It takes 65mins by local train from Sendai.
Famous for Risshakuji Temple situated on top of a hill.
A holy place founded over 1000 years ago.
There're 1015 stone steps which one has to climb to get up there.
View of Yamadera and the mountain where the temple is located.
After exiting Yamadera station.
Holding hands as these little ones walked passed shops.
Buddhist jizo dolls for the dead.
Almost reaching the temple.
That's the main temple.
There's other small ones around the area.
Many prayers and wishes under a roof of a hut.
There're even business cards there.
I guess wishing for good business.
I couldn't find a Kodak business card amongst them.
Yamadera is also famous for its soba.
So, I ordered a big bowl of hand-made soba with a variety of mushrooms. Yummy!
Japanese like persimmons and they can be found everywhere from Hokkaido (North) to Kyushu (South).
They are ripening at this time of the year.
Not sure what these purplish fruits are.
They are quite seedy as you can see in one of them.
I believe they're similar to passion fruit.
These grapes are huge and grown near Mount Aso (a volcanic area).
I bought 1 tray which cost around CAD7.
I have tasted sweeter grapes from Chile than these ones.
I could imagine Sulley from Monster Inc. or Herman from the Munsters driving this van.
A Japanese restaurant with its garden.
Konnyaku balls (3 of them) in a skewer and cooked in soy sauce broth..
Many stores in this area sell them.
A popular Japanese snack.
I ate 2 skewers on that day.
How to grow perfect pine trees?
Trim away the branches.
Inside Sendai station.
A Japanese fast food inside Sendai station.
You pay for the food that you want to eat.
Then present the receipt to the cook to get your food.
A shopping arcade near Sendai station and also near my hotel.
This arcade stretches many blocks North and South.
It is also roofed so no problem shopping during bad weather.
One can find MOS Burger everywhere.
I haven't tried one yet.
Bike elevator to an underground parking lot.
An efficient way to park cars since land price is at a premium in any city in Japan.
1 comment:
in the picture of the blue SUV, you can see my car. Over there its called the honda Jazz. If you see another one, can you take a picture of it for me? thanks
Henry
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