation area, just in case. In the late afternoon, senior citizens would meet to chat and stroll. Other times, there were joggers, walkers, dogs and cyclists. Gosh, I miss being there. Honto ni.

some catching up

Well, we have been offline for about three months now, which I find only a minor inconvenience. Moving to the new hoos was far more complicated than I had envisaged and the fact is that we still haven't completely shifted from #11. Maybe a week or two to go. Or a month.

Tom is now two, has more language and a greater understanding of his environment. He has many endearing idiosyncracies, an affection for heavy road implements and a wayward diet.

I have yet to find gainful employment though I am doing a bush gardening course in apparent preparation for the sizeable task of creating a garden at #9. Nadia has just got a position with a local community agency(BMOCS) which looks like being very part-tine.

Anyway, enough of this boring tosh. I will continue my Japanese series shortly. I have so many great memories to write about.