Walking along Route 4, the Sendai ByPass

 This store sells fishing equipment according to the sign. The building is about 14 kilometers from the sea but it is on a route that many fishermen would take to reach the ocean.

 Route 4 is the home to many car dealerships, especial foreign. This is a Volkswagon dealer.

 Across the road is an Audi dealer.

 Just down the street is Book-Off, a store that buys and sells used books. Of course, comic books are included and are the largest selling items.

 In these hard economic times, many of the stores have closed. This used to be a ramen shop. It has been closed for at least a couple of years and is slowly falling to pieces.

Across the street is a large empty building, but this one is being kept up by the owner apparently in the hopes that someone will rent it soon.