Hotel Route Inn Tsuruoka Inter
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Bay of Many Islands
... Masamune, the feudal lord of Sendai, was seeing the sights of Matsushima Bay, he was deeply impressed with a well-shaped island. So he said to his followers, "If someone could move that island into my castle, I would give him lots of money." It has been called "Senkan Island" ever since.
Overall, it was a very nice trip and best of all, I had lots of time to walk, and walk, walk ...
Dewa Sanzen / Haguro-san
Dewa Sanzen, die heiligen drei Berge bestehen aus Haguro-San, Gas-San und Yudono-san. Da die letzten beiden erst ab Juni besteigbar waren und ich ohnehin nicht fit genug wäre, nahm ich mir nur Haguro-san, den kleinsten der drei, vor. Er ist so klein, dass sogar Busse bis zur Spitze fahren. Aber da heute sogar die Sonne schien (nach all den Tagen mit Regen und Schnee eine echte Wohltat!) wollte ich natürlich ...
Shirataka means white hawk.
... br style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The next day I decided to explore the surroundings. I borrowed a bike, bundled up with many layers of clothes, the air was brutally cold. I went for a couple of miles out of the village. Riding was much easier than anticipated, there were no traffic, and everybody was polite on the ...
Killin' time
Today we had to clear out of our hotel by 10 am, but our train didn't leave until 5 pm. In any other city we have been to so far, this wouldn't be a problem. Unlike every other city we have been to so far, however, Sakata offers little in the way of...anything. We visited the city's museum about Samuri houses (I think?), but it was difficult to tell what was going on, you ...
Transfer in Shinjo
I had a 75 minute transfer in Shinjo where there just happened to be a festival at the train station today. They had tons of food stalls where I got some food, and one vendor who was cooking live fish on a stick gave me one for free! This was a fun transfer and broke up some of the monotony of riding the local trains ...