Nov 14, 2015 | Photography, Sendai
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...
Nov 3, 2015 | Area Guides, Culture, Photography, Sendai
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...
Oct 29, 2015 | Commentary, Photography, Sendai
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...
Oct 14, 2015 | Photography, Sendai
Today we’ve got a few random shots from various walks and bike-rides around town.
Oct 9, 2015 | Photography, Sendai
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....
Oct 6, 2015 | Area Guides, Experiences, Photography, Sendai
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...