
Our travels now have the very important task of finding a place for Addie to run. She has ran at all of our travel destinations, even Ishigaki where the heat and humidity were intense. We found Yoyogi park near Shabuya, beautiful dense forest designed with paths for Tokyans to escape the city. It is 134 acres large and has a running loop that is 3 kilometers in length. This being Japan, there are a couple of shrines within its borders. Reportedly long distance professional runners practice there.

An aerial view of Tokyo and Yoyogi park from the Observatory (45 stories high). There are many big parks in Tokyo and although it is a huge concrete metropolis, you can escape into green space easily.