I took a walk in Sendai city at night. At the west exit of Sendai Station, I headed to Mitakisan Fudoin in the arcade shopping district. This is a temple related to Shiro Sendai, known as the god of business prosperity, and it is unique in the shopping district. Walked down the shopping street again and headed next to Jozenji Dori, where SENDAI Hikari no pageant was held. Street trees are illuminated until December 31st. 夜の仙台市を散歩しました。仙台駅の西口に出た私が向かったのは、アーケード商店街の中にある「三瀧山不動院」です。ここは商売繁盛の神様で知られる仙臺四郎ゆかりの寺で、商店街の中にあるのはとてもユニークです。再び商店街を歩き、次に向かったのは「SENDAI光のページェント」が開催されている定禅寺通り。街路樹には12月31日までイルミネーションが飾られています。
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機材:iPhone XR、ZHIYUN Smooth4 撮影日:2019年12月26日
Leaving Kakunodate for Sendai | Japan 2016 | Episode 12
Our time in Kakunodate and the wonderful Wabizakura ryokan had come to an end, our next stop was Sendai.
We started our day in the light of morning. Yes, finally we awoke after the sun for the first time on our trip so far. Jet lag has been a killer on this trip for some reason, but we were starting to get over it. Before we begun our journey to Sendai we had a leisurely morning to enjoy the last bit of our time at this ryokan. We forced ourselves out of our cozy futons, which wasn’t that hard to do knowing we were steps away from our hot onsen. We didn’t have too long to soak, we had another amazing Japanese breakfast waiting for us. We can’t say enough good things about the food at the Wabizakura, every meal has been outstanding. Benefit of having an early breakfast is that we were able to fit in one last quick soak in the onsen before we packed our bags and were driven to the train station.
We were a little early for our train which gave us a bit of time to look around the quiet little station. The smaller stations are a pleasure to visit as they generally have open platforms which allow for interesting views, something you miss at the larger stations. We had an easy ride to Sendai, no transfers. Along the way we passed through Morioka station where we witnessed the linking of two trains on our way to Kakunodate a few days prior. This time we felt the linking as our Komachi was linked with a Hayabusa.
It wasn’t long before we arrived at Sendai station, well, we did hit speeds in excessive of 300km/h. Sendai station is a large one, with a lot to explore, all kinds of shops and restaurants. And outside there is very convenient raised pedestrian walkways, under which lives the bus terminal. We decided to walk to our hotel, The Westin Sendai, as it was only a 10 minute walk. We were in our room before we knew it, marvelling at the amazing view we had from the 36th floor.
We fought the urge for a nap and headed out to explore Sendai. Our destination for the afternoon was Sendai’s extensive shopping arcades where we found all sorts of shops including a few konbini (convenience stores) and ¥100 stores. We even happened on a temple right in the arcade.
All that walking got us hungry and we hit up a tempura tendon restaurant which turned out to be excellent. It was fast, reasonable and delicious. We definitely walked away satisfied after dinner, and finally got our tempura cravings handled after missing out on tempura in Hakodate. By this point we were both exhausted and we headed back to the hotel for an early night, both hoping for a good nights sleep to prepare us for a full day out seeing the sights in Sendai.
For more details about this episode visit our show notes page:
Locations seen in this episode ????Kakunodate Sanso Wabizakura (Ryokan) - ????Kakunodate Train Station - ????Sendai Train Station - ????The Westin Sendai - ????Daiso ¥100 Shop - ????Mitaki-san Fudo-in (Temple) - ????Tempura Tendon Tenya -