Iwate Swan 14: Sports Park

So after a few months of living here in Hanamaki, I found (much to my surprise) a giant "sports park" right behind my house. Having searched for a nice place to walk for quite some time now, this was quite the development in my life here. Hanamaki is such a spread out city, but this wonderful park was in my backyard the entire time. Nice!

I also decide to get my hair cut in this episode, and reflect on the lovely mountains and great views to be found by the park. I hope everyone is enjoying the change of seasons, and I will see you next time!

Music in this episode:
Iwate Swan Theme: Keterol
Seasonal Swan: Keterol

Category:

Travel & Events

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• iwate
• swan
• japan
• japanese
• gaijin
• sports
• park
• baseball
• soccer
• golf
• volleyball
• tennis
• track
• field
• woods
• trees
• city
• big
• mountains
• lovely
• scene
• longing
• autumn
• fall
• winter
• cold

[BubblesofAir]

@ 4:22 reminds me of the Spirited away. The tunnel that led them to the train and to the bath house. Very beautiful scene you got there swan...do they still have bath houses like that in Japan?

[rodgerswan]

sure do, have quite a few in my town actually. Of course, filming is totally off limits there haha....

[Mutough]

Kanye West...?

"Swan, I'm gonna let you finish, but Beyonce had the best haircut of all time... UV AW THYME!"

[rodgerswan]

hahahahahaha. thumbs up for this comment :)

[i90024]

had a chance to read kenji miyazawa yet? his short stories are awsome and stories typically depicts hanamaki.

[rodgerswan]

funny, miyazawa will show up in the next week's episode....

[Danvie11]

I can see by the way he talks that Japan was the best place for him to be, RIP Iwate Swan

[robbo1964]

I can not believe this. I lived in the same street as a JET in 1997. I worked for the Iwate Comprehensive Education Centre ... I remember the sports centre had just opened and I used to go to the new gym that had opened up there. It was tough getting there in the snow. Wow ... I wish I had known Rodger when he was still alive. It was a shock to discover he passed away.

[apocaRUFF]

This guy will be forever missed, especially by those that never got the privilege to know him past his videos. I wish I had found his channel before the unfortunate happened so I could have talked to him through a private message or at least comments. Even though this is one of his lesser viewed videos, this is one of my favorites out of all of the ones I've viewed so far.

[TiramisuHappy]

It certainly seems that way. I think he really knew/felt how fortunate he was to be surrounded by everything he loved about Japanese countryside.

He comes across as a truly gentle soul in this video...

[jylogura]

(Hijonokoen) FYI this park was originally a golf course made for the occupation forces GHQ.

[ILoveGoodFellas]

damn, i need to get awaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy right now, japan would be nice, but who has $2000, fml

[skylinehulmes]

looks beautiful there wish could go myself

[JesseEtzler0]

Loveee your new videos swan !!

[Reguba24]

Very cool park!