Around the 'Hood

Our neighborhood is a little maze-like but that seems to be the way of much of Japan.  The roads aren't that clearly marked.  Our American GPS with Japanese maps works great though.

Gardening is popular here and most of our neighbors have pretty little gardens and are constantly digging in them.  I walk around the neighborhood a lot and take pictures:

down the street

some people have space for vegetable gardens

a neighborhood shrine?  no clue, but it's about a block away

neighborhood garden

yard around the corner