Stopped at the Dog Park at Roadside Station Taro 2.20, 2024

Sachiki-san and I stopped at the dog park at Roadside Station Taro while driving around looking for ideas to apply to Sanriku Fuyu-iro Sagashi (the Sanriku Winter Color Search) Photo Campaign. Roadside Station Taro has a pet snack shop focusing on using locally produced ingredients and a dog park.

The dog park is a little far from the roadside station building, but there is a parking space near the entrance of the dog park, so you can go there by car.
Usage hours are from sunrise to sunset and there is no charge. It is divided into areas for small dogs and medium/large dogs.

There is equipment similar to that used for dog agility.

Sachiki-san just sniffs around (lol)

Unfortunately, the pet snack shop was temporarily closed, so I couldn't buy the goat milk I was looking for. It seemed like most of the weekdays in February were closed.
There was no one else using the dog park, so it seemed like it was for private use.

Took a Walk in the Pine Grove at Goishi Coast 2.13,2024

Although this winter has been mild, Morioka, which is located inland, is still cold this year, too. For myself from the relatively warm coastal area of Iwate Prefecture, Morioka's winter is still cold, so Sachiki-san and I went to Goishi Coast in the southern part of the coastal area to escape from the cold.

Though Morioka's winters may be comfortable for Sachiki-san.

In Ofunato, where the Goishi Coast is located, the Tsubaki Matsuri, Camellia Festival, began at the end of January. It will be a while before the camellias bloom outdoors, but they are already blooming inside the greenhouse at Sekai no Tsubaki-kan Goishi, World Camellia Museum Goishi.

Sachiki-san wasn't allowed to go into the greenhouse, so we skipped there and took a walk along the Goishi Coast.

The weather was nice that day, with the temperature reaching 13 degrees Celsius.

From the parking lot, we walked through the pine grove to Goishizaki Lighthouse at the southern end of Goishi Coast.

The promenade is well maintained, and it is very easy to walk. You can see the blue sky and blue sea through the pine trees.

It's a promenade in the grove, so even Sachiki-san, who is weak against heat, can safely walk there.

I'm thinking of coming here to escape the heat in the summer.