This is Sendai Dome as seen from the north. The Dome is used mostly for high school sports. It is very high tech. The curved roof can rotate so that sections are open allowing air to circulate, a necessity in the summer. I have never been inside but I have seen it on TV and it is quite impressive. The rectangular building in front of the Dome is a consolidated center for preparing school lunches. The food is cooked in large batches and then distributed to the various schools by truck. I have never eaten a school lunch but people who have tell me that they are pretty good. Japanese students are generally required to eat everything in the lunch, whether they like it or not, so when they grow up everyone can eat everything.
This is the farm house that goes with the rice paddies in the foreground of the above picture.
This spider had spun a huge web next to the road, using a tree and some bushes as anchor points.
This is a gas station. At one time there were two here, side by side, but the one on the other far side eventually went out of business, as have many others. At one point there was a very large number of gas stations in Sendai, but gradually the unprofitable ones disappeared.
This is the entrance to a high school.
This farmer's market opens a few mornings a week. We have stopped a few times but it is not particularly cheap and we would have to carry anything we bought about five kilometers to get it home.
This, believe it or not, is a dentist's office. The color makes it stand out and is frequently used as a landmark.
A while back I showed some workmen tearing down a community center. This is the space where that center used to be. The signs indicated that they were preparing to replace the building. At some future date I will show the new building.
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