When it rains hard, the water rises and litter and other debris floats down the stream, oftentimes to be caught in a web of weeds and plants on the concrete banks... Apparently someone lost their fishing pole and it ended up here. Why? Did the fish pull the pole in the water? Did the fisherman have a bad day and in a fit of rage thrust his pole into the stream? So many questions, so many stories... Like, why do so many people throw their garbage away in the stream? This is the real Japan...

UPDATE 6/18/25:

It might be hard to see, but a pigeon picks the weeds and litter in search of food... Or th help clean the mess? Meanwhile (harder to see), a few ducks are chilling downstream in the shade.

Remember when the weeds looked like this? https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-na-no-hana-relations.html