After passing the car dealership I showed yesterday, I walk down this back road. It is just barely one lane wide but has two way traffic and often a lot of pedestrians, students on their way home. The Japanese are very patient about this sort of thing and are willing to wait until the lane clears. I have never seen tempers flare due to road conditions.
This is the entrance to the Kita Sendai train station where I meet Ian when we walk. The subway station is about 50 meters down the road to the left. Because of the subway schedule, I get here about 10 minutes early and sit in the waiting room that is just visible through the door.
Two of my friends and I went to a Wednesday night soccer game. Our seats were pretty good when the play was at our end of the pitch, but we could not see much of the action at the other end. The game was interesting and quite exciting, but ended in a tie. The player about to take the corner kick is a star for Vegalta, the home team. He is North Korean and is frequently called up for their national team. Vegalta also has some South Korean players. The Brazilian forward, a top goal scorer, broke his contract and returned home after the earthquakes, tsunami, and the nuclear problem. This really hurt the team, but they are in 8th place at the middle of the season and appear to be in no danger of being relegated next season.
This is the new fire station and part of the river side construction. For the last few weeks they have been trucking out loads of dirt. Now, for some reason, they are bringing in loads of loam from somewhere.
This crane was looking for breakfast in a shallow part of the river.
At Miyagi Gakuin U, I looked out of the window and saw the high school students lining up for a group photograph. As with any large group, the teachers were having trouble getting people to pay attention and stay in the right spots.
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