Matsushima

I know, have not posted in a while, I am a lazy skunk, my apologies. Still, I used my time and travelled around Northern Honshu, more specific Matsushima (a coast town from where you can see about 260 small islands) and Kakunodate (an old castle town with a well preserved samurai district, see next post). I also made a shopping tour through Sendai, the department stores here are CRAAAAZZZZZYYYYY, but more about that later. So, here some pics of Matsushima. As you can see, as expected, I have slit eyes now (food DOES have a major impact on your body).


The temple seen on the pictures opens its interior only all 33 years, and, unfortunately, I missed the last opening 2006. It’s still a very nice sight, though.


This beautiful red bridge is 252 m long and leads to an island with a botanical garden. It is as spectacular as it looks... :)


Since Japan only catches whale for “scientific reasons”, this whale meat, as the picture indicates, comes from happy free-range whales...