Tama river bike trail

Last weekend we went down to the Tama river bike trail. It runs from our area all the way into Tokyo, something like 55 kilometers. We decided it was too nice a day to stay indoors, so we took our bikes down to the river, about a kilometer from our home, and started off.

Along the way, we pulled over, ate some lunch, and watch a competitive game of croquet. It's really cool that so many old people in Japan continue to remain active.

Farmland along the path. That's a rice field to the left.

Flowers galore!

Here's some nice mountain and river scenery along the way. We got off our bikes at a few points along the path and marched down to the river. At one of the points we saw warning signs telling people to be careful of Mamushi, Japanese pit vipers. Didn't even know they had such animals on the Japan mainland. We never saw any though.