Getting ready for my art club's exhibit

 I was nearing the southern end of the arcade and found that there were a large number of tents where people were selling lots of different things, mostly food.

 The empty space in the background is where Maruzen, a bookstore chain that has a large selection of English language books, used to be. Now it has moved to a building next to Sendai Station.

 Looking back at the southernmost entrance to the arcade, called Sun Mall here.

 Our art exhibit is going to be in this building, on the first floor to the left of the 7/11 convenience store.

 This is Meijiya, a chain store that sells imported foods. We used to go to the one in Nagoya a lot when we first moved to Japan, but now we almost never go. We have become used to what is sold in the regular stores.

 This is inside Meijiya.

 This is the room where we will hang our pictures.

I really liked this plant and am thinking of using it as the subject of a picture. Notice the windows. One side of our exhibition hall is all windows, so everything is visible from the sidewalk. Last year a lot of people walking by stopped and, after looking in, actually came in for a closer look. This hall and a lot of the upper floors of this building belong to the Tohoku Institute of Technology, which allows us to use the site for free. They use it for student shows and for other groups. Last year we our first show here drew more visitors than any other exhibition.