From TOKYO of the weekend

THE TOKYO MARATHON

Tokyo marathon was held today.
Tokyo marathon is full marathon of 42.195km around a tourist attraction of capital Tokyo.
This year is holding of No. 1.
According to the TV news, a participant surpassed 30,000 people, and the most seem to have run the whole distance.
Participants, support visitors swelled together.

18 FEB. 2007 GINZA, TOKYO

A steam locomotive ran again

I visited to BOSO peninsula yesterday again.
Because I came to like the aria which filled old good Japanese characteristics.
I will surely revisit there again soon.

10 FEB. 2007 BOSO peninsula (CHIBA)

D51 runs!

There isn't active steam locomotive now in Japan.
However, there are some locomotives stored in the state that it can run.
D51 type which was the strongest locomotive in Japan ran in BOSO Peninsula as a special event on this weekend after an interval of 20 years.
Tens of thousands of steam locomotive fans gathered in a fishing village.

3 FEB. 2007 KAZUSAMINATO, CHIBA

Old elementary school

It is an elementary school building put up before World War II.
In W.W.II, this town took bombing of allied powers, too, but this building was left luckily.
Like children going to this school, it is a small and pretty building.
It is transferred now on a site of a museum of Fuchu town, and saved.
This building conveys an old Japanese atmosphere.

27 JAN. 2007 Kyoudonomori museum (FUCHU), TOKYO