Dou'unji

 As offerings, people often place clothing on the Buddhist statues. Also you will find coins and drinks (as with the yogurt drink yesterday) and sweets.

 When I was here the last time, many of these old carved stones had fallen over, they have now all beer stood up again. On the right side of the group there are a few that are broken but they have been propped up as straight as possible.

 I left the temple grounds and started for home. I decided to walk down Route 4, the Sendai ByPass, and then turn right on the main road to Izumi Chuo. One of the first things I noticed was this large game center which was still closed because of earthquake damage. It will be interesting to see if it opens again.

 A little farther down the road, another game and restaurant area was doing a booming business. The flags in the foreground are advertising soft cream, which is like ice cream except it is soft and does not contain any cream.

 The little stream coming out of the temple grounds has become much bigger at this point. The drainage from the surrounding hills enters at many points. This stream weaves through the area and eventually enters the Nanakitagawa River within a few hundred meters of my condo.

I was not sure what this building contains, but the building itself is interesting. The end with the green roof and the red pillars makes it look like some kind of traditional building, but it is ferro-concrete, not wood.