On weekends, I wake up and feed my daughter, quietly lay her down next to her sleeping father, and escape for a jog in the park. Neither one realizes I've left the house. I love this time to myself!
Parks are the most awesome places in the morning on weekends. Besides the usual joggers and dog-walkers (big, naked dogs, unlike the decorated datsuns and chihauhaus you see all over Tokyo), a lot of people are out doing calisthenics of all sorts. No matter what time I go between 7 and 9 a.m., I always see two separate Tai Chi groups, one of which exercises to music. Today I also ran past a little old lady walking fast--and backwards--along the path.
If you're near a big park in Japan, head there on some weekend morning and report what you see!
I used to live right next to Kiba park. It was a very nice place to jog. There was no tai-chi group back then, otherwise I would have asked them to let me join :) Was a good place to take our kids for a walk, which we did every day :) People were very nice to us.
ReplyDeleteGreat!! It is too cold, and our little one is still too small, for long walks in the park, but I look forward to that in spring.
DeleteEarly mornings are great for walking in Tokyo. Silence and solitude. Well, if you can ignore the crows. Grin.
ReplyDeleteDecorated datsuns? Dachshund? That's going to keep me smiling for at least two weeks. As you know, I detest dressed-up lapdogs.
Ueno Park early in the morning: homeless people, early birds and me. Sumida River: walkers, runners and nude dogs. Kitanomaru: runners and cyclists at war. Yanaka Cemetery: ghosts and me. Koto-ku's canals: walkers, runners, nude dogs, early birds and me.
Happy 2013, StarBrooke and family! :)
Happy New Year to you too! Thanks for your observations.
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