On Our Way to Chiba / 千葉県へ出発

Reiko and I still had time to check out one more shrine before heading back to Sangenjaya station to meet up with Yukio and Mikako.  So I took her to a very small and local shrine - Mishuku Jinja.  I didn't take as many pictures here as I've introduced this place in a prior post.

幸男と美香子と合流するまえにもう一つの神社に行きました。三宿神社。以前にも紹介しましたので、写真はそうなんに撮ってなかった。

Why they are in the corner away from the main temple, I do not know.

なんでここなの、分かりませんね。

Tanuki in the neighborhood / 太子堂に居るたぬき


Mikako got off work before Yukio, so we met up with her and went to the supermarket to buy stuff for dinner tonight.  We were planning on having some kind of nabe (one pot dish) along with some other snacks and beer of course.  We were going to Chiba by car so we would be taking the tunnel that goes under Tokyo Bay.  In the middle of the bay is a rest and recreation area called the Umihotaru which translates to the Sea Firefly.  We stopped there for just a bit before continuing on with our travels.

美香子が幸男より先に仕事おわったので、３人にスーパーに行って買い出し。今夜泊まる宿は旅館ではなく、コンドミニアムみたいな感じなので、鍋の材料とおつまみとお酒を購入。車で行くので、東京湾のトンネルを通ります。東京湾の真ん中位に海ほたるという施設があって、ここにちょっと寄り道。海ほたるは東京湾に浮かぶパーキングエリアです。

View of Tokyo from the Umihotaru Parking Area / 海ほたるから見る東京

Are you wondering what that huge object really is?  It was an item used to make the tunnel underneath the bay.

あのでっかいオブジェはなんでしょう？ トンネルを作るものらしい。

You can see the newly built Tokyo Gate Bridge lit up.  To the right is the Tokyo Tower.

新しく出来た東京ゲートブリッジがライトアップされてる。そのちょっと右に東京タワー。

I suppose the blue flashing lights are the sea fireflies.

青い光は海ほたるかな。

I would have liked to explore a little more but it was really cold and windy so back to the car we went.

もうちょっと探索してみたかったが、寒くて風も強かったので、車に戻りました。

Weird looking animal - the dog, not Yukio (but others may disagree, har har har).

不思議な動物発見 ‐ 犬ですよ、人間は幸男 （ま、幸男も不思議な動物という人もいるかも、なんちゃって！）

Journey to Chiba continues...

千葉行きの小旅行つづく。。。