Minami Souma ---Odaka

July  2012    a crushed house

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" 


is about 10miles(16km) away from here.

Natori ---a landscape

July  2012    Yuriage / a landscape

The view from "Hiyoriyama"

Iwanuma ---a sidewalk

July  2012　　a sidewalk

summer flowers and grasses

Shichigahama ---gas station

April 2011   gas station

Ishinomaki ---a huge can of

January  2012   a huge can of

...what is it?

Iwanuma ---rocks

July  2012   rocks and trees

...and vapor trail

Iwanuma ---a chair

July  2012    a chair

or a plant pot ?

Iwanuma ---a well

July  2012     a well


the bottom of a water well

Shinchi ---Hotei

June  2012   Hotei

one of the seven deities of good luck of Japan, 

called 'Hotei'

Natori ---a house

July  2012     a house

It was a home too...

Watari ---a house

October  2011    a house

It was a home.

Natori ---streets

July  2012   Yuriage/streets

On the sunny side up of the street

Natori ---sunflowers 2

April  2012    Yuriage/sunflowers

Natori ---sunflowers

July  2012    Yuriage/sunflowers

sowed the ground with sunflower seeds... Who did it ?

Natori ---telegraph poles

July  2012    Yuriage

Natori ---Yuriage

April  2012    tombstones

Souma ---fog

May  2012   a foggy day

Sendai ---Gamou

June  2012   clothes

Here's what happened.

Shichigahama ---containers

April  2011   containers

Shoubuda swimming beach.

Shichigahama --Shoubuda Beach

July  2012  a hydrangea


Hydrangea means "water vessel" in Greek

Shichigahama ---a beach

April  2011   Shoubuda-beach

Shichigahama ---an inclined tree

July  2012    an inclined pine tree


Shichi=seven,  ga=there are,  hama=beach

From that there are villages(beaches) of seven by the sea, 
named "Shichigahama"

Minami Souma ---Japan Self-Defense Force

May  2011   Minami-souma　　

The central area of HARAMACHI

Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant is 15.6 miles(25km) away from here.

Sendai --Rudbeckia

July  2012 　Rudbeckia  

North American perennial herbs with 

showy cone-shaped flower heads

Sendai ---out of control

July  2012   Arahama / rice fields

There used to be a rice field....a year and 4months ago 

Tagajou ---convenience store

April  2011    a convenience store

”FAMILY MART  Tagajou-Machimae store"

Inuyama Castle --- a short trip 2

July 2012  a short trip

Hikone Castle --- a short trip

July 2012  a short trip

Let's take a break.

Sendai ---V-shaped

May 2012  a V-shaped tree