More in the area

 When I crossed the Naka River, nakagawa in Japanese, I found that they were still working on the river, constructing stronger banks. It appears that when they are finished they will have rebuilt about 10 kilometers of the river. They are adding or repairing the concrete banks, adding a solid bottom under the river and building moveable dams and adding a bridge.

One of the things that I noticed about the buildings in the Fukuoka area, compared to the buildings in the Sendai area, is that they are much more colorful here. This is a pink building with a red one behind it.