This top page is to transmit the proof that I am still alive and enjoying retired life, mainly to my relatives, friends and former students. A story or an event is selected from daily life and my thoughts and experience are introduced.
From Daily Life - 73: Metropolitan Nogawa Park As the sunshine gets stronger, I wish to walk in the cool shade of the trees. Kinuta Park has many walking paths through the forest, but Nogawa Park, which I will introduce next, is less crowded and offers a quieter stroll. Nogawa Park is about 8 kilometers upstream of the No-River that flows near my house. The park area is outlined by a red frame in the aerial photo above. The No-River runs through the north edge of the park. Beyond the north gate, another metropolitan park, Musashino Park, extends further. The Tohati Boulevard, which connects downtown Tokyo with Hachioji, divides the park into northern and southern parts, but three overbridges crossing the road allow free movement. It is located between International Christian University and Tama Cemetery.
At first glance, it is obvious that this is the site of a former golf
course. Dense trees grow around the fairways of the former course, and
we feel like we are wandering through a forest. If I drive about 30 minutes
from my house and leave my car in the parking lot, I find myself in a pedestrian
paradise. Except for the cherry blossom season and holidays, there are
few people around. It's quiet enough that we'll only encounter a few people
even if we walk for an hour. We can really enjoy the sense of unity with
nature.
The north side of the No-River is an observation park, where the nature
of Musashino has been left untouched. I usually enjoy a walk around the
southern part of the road, taking about 3,000 steps, but depending on my
mood, I also go to the northern part or even further into Musashino Park.
If we go to the very back of Musashino Park, we'll have walked nearly 10,000
steps.
Apart from the rows of cherry trees, the rest of the park is more like
a natural forest. Magnolias, mountain dogwoods, chestnuts, Japanese snowbells,
etc. bloom successively, and it is fun to look for the star trees of the
season. The autumn coloring and the naked forest in winter also have their
own beauty. The greatest attraction of this park is the ability to quietly
enjoy the change of the seasons as I walk step by step. There is a shop
near the main gate. Before leaving the park, I used to take a break there
and enjoy a cup of green-tee ice cream. It is a moment of assuring the
happiness of being alive.ells, etc. bloom successively, and it is fun to
look for the star trees of the seaso
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"From Daily Life"
1: Tracing family roots
2: The second last car
3: August 15. my memorial day
4: Battlefield rations
5: Begginer at the gym
6: Fuji View Hotel
7: Lesson in Hiragana writing by brush
8: Moving from old to new smartphone
9: Living alone in my second year
10: Welcomed by cherry blossom
11: Eden of peach blossom
12: Tama River Walk
13: Chichibu Pilgrimage
14: Bonds with local community
15: About my homepage
16: Annual report of athletic gym
17: Pilgrimage to Mt. Tsukuba
18: Reunion of alumni and classmates
19: Braking by left foot
20: Battlefield rations in the sequel
21: Granddaughter has come!
22: Visit to Kobayashi Residence
23: Wake-up exercise
24: Digital photo album
25: Seven tools for brushing teeth
26: Ambulance
27: Quick report on drive monitoring
28: Hearing aid
29: Jindai Botanical Park
30: 2020, a historic year
31: Topics of eye
32: Final report on drive monitoring
33: Cognitive ability test
34: PCI to prevent heart infarction
35: Ashikaga Flower Park
36: 90 years old supported by medication
37: 3 years with Subaru
38: 45 years living in Seijo
39: Caspian Sea yogurt
40: Home Museum of Aunt Zschäbitz
41: Reunion of university classmates
42: Okutama spar tour
43: New Year's greeting card
44: Implant
45: Fuchu Forest Park
46: Grave closing
47: Walking group of local community
48: How-to books for the elderly
49: Home altar
50: Such a life
51: Knee of the elderly
52: Metropolitan Kinuta Park
53: Shirakaba Art Museum of Kiyoharu
54: Haiku; Metasequoia
55: Three years with COVID-19
56: Battlefield rations in the 6th year
57: Hearing impairment
58: Shinjuku Station
59: Haiku with photograph
60: Moving to 5G smartphone
61: History of private cars
62: Setagaya Art Museum
63: FreeCell
64: Turbo
65: Hinata Temple of Yakushi
66: Moving of home computer
67: Amakusa tour
68: Hand craft as a hobby
69: Kitami Community Square
70: Photo-Haiku 2
71: Support scam abusing Trojan Horse
72: Bedside gym
"Memorable Scenes"
Series 1: Parade with Doctor hat on the head
Series 2: Calligraphy in a frame
Series 3: A young man from the Orient
Series 4: Sumo-stamping
Series 5: Waiting room of Shanghai Station
Series 6: Let's Walk Festival
Series 7: Last long-distance drive
Series 8: My Car No. 3
Series 9: Ski camp
Series 10: Safari experience
Series 11: First encounter with dogwood
Series 12: Mt. Fuji
"Treasure Box of Words"
Series 1: Virtue brings profit
Series 2: Wait for a ripe moment
Series 3: Catch the symptoms
Series 4: Words are selected metaphors
Series 5: Start with two humans
Series 6: Optimism is a will, pessimism a mood
Series 7: Atop a summit, and another becomes visible
Series 8: We see only what we want to see
Series 9: Chanllenge is the privilage of the young
Series 10: Today is the first day of my life
Engineer Series 1: Who's engineer, juveniles' answer
Series 2: Corus of "We raise engineers!"
Series 3: From Nobel Prize to Gold Medal
Series 4: Professionals in three categories
Series 5: Various tasks in engineering
Series 6: Classification of EPs by IEA
Series 7: Science, technology and related professionals
Series 8: Proposal for the classification of engineers
Series 9: Revised proposal for the classification of engineers
Series 1 - 10: Whole Series including summary and remarks
Cartoon Series 1: Mechanism of viscosity
Series 2: Mechanism of loss generation
Series 3: Commuter packer and enthalpy
Series 4: Skinny grasshopper and fat pupa
Series 5: From hand-drawn picture to ready-made clip art
Series 6: Why do you learn? - 1
Series 7: Why do you learn? - 2
Series 8: Two Sciences
Series 9: Scientist and Engineer
Series 10: Science and Non-science
Series 11: Structure of human relations
Series 12: Oriental subconsciousness
Nostalgia Series 1: The first own car
Series 2: The first driver's license
Series 3: Comparison of German and Japanese Diploma
Series 4: The first air travel
Series 5: Tachometer used 60 years ago
Series 6: The three sacred calculators
Series 7: The first home computer
Series 8: Sentimental journey to Nordkapp
Series 9: Change of photograph
Series 10: Story of passport
The others
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Recent Publications
The center of gravity of recent publications has been shifting from those with the topics in fluids engineering to those in engineering education. Please refer to Publications List of the recent papers written in English.