Hotel New Tohoku

... big bottle of Sake as a personal gift to us.  We have lots of pictures with her and I will send them to her and the hotel.  I think I will try and go back there and see her at least once before I leave.  The Onsen was relaxing and the hot springs ...

... was no one around at all, so you just kinda had everything to yourself. Matsushima the second time around doesn't add anything new. I hit a couple of more sights; the wooden temple Godaido, the symbol of Matsushima according to the tourist office, and ...

... we had to run again...and again...it wasnt so bad at all i finished another book this ride and we saw together 2 episodes of the new season of weeds (you should see it too) and we bought two small boxes of the best sushi ever...(maybe we were just ...

[This entry sure was a long time coming!  I uploaded the pictures two weeks ago, but then the Tohoku-Kanto earthquake happened and I thought it would be more topical to write about that instead, hence the long break between this entry and the ...

... the bay is still undeniably beautiful, I think. After window shopping a bit, we walk toward Zuiganji temple, which is one of Tohoku's most prominent Zen temples. Jordy and Kimberley decided to wait outside, but I'm too much of a temple freak to let this ...

... heading back to Sendai. I'd left my overnight bag in a locker at the train station, but since I couldn't check into my hotel before later that afternoon, I explored downtown Sendai a little.  It's very different from Tokyo, not only because of the ...

... , came by and picked us up, and we headed off for lunch, which was very nice of her. We've just arrived back at the hotel for a little rest before a karaoke session at one of Tom's haunts (we DID say we want to see him in his natural environment), and ...

... The Mano's had a room reserved for the night at a nice hotel in the ski resort area. It was really nice. It was like a Ryokan, a Japanese hotel, but a big size. We had a room with tatami floors. I have a picture of the room. I was going to go to the onsen ...

... of our first relaxing places from the outside bandai-atami doesnt look that nice, probably due to its heyday being 15 years ago! The hotel we stayed at was called Kirakuya Inn not much from the outside but once inside it was really nice, it has 2 public ...