Going home

 Standing at the top of the access stairs, I looked out to the east. It appears that before all the buildings were constructed it may have been just possible to see the ocean from here, which may have influenced the shrine name.

 Starting for home, I found this green windbreak on the stairs to a two story apartment house. Many of the new buildings in Sendai have bright or at least distinguishing colors.

 Since I moved into the area, this has been an empty lot but they are now obviously starting some sort of new building, probably an apartment.

 This is a yakiniku restaurant, yaki means grilled and niku means meat. At your table you have either an open gas grill or a charcoal grill. The meat and vegetables come raw and you cook them yourself. Yakiniku is very popular. This restaurant, which I have never been in, is extremely unusual in the the name, rairai, is written in kanji that are upside down. The two largest repeated kanji on the two signs each means 'come'.

 This is a wall that collapse during the earthquake but now has been completely repaired and the temporary road that they built in the riverbed has been removed.

The next day it rained but they were starting to repair the earthquake damage to the road at the bridge nearest my home. The sidewalk pavement has been removed and the little pylons are now marking the curb.