 Most viewed - Sendai Castle (Aoba Castle) 仙台城跡 |
JR Sendai Station on the west side (Nishi-guchi). This is the main side. There is a tourist information office inside the station where you can pick up maps and pamphlets, maybe in English too.366 views
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City of trees on a main road in Sendai.286 views
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Street lamp249 views
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Sendai Castle's Waki-yagura turret at the site of Otemon Gate. Reconstructed in 1965. We cannot enter it. 脇櫓230 views
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Hirose River, teeming with wildlife.226 views
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Statue of Lord Date Masamune at Sendai Castle's Honmaru. 223 views
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Waki-yagura turret at Sendai Castle.219 views
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Statue of Lord Date Masamune at Sendai Castle's Honmaru. One of the most popular and famous samurai of all time.216 views
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If you look closely, you can that see one of his eyes is blind.212 views
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View from Sendai Castle's Honmaru. Sendai has over a million people. On clear days, you can also see the Pacific Ocean.198 views
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Lucky Alex...139 views
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Map of Sendai Castle site. It's quite a large site, with museums and other facilities occupying the former castle site. The Honmaru (partially hidden) is on the right of the map.136 views
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Route of the Sendai Loop bus. Get off at Sendai-joshi to see Sendai Castle. The bus will take you all the way to the top of the hill where the castle is. Much easier than walking up.135 views
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Sendai International Center128 views
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Miyagi-ken Gokoku Shrine in Sendai Castle. Emperor Hirohito as well as Crown Prince Akihito (current emperor) visited this shrine to pay their respects. 宮城縣護國神社125 views
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Waki-yagura turret at the site of Otemon Gate.123 views
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Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga, a samurai retainer of Date Masamune who sent him to the Vatican in 1613. 支倉常長123 views
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Statue of Lord Date Masamune at Sendai Castle's Honmaru. Very popular for picture-taking.121 views
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Small museum in Honmaru showing results of excavation work and stone wall reconstruction. 121 views
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Sendai Castle's Honmaru.120 views
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Inside Sendai Station, heading to train platforms.118 views
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Subway train in Sendai.118 views
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About the Otemon Gate.118 views
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Morning rush hour at Sendai Station. People heading for the exit inside Sendai Station.116 views
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Miyagi-ken Gokoku Shrine enshrines Miyagi Prefecture's war dead since 1868. There are over 56,000 war dead.115 views
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Sendai Castle site's torii. The torii is here because there's a Shinto shrine in Honmaru.114 views
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Kamikaze suicide fighter pilot memorial next to a war museum within the shrine.114 views
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Stone wall at the site of Otemon Gate.112 views
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Honmaru northern stone wall.112 views
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Map of the original Sendai Castle also called Aobajo or Aoba Castle since the castle is on Aobayama or Mt. Aoba. Sumo fans might know the name Aobajo, a sumo wrestler from Sendai active in the 1980s.112 views
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Sendai City Loop bus goes to the major tourist spots in Sendai. Most convenient to get to Sendai Castle. 250 yen per ride or 600 yen for a day pass.111 views
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Site of Nenomon Gate. This leads to Sendai City Museum in the castle area called Sannomaru. 子門111 views
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The area has these nice multi-lingual plaques explaining the points of interest with a map included.111 views
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Monument for the war dead.111 views
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About the Waki-yagura turret.110 views
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Next to the Honmaru northern stone wall is this large torii gate and steps going up to the Honmaru, the castle's central keep. This place in front of the torii was a parking lot before. Glad that parking is no longer allowed here.110 views
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Sample stone work on a castle wall.110 views
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Trains in Tohoku have a door open/close button to save on air-conditioning or heating.109 views
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Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga acros the road from the Waki-yagura.109 views
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From the city, this is what the castle site looks like on Aobayama. You can see the lookout deck.109 views
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Monument for Doi (Tsuchii) Bansui who created the song, "Kōjō no tsuki" (荒城の月 lit. "Moonlit castle ruins") which is about Sendai Castle. 土井 晩翠109 views
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Sculpture in Sannomaru.108 views
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View from Sendai Castle's Honmaru.108 views
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Goshikunuma Swamp is a moat of Sannomaru.107 views
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As you climb up the Aobayama, you pass through the sites of former gates. This one was Nakanomon Gate. 中門107 views
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Outside Sendai Station, they are constructing the Tozai subway line due to open in 2015.105 views
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Inside Sendai subway train.105 views
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Climb further and you'll reach large stone walls, called the Honmaru northern stone wall. 104 views
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View from Sendai Castle's Honmaru.104 views
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About the Honmaru northern stone wall.103 views
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About the sample stone walls.102 views
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Also in the Honmaru area is Gokoku Shrine decorated here during the Tanabata Star Festival in early Aug. 宮城縣護國神社102 views
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Waki-yagura as seen from afar.101 views
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Corner of Honmaru northern stone wall.100 views
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Honmaru is a large flat area overlooking central Sendai. This was where the castle palace was, the castle lord's actual residence.100 views
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Lookout point on Sendai Castle's Honmaru.100 views
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These are original Edo Period stones removed when the stone wall was renovated. These stones could not be reused.100 views
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Votive tablets for sale at Gokoku Shrine. Special tanabata ones during early Aug.100 views
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The original Otemon Gate was here, between the Waki-yagura on the right and stone wall on the left.99 views
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Sample stone work on a castle wall.99 views
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Sendai Castle marker99 views
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Triangular stones are used.95 views
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Sendai subway station94 views
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On escalators in Sendai, they stand on the right side. (Not on the left side as in Tokyo.)94 views
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Bus stop outside Sendai Station.93 views
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Poster for the new Tozai subway line in Sendai to open in 2015.91 views
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Subway stations on the existing subway line in Sendai.91 views
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Kotodai Koen subway station in Sendai. Modern and clean subway.87 views
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