When I got of a train at Yoyogi -uehara station I remembered that I had been there before. I had gone there to join my colleague’s funeral. I had seen another senior colleague who had been looking after me several years ago. However I had not talked to him at that time.
I was headed for the west area where the stream culvert trail began. Soon after that I found a nice pub. It served craft beer which was brewed by the Swanlake brewery. I could not resist stopping for a beer. However, I forsook another glass of beer in order to find the starting point of the stream.
In this text, “stream culvert” means an active stream culvert, an ex-stream diverted to a sewage or just a stream husk. In Tokyo, there are people that are really into the stream culvert trail.
This trail was along the Uda-gawa stream, which flows from the west of Shibuya to the center.
I started looking for a spring water, in which the stream culvert trail began. At first I easily thought that there might be the spring in a park since I had seen many ponds in many parks. However, I could not find it. At last, I found out that it could be in the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation but I could not find it. Because so many trees made the area dark and something was rustling. Something…might be a cat, I thought. That was so scary that I left for the stream culvert trail without stepping into the starting point of the trail. Everyone thinks nobody is scared by a cat. Here am I!
After going downhill for the station, I came across a zigzag road with several short poles. The short poles are used to prevent cars from entering are sometimes typical signs for stream culverts. I was very exited!
I always do the culvert trail with the book “Tokyo ankyo sanpo”. “Ankyo sanpo” means a stream culvert trail. This book shows many maps of culvert stream trails but they are, probably on purpose, very rough. So, I am always half in doubt, whether the trail route is right, during the culvert stream trail. So, when I find a sign for a stream culvert, I am so happy and relieved.
The latter half of the trail was along the Uda-gawa stream promenade. It was already dark. I saw a light in a house. It was the Fuglen Tokyo, which was a nice coffee shop. I dropped in and had a cup of coffee. After getting to the Shotou area I often saw some bars and izakaya pubs. There had been a bar along the promenade. The bar name was Kukai 公界. I had gone there with my mother after seeing a movie. Now it’s gone…
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