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Eucalyptus tree grew so big.

Trees were planted in 1996 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the sister city partnership with the city of Sutherland, Australia.

The sunbeams are dazzling.

The Sumida River Terrace is also glittering in summer colors.

grey heron is sitting on the railing!

I don't usually get close to a person.

I wonder if it's too hot.

On the bulletin board of the elementary school, origami wind chimes and horns.

It's cool!

The people on the road are also smiling.

Cross the Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge to Tsukuda Island.

The pillars of the large banner are dried!

It's so long.

I guess it's going high in the sky.

This year, the main festival of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine.

Usually, the pillars of the large banner sleep in the moat water under Tsukuda Kobashi to prevent corrosion.

It is a venerable pillar built in 1798 (1798) with the permission of the Shogunate.

A wooden tag describing it is erected in the moat.

You had to dig up the other day.

The pillar of the large banner, which had been buried in the water for a long time, is first dried in the sun.

Wow, it's still wet!

When I touch it, it smells like wood.

Everyone is starting to move toward the festival.

The summer sun,

It seems that Tsukuda Island is growing greatly.

On the banks of the Sumida River, a garden was built and a hut was built.

Here, the oldest lion head of Tsukuda Island, Ryutora and Kurokoma are enshrined.

Sunflowers are blooming in the planter with the name of the town council.

In the city of Minato, everywhere in Chuo-ku,

The summer color is shining and shining.

Correspondent Minato kid, Chuo-ku Tourism Association
No. 189 July 22, 2023