Most viewed - Sendai Castle (Aoba Castle) 仙台城跡 |
JR Sendai Station on the west side (Nishi-guchi). This is the main side. There is a tourist information office inside the station where you can pick up maps and pamphlets, maybe in English too.376 views
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City of trees on a main road in Sendai.295 views
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Street lamp260 views
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Sendai Castle's Waki-yagura turret at the site of Otemon Gate. Reconstructed in 1965. We cannot enter it. 脇櫓240 views
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Hirose River, teeming with wildlife.233 views
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Statue of Lord Date Masamune at Sendai Castle's Honmaru. 230 views
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Waki-yagura turret at Sendai Castle.229 views
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Statue of Lord Date Masamune at Sendai Castle's Honmaru. One of the most popular and famous samurai of all time.227 views
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If you look closely, you can that see one of his eyes is blind.222 views
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View from Sendai Castle's Honmaru. Sendai has over a million people. On clear days, you can also see the Pacific Ocean.208 views
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Map of Sendai Castle site. It's quite a large site, with museums and other facilities occupying the former castle site. The Honmaru (partially hidden) is on the right of the map.149 views
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Lucky Alex...146 views
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Route of the Sendai Loop bus. Get off at Sendai-joshi to see Sendai Castle. The bus will take you all the way to the top of the hill where the castle is. Much easier than walking up.145 views
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Sendai International Center142 views
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Waki-yagura turret at the site of Otemon Gate.134 views
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Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga, a samurai retainer of Date Masamune who sent him to the Vatican in 1613. 支倉常長134 views
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Miyagi-ken Gokoku Shrine in Sendai Castle. Emperor Hirohito as well as Crown Prince Akihito (current emperor) visited this shrine to pay their respects. 宮城縣護國神社134 views
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Statue of Lord Date Masamune at Sendai Castle's Honmaru. Very popular for picture-taking.131 views
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About the Otemon Gate.130 views
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Small museum in Honmaru showing results of excavation work and stone wall reconstruction. 130 views
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Sendai Castle's Honmaru.129 views
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Inside Sendai Station, heading to train platforms.128 views
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Miyagi-ken Gokoku Shrine enshrines Miyagi Prefecture's war dead since 1868. There are over 56,000 war dead.127 views
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Subway train in Sendai.126 views
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Honmaru northern stone wall.124 views
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Morning rush hour at Sendai Station. People heading for the exit inside Sendai Station.123 views
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The area has these nice multi-lingual plaques explaining the points of interest with a map included.123 views
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Sendai Castle site's torii. The torii is here because there's a Shinto shrine in Honmaru.123 views
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Kamikaze suicide fighter pilot memorial next to a war museum within the shrine.122 views
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Trains in Tohoku have a door open/close button to save on air-conditioning or heating.121 views
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Site of Nenomon Gate. This leads to Sendai City Museum in the castle area called Sannomaru. 子門121 views
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Map of the original Sendai Castle also called Aobajo or Aoba Castle since the castle is on Aobayama or Mt. Aoba. Sumo fans might know the name Aobajo, a sumo wrestler from Sendai active in the 1980s.121 views
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Sendai City Loop bus goes to the major tourist spots in Sendai. Most convenient to get to Sendai Castle. 250 yen per ride or 600 yen for a day pass.120 views
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About the Waki-yagura turret.120 views
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Stone wall at the site of Otemon Gate.119 views
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From the city, this is what the castle site looks like on Aobayama. You can see the lookout deck.119 views
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Sample stone work on a castle wall.119 views
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Monument for the war dead.119 views
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Monument for Doi (Tsuchii) Bansui who created the song, "Kōjō no tsuki" (荒城の月 lit. "Moonlit castle ruins") which is about Sendai Castle. 土井 晩翠119 views
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Next to the Honmaru northern stone wall is this large torii gate and steps going up to the Honmaru, the castle's central keep. This place in front of the torii was a parking lot before. Glad that parking is no longer allowed here.118 views
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View from Sendai Castle's Honmaru.118 views
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Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga acros the road from the Waki-yagura.117 views
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As you climb up the Aobayama, you pass through the sites of former gates. This one was Nakanomon Gate. 中門117 views
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Inside Sendai subway train.116 views
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Goshikunuma Swamp is a moat of Sannomaru.116 views
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Sculpture in Sannomaru.116 views
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Outside Sendai Station, they are constructing the Tozai subway line due to open in 2015.114 views
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About the Honmaru northern stone wall.114 views
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View from Sendai Castle's Honmaru.114 views
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Climb further and you'll reach large stone walls, called the Honmaru northern stone wall. 113 views
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About the sample stone walls.113 views
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These are original Edo Period stones removed when the stone wall was renovated. These stones could not be reused.111 views
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Also in the Honmaru area is Gokoku Shrine decorated here during the Tanabata Star Festival in early Aug. 宮城縣護國神社111 views
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Waki-yagura as seen from afar.110 views
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Honmaru is a large flat area overlooking central Sendai. This was where the castle palace was, the castle lord's actual residence.109 views
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Sendai Castle marker109 views
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The original Otemon Gate was here, between the Waki-yagura on the right and stone wall on the left.108 views
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Corner of Honmaru northern stone wall.108 views
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Lookout point on Sendai Castle's Honmaru.108 views
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Sample stone work on a castle wall.108 views
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Votive tablets for sale at Gokoku Shrine. Special tanabata ones during early Aug.107 views
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Bus stop outside Sendai Station.104 views
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Triangular stones are used.104 views
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Subway stations on the existing subway line in Sendai.103 views
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On escalators in Sendai, they stand on the right side. (Not on the left side as in Tokyo.)102 views
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Sendai subway station101 views
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Poster for the new Tozai subway line in Sendai to open in 2015.98 views
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Kotodai Koen subway station in Sendai. Modern and clean subway.95 views
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