Sendai Era 2015
Sendai Hair Flap
After a few months in Tokyo, we moved on to the second stage of our new Japan adventure, beautiful Sendai, the ‘City of Trees.’
Let’s Visit Aoba Shrine!
A few weeks ago, Mary and I wanted to go back up to Omoshiroyama and check out a flower park we'd heard about. Unfortunately, we missed the train for that by mere moments so we suddenly had a free afternoon in front of us. Fortunately, we weren't too far from a couple...
Sendai Castle is Missing… Kind of
We'd been in Sendai for almost 5 months before finally getting up to the site of Sendai Castle, which is odd considering it's, at most, a 15 minute bike ride away. I think one of the reasons we kept putting it off was that we knew there wasn't a castle there. Over the...
Less Death, Than Life: Photography & Decay
I've been thinking lately about what kinds of things grab my eye and prompt me to raise the camera to my eye and take a shot. So often it's old and weathered things, what I've sometimes heard referred to as 'Decay Porn.' There's certainly something beautiful about...
Around the Neighborhood
Today we've got a few random shots from various walks and bike-rides around town.
Out My Front Door
We live in the city, which is a thing I never get sick of. It's one of those nice "little things" when you're greeted by an interesting (at least in my estimation) view every time you open the door to leave your home and go out into the world. Just wanted to share a...
Get Ye to a Mountaintop
Whenever I find myself in a new environment, particularly in a city, one of the first things I have the irresistible urge to do is get to the highest point I can and survey the area. There's just no better way to get a handle on how all the areas you'll see at...
Hiking IN a River (No, That’s Not a Typo)
Last week there was a holiday weekend so instead of competing with the rest of the nation on buying overpriced plane/train tickets to go to overcrowded destinations, we went camping with some friends up in the hills of beautiful Miyagi Prefecture. I think I mentioned...
Hiking: OmoshiroYama to Yamadera
It's been a good couple of weeks lately. You'd never know it by the way I keep posting leftover Tokyo photos but we're finally pretty settled into daily life here in Sendai. The layout of the city is a bit less of a mystery, we've made some local friends (both...
Some Random Snippits
Our move to Sendai is finally complete...ish. So much yet to take care of before we're truly settled but I think I'm at least in a position to get back to regular posting here at the Flap. Even though we're in a new locale, I have a few leftover Tokyo photos to work...
The Shape of Things to Come… [Pt 2 of 2]
Even though I've only visited there for a couple days in total, I really like Sendai so far. It's got a good, energetic vibe but is still totally warm. During my walk around town when I took these photos, it wasn't unusual for people to greet me as we passed on the...
The Shape of Things to Come… [Pt 1 of 2]
We've been enjoying our time in Tokyo but next week it draws to a close. We kind of arrived in Japan a little early in terms of Mary's work, so being here has been an exercise in setting things up to move on to the next step. That next stage being, Sendai! We've gone...