Bridge Building in Ono and Kato across the Kako River

Work on the new bridge about 3 km from here continues.  Here are some recent photos of putting the steel structures in place.  It is supposed to be done next summer and the other bridge will be taken down sometime.  It has been interesting to watch the work over the last 1 1/2 years.

Approaching the bridge from the Ono side, we cross on the left side of the crane.  The crane lifts the steel structures and puts them in place.

The steel structure is in front of that traffic cone.  The white cement on the right is where the bridge will end.  

This is from the Kato side across the river.

These steel bars are for workers to get in place .  Here two of them are holding the crane that has the steel structure to anchor it in place.   

More later as things progress. 

First Snow of 2023

January 25, 2023, we woke up to snow on the ground, about an inch of thick and sticky snow, very rare here in Ono City.   These are photos taken around the house.

                                          Looking right out the front door

                         Our heater/AC unit with lots of little ceramic figures.

   Looking left out the front door.

                                          Driveway and our two vehicles 

                                                 

                                       This is the garden gate of our 

                                    neighbor across the street

                                      The corner of the house next 

                                    to the cars

                                            Sunrise after the snow stopped

                                                    Behind the house

                               Our neighbor put old used carpets 

                                on the ground to prevent weeds 

                                  This garden is in front of the

                                   house next to ours.  A huge 

                                   evergreen bush was cut down

                                   last week next to the snow-covered

                                     plate over the ditch

                                                From the 2nd floor window