These are web albums of pictures I took during my trip to Northeast Japan.

Matsushima	Yamadera
Sendai	Eating at Sendai

I spent the day wondering around the city of Sendai. Sendai was founded by Date Masamune during the shogunate era and his footprints still scattered around the city.

Zuihō-den mausoleum was the final rest place of Date Masamune .


It seemed high school baseball game were underway.


The loop tourist buses connected all attractions in the city of Sendai.


A thin layer of ice still covered the five-color pond outside the Sendai city museum.


The cute toilet signs inside Sendai city museum.


This statue of Date Masamune at the ruins of Sendai castle was the landmark of Sendai.


View of the city of Sendai from the ruins of Sendai castle.


This display at the information center had the image of Sendai castle overlaid on the model of the hills by a beam splitter.


The glass structure behind the ginkgo trees on Jōzenji Street was the city library.


The police station on Jōzenji Street.


The EVA Airways plane that would take me back to Taiwan was about to land at Sendai airport.


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Sendai station served as a transit point for me today. I took a train on Tōhoku Main Line to visit Matsushima, one of the three views of Japan located the northeast of Sendai, in the morning. Then after returned to Sendai station by noon, I immediately took a train on the Senzan Line to visit Yamadera, famous for its temples on cliffs located at the west of Sendai. I finished the day at a observation deck on top of a building next to the Sendai station.

The main hall of Zuigan-ji at Matsushima was under renovation.


Some of the halls of Zuigan-ji were not opened to public.


The remains of the caves where monks used to meditate.


Cascading inlets at the Mastushima bay lead to Godaido.


Godaido was one of the landmarks of Mastushima.


The Fukuura bridge connected to the Fukuura-jima island.


Seagulls flew alongside the ferry touring the Mastushima bay looking for food from tourists.


Seagulls were not so cute when they flew in front of cameras and blocked views.


Naturally these two islets were named Twin inlets.


I actually forgot what the legends had when one rowed a boat through this tunnel.


Niou-jima cruise ferries were name after this Niou-jima inlet.


One could see the mountain temples (Yamadera was literally mountain temple) right after disembarking the train.


The temple behind the snow was worshiping Maitreya.


The trail to the mountain temples was half buried in snow and ice.


Icicles formed on cliffs.


The Godaido of Yamadera was well protected from piled snow.


This panorama view was the reason people came to Yamadera.


A train just departed Yamadera station.


The Shingansen bullet train that was arriving Sendai station.


The broadcast tower covered in colorful lights.


The shopping street in front of Sendai station.


I chose to have charcoal grilled beef tongue as the main dish of my dinner again.


The Next Day

The destination of this trip was Sendai, Japan. Although there were direct flights from Taiwan to Sendai, there were only two flights a week. So I had to transit at Narita international airport.

Most of the flights from Taiwan to Japan would fly pass Sakura-jima at the southern tip of Kyushu.


Japan’s airport ground staffs always wave to departing planes.


The EVA Airway plane took me to Japen departed for its return journey to Taiwan.


Narita airport provides airlines guides for visitors to the observation deck.


The three widebody planes lining behind us for take-off.


The afterglow over Japan’s Tōhoku region.


The main dish of my dinner was charcoal grilled beef tongue.


The Next Day