Date with Renachan and Ebichan to Futako Tamagawa [2009.08.13]
Futako Tamagawa (二子玉川) is an unofficial term for the area surrounding Futako Tamagawa Station on the Tokyo Den-en-Toshi Line and Tokyu Oimachi Line lines in Tokyo, Japan. The name often refers to the Tamagawa and Seta districts of Setagaya Ward, but there is no precise definition. It is colloquially referred to as “Futako” (フタコ) or “Nikotama” (ニコタマ), from an alternate reading of the first three kanji characters in the name.
Today I go for a date with Renachan and Ebichan to Chiba Prefecture.
In the morning the weather is cloudy but good enough for flying.
The temperature is around 18-22 Celsius/Centigrade, with the wind about 2 – 3 m/sec.
In the afternoon after have a lunch with renachan and ebichan, I take off again with my dudek synthesis from Area 51 at Yoshikawa-Chiba Prefecture, and fly above Nagareyama area.
In the afternoon flight, we can not fly long, because the weather change and very windy with the wind speed about 5 – 6 m/sec. So we just fly around and around.
Today I go for a date with Renachan and Ebichan to Chiba Prefecture and Nagareyama, Saitama Prefecture.
Since morning the weather is cloudy but good enough for flying.
The temperature is around 21-23 Celsius/Centigrade, with the wind about 2 – 3 m/sec.
In the afternoon after have a lunch with renachan, ebichan, and another members, I take off with my dudek synthesis from Area 51 at Yoshikawa-Chiba Prefecture, and fly above Nagareyama area for about 0:41:51 at 1312 feet. We can not fly long, because the weather change and rain start to drop at around 15.00 p.m.
Today I go for a date with Renachan, Moechan, and Ebichan to Chiba Prefecture.
I take off from Area 51 at Yoshikawa-Chiba Prefecture, and fly to east of Tokyo area; around and above Katsushika Shibamata area.
This town is very famous, especially because of the movie ‘Otoko wa Tsuraiyo (Man’s life is tough)’. The location of this movie is Shibamata. In front of the station, there is statue of ‘Tora-san’ who is the main character in the movie.
Today I flew my dudek synthesis for 1:34:07 at 1115 Feet.
JR常磐線 金町駅
JR Joban Line Bridge over Edogawa River near Kanamachi Station.
Today I go for a date with Moechan, Ebichan, and Renachan to Chiba Prefecture.
I take off from Area 51 at Yoshikawa-Chiba Prefecture, and fly to east of Tokyo area; around and above Katsushika Shibamata area.
Katsushika Shibamata is a very popular downtown because as a home of the famous film star Tora-san, the film star in Otoko wa tsurai yo.
(男はつらいよ, “It’s tough being a man”) is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as “Tora-san” (寅さん), a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. Spanning 48 installments (1969–95), it was considered by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the longest movie series in the world.
All of the Tora-san movies had the same basic plot. Tora-san, a traveling salesman, arrives in some remote town planning to peddle his wares to the locals. He meets a local woman, usually a damsel in distress, and tells her that if she is ever in Tokyo to look him up. He then heads back home to Shibamata, Katsushika, Tokyo and drops in unexpectedly on his family who run a traditional sweet shop. Sure enough, the damsel in distress ends up visiting Tora-san in Tokyo, and he falls madly in love with her. However, in his shy efforts to win her heart, he usually ends up inadvertently helping bring her together with an old boyfriend or another man; Tora-san invariably ends up heartbroken at the end of the movie. Each film featured a different leading lady, called a Madonna, and a different region of Japan. (There were also episodes that featured scenes in Arizona and Vienna.) Two films were usually made each year, one for summer and one for New Year release.
Today I flew my dudek synthesis for 0:46:17 at 1945 Feet.
Today strong wind in Nagareyama Flight Area make nobody can fly.
In the morning when the wind is not too strong I try to fly, and in the first flight as I set my harness to a new set, I can not sit into the harness. As the flight is not comfortable I do the landing immediately.
At the second try of launch in the afternoon, the wind and the long grass at the flight area made me slip and I broke my right forefinger.