Odakyu Odawara Line

Our base is situated about a 5 minute walk from the Sobudai-mae station on the Odakyu Odawara line.  This line runs between Tokyo and Odawara so it's super convenient for us when we want to get out and sight see.  I realized the other day that although I have jumped on the train at Sobudai-mae and road all the way to Tokyo or Odawara hundreds of times, I've not seen much of what is in between.  I know this idea is a little late in the game but I decided I want to visit every station on the line, all 47 of them, before we leave here (in approximately 125 days but we're not talking about that because it makes me cry)!  I made a list (I seriously love lists, in case you haven't figured that out yet) and I had already spent time at 12/47 so I have 35 left.  

1. Shinjuku
2. Minami-Shinjuku
3. Sangūbashi
4. Yoyogi-Hachiman
5. Yoyogi-Uehara
6. Higashi-Kitazawa
7. Shimo-Kitazawa
8. Setagaya-Daita
9. Umegaoka
10. Gōtokuji
11. Kyōdō
12. Chitose-Funabashi
13. Soshigaya-Ōkura
14. Seijōgakuen-Mae
15. Kitami
16. Komae
17. Izumi-Tamagawa
18. Noborito
19. Mukōgaoka-Yūen
20. Ikuta
21. Yomiuri-Land-mae
22. Yurigaoka
23. Shin-Yurigaoka
24. Kakio
25. Tsurukawa
26. Tamagawagakuen-mae
27. Machida
28. Sagami-Ōno
29. Odakyū-Sagamihara
30. Sōbudai-mae
31. Zama
32. Ebina
33. Atsugi
34. Hon-Atsugi
35. Aikō-Ishida
36. Isehara
37. Tsurumaki-Onsen
38. Tōkaidaigaku-mae
39. Hadano
40. Shibusawa
41. Shin-Matsuda
42. Kaisei
43. Kayama
44. Tomizu
45. Hotaruda
46. Ashigara
47. Odawara

I must clarify that by "visit" I mean spend some time exploring the area, not just go to the station, snap a photo, and carry on to the next one.  I want to see the town (or lack there of) and walk the roads and have a meal there or shop at a local shop.  I want to really experience each station.  Between this and my 30 while 30 list, I will try not to overwhelm you all with list recap posts but I'm hoping to share some of the more exciting towns with you all.  Most of these will probably be lunch time adventures alone or with whatever friends I can drag along but today, even though the weather sucked, Jason and I went out to check of Tamagawagakuen-mae (I'm finally at a point where these words don't totally intimidate me and I can pronounce them with little or no difficulty).

The streets of Tamagawa were beautifully decorated with these flower tile mosaics every few feet.  

Fun flowers on the street

A "Jesus School"...kind of curious exactly what this is...

Our Japanese is still pretty awful and somehow we screwed up a basic food order.  We had intended on sharing one of these sets but accidentally ordered two.  We were NOT that hungry but the food was good.

I love fun reflections and this building gave us exactly that.

A train leaving the station.

Jason has perfected the rail slide but I don't think the Japanese think it's as cute as we do.

Like I said, the weather sucked (it was cold and damp) but we had a great time exploring the streets of Tamagawa.  Can't wait to explore the rest of the stations!