Twenty kilometers in the rain

Today is a rainy rainy season day. It is not raining hard but it is raining enough to make you wet after a little while. Ian and I met at Sendai Station at 6:30 and walk about 2 kilometers west to the Hirose River, much of which runs more or less through the middle of town. The part we walked on at first forms the western edge of the city. On side of the river is flat and build up, the other side is hills with only a few houses.

The city is off to the left in the first picture. It is really beautiful and today the birds were in full song and fish were jumping.

The second picture is down river and a couple of kilometers to the east, toward the ocean. I was standing on the south side of the river, looking north toward the city proper. Living in one of these condos would be very nice, but I like our place better - it is a little farther from town and shopping is easier. We also have a river but it is not so wide and is not tree-lined.