Our Shinkansen waits to take us to Sendai

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Travelling north to Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture

December 3rd 2015
While we've done a lot of travelling in various places in Japan during our visits to see Ross in Tokyo it's all been in a southerly direction from there. So this time we decided to venture north and our first excursion in that direction was to Sendai, one and a half hours away on the Shinkansen. It was a pleasant enough journey through some beautiful mountainous country and not as cold as I was ex ... read more

Asia » Japan » Miyagi » Sendai

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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