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Last week while I was on one of my walks by a fairly large (by Japan standards) lake, I noticed the usual suspects out there fishing. It’s a pretty common sight, to see a fair number of usually older men sitting on their little stands, using their fishing umbrellas and packing all their gear in large camping bags.

They sit there for hours trying to catch these small fish which they then of course release. Most of them are using cane pole type fishing rods and few are authentic cane.

This time it was raining slightly and not many were there, but I did notice this one guy who looked like he was dressed more for the rice fields, and those fields would have been more than 50 years ago.

I didn’t want to stop too long on my walk nor did I want to draw attention to myself, so I took only this quick shot with my phone’s camera.

I see some strange signs here and there – not just in Japan, and I often have a difficult time trying to decipher just exactly what they’re all about.

I see a sign now though on one of my regular walking routes that I think I have pretty well figured out.

You might be able to get that idea fairly quickly as well. I’d certainly hope so 😉

Here’s the picture:

This week’s walks didn’t have a lot of surprises, well, except that the weather was a lot nicer than I expected it to be.

A couple of years ago I saw this crane that was trying very hard to swallow a fish that was about 12 times bigger than his neck. I think it was a bird about the size of one I posted a picture of a couple of weeks ago. That bird came right up to me on the pathway.

Today I saw  bird perched on a small structure in the edge of the lake at Heiwa Park. I thought it was interesting, so I stopped to watch him for a little while. He was stretching and shaking his wings and head and then just standing very still. No idea what that was all about.

Here are a couple of the pictures I took:

I have been seeing some interesting things on my walks these days and have posted a photo or two along with a video.

I thought it might be nice to share a few photos of part of the pathway where I walk, and I saw these hard working guys as I was getting near the end of my walk.

My walk goes through some forests, some field areas, and it also is along a wood-lined road.

Anyway, here are the pictures from today’s walk!