The first few days in Sendai I just kind of walked around a bit. There are just over 100,000 people here, but it is really spread out, and there isn't much exciting to do. So I guess its like a small Fresno. My apartment couldn't be in a better location. I am about a 5 minute walk from what little "downtown" we have here in Sendai, and 2 minutes from work and the train station. There is a driving range and a bowling alley here also, but its a 20 minute bike ride, so I don't go there much. I eat dinner almost every day at Joyfull. The waitresses all know that I am foreign, and they bring me a knife and fork every meal, even though I usually just use the chopsticks. Joyfull is like a Denny's except that is serves Japanese food. I know every dish on the menu. My two favorites are the chicken tempura with rice and the Udon noodles with shrimp tempura. Both are 499. It's cheaper than cooking, plus there is nothing to clean afterwards.
Here are some pictures I took my second day in Sendai:
This is Sendai river, the bridge you see is for the trains.
This is looking the other direction, the big smokestack is the nuclear power plant.
This is a flower I saw near my apartment.
And this sign shows the building of the bridge. At least I think so, its all in Japanese....
So that's a quick look at my new home, more to come soon.
1 comment:
I like how you told us the prices. It's the details that really set apart the great story-tellers from the mediocre.
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