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Season\'s Last
So long autumn. Winter is finally here. Thank you for subscribing! If you have a comment about this post, feel free to stop by and leave a comment....
First Time at Hard Off
After moving I ended up with a mountain of cardboard boxes in the middle of my living room. The problem was that my new apartment is smaller than my old one and I had to get rid of the things I didn't need anymore. I didn't know what to do since the...
Learning Japanese in Sendai for Busy People
After looking around by myself, I finally broke down and asked somebody where to find some Japanese lessons. Most of the lessons I found by myself were in the daytime, and I can't make those (no matter how long of a lunch I would take). I contacted ...
Back to Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki is a fishing town / harbor / manufacturing area on the Miyagi Pacific Coast. It's not very far from Sendai, yet in the two years since I have been here, I have only been to Ishinomaki twice - once to visit newly found family and once for w...
Sendai PhotoWalk
On a Sunday, I went to the Komatsushima Campus of Tohoku High School to 森林公園 to Kita Sendai to Ichibancho. Then I walked back. The whole loop took 4 hours, and I took about 200 pictures. That's good and bad. It's good because I have a lot...
Hasekura Tsunegana Found
I've been interested in Hasekura Tsunenaga since I went to Ishinomaki and went aboard the replica of his ship last year. Hasekura Tsunenaga was the leader of the emissary that Tokugawa Ieyasu and Date Masamune sent to Europe via Mexico in 1613. Six ...
Hideaway
Here's a place near my house that I want to go to with a tripod at dusk when the leaves change colors. You can see from these pictures that: Long exposures + me = out of focus pictures And these were the keepers. Thank you for subscribing...
Mantis
Why did the praying mantis cross the road?Thank you for subscribing! If you have a comment about this post, feel free to stop by and leave a comment....
Out to the Coast
I'm a few days away from going to Kumamoto, and decided that a test run to the airport was needed. (And good thing I did because getting to Sendai Airport takes a long time the way we will go.) On the way to the airport we will be picking up another...
Don't Fence Me In
I look all around my new neighborhood/area, and I see fences. Most are white, guard rails and aren't as interesting as this one.I'm tired of seeing fences all around. Most fences aren't even fencing in anything worth while.Thank you for subscribing! ...
Miyagi Sunset
A Sendai, Miyagi sunset with what I believe to be Mt. Zao in the background. When it's good, it's really good.Thank you for subscribing! If you have a comment about this post, feel free to stop by and leave a comment....
Automatic Inconvenience Maching (AIM)
Last night (Sunday) my wife and I went to the grocery store on our way home from doing some weekend errands. We did our shopping for the week and proceeded to the checkout counter where we found out that the store didn't accept credit cards.We looked...
Hot in Tohoku
Morioka was a furnace when I visited last week. The temperature was consistently in the mid-30s and since it's The longer I'm in Sendai the more I love it. It's hard for me to seriously consider living elsewhere in Japan (although I think about it ...
When Will it End?
I'll admit that I was wrong.Back in June I thought the rainy season, tsuyuu, had ended and summer had come. I thought that the summer would be a nice 70 degrees (22 C), cool and comfortable.So far the summer has been comfortable, but it has been rain...
Sendai Used Camera Scene
Since my flim camera experiment failed, and I came to the conclusion that I'm not good enough for film, I went looking for a DSLR. The film camera I have, is an F100 and I have a few lenses for it. Money, as always, is a factor in my decision. I lo...
Recession? What Recession?
This building just went up in downtown Sendai. It's an extension of the already sprawling Fujisaki department store. This part has a Gucci store, and some other brand shops. At least they made it look nice.Thank you for subscribing! If you have a c...
English OK!
I hope the secretaries and doctors can both speak English here.Thank you for subscribing! If you have a comment about this post, feel free to stop by and leave a comment....
Date FM 77.1
One thing I missed about driving, maybe the only thing, was listening to music in the car. There is something about the combination of freedom and music that really appeals to me. The car I got merely has a cassette deck and I don't have any tapes. ...
A Place to Call My Own
Sometimes I just want to get away. Sometimes I need to be alone. It's been hard since moving to Sendai to have time for myself. While driving around I took a side street just to see where it went, and I came to a 90 degree corner. I stopped the car...
Date Masamune's Family's Resting Place
Around the neighborhoods where Kita Sendai blends into Kita Yama and the roads are almost too narrow to drive on, there is a temple called Rinnoji. Rinnoji was built by Date Mochimune (1393-1469) and was originally located in Date City, Fukushima. I...
Change in Perspective
Sendai has two main streets for pedestrians - Ichibancho and Clis Road. (I don't know what Clis means.) These streets have the 2 main department stores, Mistukoshi, Fujisaki, and Sakurano and Daiei are also in close proximity.IchibanchoClis RoadWhat...
How Many Waste Facility Workers Does It Take?
In the neighborhoods around Sendai, like in other areas of Japan there are nets that cover the garbage so the crows don't eat it. Just like in the picture below. They are very handy indeed.How many people would it take to put one of these up in a giv...
Sendai Thai
Somewhere south of Kitasendai and northwest of Kitayonbancho, in between the crumbling buildings and just before the temples of Kashiwazaki, there is a street that runs to Number 48 that has some interesting restaurants and stores. One such place is ...
Yagiyama Zoo Revisited
Last summer I went to Yagiyama Zoo here in Sendai on a very foggy July day. I posted about it, but the pictures I posted were too small, so I'm reposting them.I remember a few things about that outing, but most notably, it was cold enough to wear a j...
Sendai Aoba Matsuri 2009
This past weekend (well, yesterday - it rained today which caused the baseball game to be canceled) I went downtown on Saturday (yesterday) and happened upon the Aoba Matsuri.It seemed to be missing something this year compared to last, but I can't p...
Nissan Cube Patrol Car
Tornadoes posted about different cars in Japan and I said that there were Nissan Cube patrol cars around Sendai.Last night I was walking home, and I saw one. I whipped out my camera and got a shot before it drove by, but it's blurry.Next time I buy a...
Gundam Shot Bar
I was walking through downtown Sendai last week when I came across this. The Gundam Shot Bar. I've been think that Sendai needs more of an Akihabara-feel to it.The neighbor has an Akiba-feel to it too.The cosplay store next to the Gundam Shot Bar; a ...
Morning at Sendai Immigration
After I forgot to renew my visa and when to the immigration office a few weeks ago, I was told to go to the tax office to get some documents that I guess prove that I have been paying them. This is standard practice for a visa renewal, so it's a good...
Dreaming Reality
Saturday night I ate too much too late. Because of my decadence, I didn't sleep very week and had some weird dreams. I remember that I dreamt about being in an earthquake, and later in the night I remember dreaming about seeing updates or newsflashes...
Date Masamune
Statue outside the museum.Last week I went to the Sendai City Museum for the first time since they were having an exhibition about Masamune DATE; the founder of Sendai. (Last names will be in all capital letters.)He was an interesting guy to say the ...
