松原団地
Today was an idyllic
Tokyo Japan Sunday, non a cloud inwards the
nihonbare (literally "
Japan fine weather") sky, together with the early on tumble air clear, crisp together with bracing. I spent the afternoon inwards
Soka City, inwards Saitama prefecture, well-nigh 25 minutes N of Asakusa station on the Tobu Skytree Line, every bit my partner had concern to create there.
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| East Exit, Matsubara-danchi Station, Tobu Skytree Line |
We alighted at the station adjacent N of Soka-shi Station:
Matsubara-danchi Station.
Danchi way "housing estate," together with cite pretty much reflected the environs: block later block of huge, bland world floor blocks, an average of well-nigh fifteen stories high, clumped some either side of the railway business together with stretching out somewhat beyond.
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| Hyakutai-bashi Bridge |
However, a one-hour walk some the neighborhood redeemed it to the remarkable floor that a leisurely walk some pretty much whatever neighborhood tin lav do.
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| Iron pino cones, Hyakutai-bashi Bridge |
H5N1 quick online search for Soka-shi earlier leaving revealed
Hyakutai-bashi Bridge every bit well-nigh the exclusively matter of fame. It had well-nigh vi feedbacks on TripAdvisor, most of them "Average." The couplet was only v minutes walk from the eastward leave of absence of Matsubara-danchi Station, accessed past times walking downwardly Pine Avenue, named for the trees that business it. The street was lined alongside banners for
Soka International Harp Festival.
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| Pine Avenue, Matsubara Danchi, Soka City |
Hyakutai-bashi is a rarity of a couplet inwards that it is correct beside a river, but without crossing the river. Rather, it's a footbridge over a road, inwards the way of a traditional Japanese bridge, together with business office of the path inwards the pine-planted
Fudabakashi Park that extends several kilometers along the due west banking concern of the
Ayasegawa River. Alongside the path was a stone memorial engraved alongside a haiku past times the haiku primary from Soka City, Shoushi Mizuhara (1892 - 1981).
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| Shuoushi Mizuhara haiku monument, Ayasegawa River, Soka City |
I'm generous. I'd laissez passer Hyakutai-bashi Bridge a "Very Good," I guess, inwards that it is convincingly antique inwards atmosphere, together with is endowed alongside the piddling touches Nippon is famous for, the most memorable existence cast Fe pino cones on the path (see photo).
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| Ayasegawa River, Soka City, Saitama |
Back to the station to explore the due west side of Matsubara-danchi Station. The biggest feature:
Dokkyo University, is non visible from the station, but, depending on the fourth dimension you're there, perhaps, is rattling evident inwards the crowds of students coming together with going.
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| Earthquake simulator truck, Matsubaradanchi Nishiguchi Koen |
Both sides of the station bring a lot of shopping, but the due west side has more, or at to the lowest degree bigger scale, shopping, including a large
Tobu supermarket. The
Soka City Central Library is correct across from the station, together with is flanked past times a shopping mall that seems to occupy basically business office of the same building. Just beyond the library is a modest commons called
Matsubara-danchi West Exit Park.
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| West Exit of Matsubaradanchi Station |
In the park, I happened upon a
disaster preparedness fair for the local community happening there, alongside a large shiny reddish burn engine together with firemen inwards their uniforms. There was every bit good an "earthquake simulation truck" together with hardly had I entered the commons than a rattling friendly sometime helper invited me to endeavor it. It was only me together with an sometime lady, together with nosotros sat at a modest tabular array inwards the truck existence violently shaken for well-nigh 4 minutes (felt well-nigh 4 times that long), having naught to create or say but politely giggle together piece existence vigorously rocked together with rolled to recorded sounds of breaking crockery.
Matsubara-danchi Station together with surround is best experienced inwards brilliantly sunny weather condition on a balmy day. (But isn't everything?)
Finally, for something
very cute I discovered on my walk some the Matsubara-danchi neighborhood, encounter my
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