Tama River Walk – Part 2
The first thing I noticed when I made it to the Tama River on my walk was the airplane, apparently coming from (and/or going to) the Yokota Air Base, a few miles to the north.
The plane flew fairly low, was very loud, and was the first of many during the day. I wonder if the air traffic and noise pollution is like this every day for the nearby residents. Even though the occupation of Japan by the USA technically ended in 1952, this day in 2010 felt like Japan was still occupied with the constant fly overs.
As I followed the plane with my camera on its course to the base, I caught this image of the most litter I saw all day, next to the only sign I saw all day saying not to dump garbage. Perhaps less is more.