Walking on the south bank of Nanakita River

 This is a large do-it-yourself store. In Japan these are often called 'home centers' and they carry a wide variety of things related to the home, to cleaning, and to repairs.

 This row of puddles shows how the center of the side walk sunk during the earthquakes.

 This is beside the new fire station near my home. The sidewalk is interesting in that it extends no farther than the end of the building, where it is completely blocked by a fence.

 Mixed in with the built up areas there are patches that contain functioning rice paddies.

 This is a game center that I have shown a number of times before. They are finally beginning to repair it. One of the big problems is that there are not enough trained workmen to do everything that needs to be done. In addition the factories are not able to produce enough to keep up with demand.

This is across the Bypass road from the game center. It is a large garden with an ever larger area of rice paddies behind it. In this part of Sendai you can go from urban to suburban in just a few paces.