Welcome to the Neighborhood

I spent a lazy Sunday exploring and walking around my neighborhood while taking pictures of things that I found interesting. Here are the results.

This pretty much says don't get in the river because it is dangerous(and the picture signifies that you will drown).

This is the Tama River (多摩川) that is next to my apartment. I have been hanging out here more recently because the weather is nice and it is a good place to plan lessons. It is pretty and there are usually fun things going on there during the weekends (see below).

This is a shrine that is between my apartment and the river. There are tons of stray cats around the area. There is one sitting up there next to the doors, too.

One of the Original Bento shops near my apartment. They are so good and cheap.

This is an onsen near my apartment, but not a real one like the one I used to live at in Miyagi. This one doesn't have natural hot spring water and it is not a ryokan, so you can't stay the night there.

A coin shower, where...you guessed it, you can pay to take a shower.

These are the roads to my apartment. Very narrow, so when a car comes you have to jump into the bushes.

One of the fun things that people like to do near the Tama River is light fireworks at night. I saw them shooting some large ones the other night and there are always people grilling out and sometimes there is a couple of musicians that sing and play next to the water and they are really good.