Kasugayama Castle site ---a short trip

August  2012  expository writing

Let's take a break.

Kesennuma ---a landmark

August  2012    a large fishing boat

a prominent landmark

Watari / Torinoumi ---a gull

August  2012    UMINEKO / a black tailed gull

Utatsu ---cranes

August  2012   SENBAZURU / cranes

Senbazuru is a string of a thousand paper cranes. 

"It is usually sent to a person who is ill or injured as a prayer for recovery. 

The crane is symbolic of happiness and long life."

Minami sanriku ---a landscape

August  2012     Shizuhama / a landscape

The view from SHIZUHAMA station

Minami sanriku / Shizuhama ---a station

August  2012     a station

Shizuhama station of JR Kesennuma line

Kurihara / Izunuma ---Lotus flowers

August  2012   Lotus flowers

" The beautiful lotus flower opens in morning 

and petals fall in afternoon "

it is 1:15 PM now

Sendai--- a thunderbolt

August  2012    a thunderbolt

It is 11:15 PM

Minami souma--- a rice field 2

July  2012    a destroyed car and tractor

...and others on the rice field

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" is about 10miles(16km) away from here.

Minami souma ---a rice field

July  2012     a rice field

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" 

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

Higashi matsushima ---a black sea

August  2012    a black sea

It is not a black & white photograph.

Sendai ---kites

January  2012    kites

Higashi matsushima--- dragonflies

August  2012     dragonflies

scientific name / Rhyothemis fuliginosa

In Japan, It is named  "Chou-tonbo / butterfly-dragonfly"

Higashi matsushima--- a station

August  2012     a station

TOUNA station of JR Senseki line

Higashi matsushima--- land sinking 2

August  2012    a small factory

Higashi Matsushima--- land sinking

August  2012    NOBIRU beach park

the sinking of land

Shichigahama--- trees

March  2012     pine trees

by the seashore

Watari--- a scene

April  2012    a scene

Sendai Port--- a scene

April  2011     a scene

Not knowing what to say, I remained silent...

Higashi Matsushima--- a house

August  2012    a house 

...in the forest

Higashi Matsushima--- a landslip

August  2012    rocks and house foundation   

Minami Souma--- Nomaoi 5

July  2012    toward the end

Souma Nomaoi / wild horse chase festival

The third day

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" is about 10miles(16km) away from here.

Minami Souma--- Nomaoi 4

July  2012    cavalrymen

Souma Nomaoi / wild horse chase festival

The third day

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" is about 10miles(16km) away from here.

Minami Souma--- Nomaoi 3

July  2012   a cavalier

Souma Nomaoi / wild horse chase festival

The third day

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" is about 10miles(16km) away from here.

Minami Souma ---Nomaoi 2

July  2012   battle flags

Souma Nomaoi / wild horse chase festival

The third day

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" is about 10miles(16km) away from here.

Minami Souma ---Nomaoi 1

July  2012   Souma Nomaoi

Nomaoi / wild horse chase festival

The third day

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" is about 10miles(16km) away from here.

Minami Souma---a vending machine

July  2012   a  vending machine

...on the rice field

"Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant" is about 10miles(16km) away from here.