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Aoba Castle
The grounds of Aoba Castle are peaceful, pretty and rather vast. Although there isn’t exactly much of a castle left, you do get to see remnants of it and I found it rather enjoyable to wander the grounds.
For those of you that have awareness of Japan’s samurais, Aoba Castle was built by Date Masamune. Yes, the “one eyed dragon”. The interesting thing about Date Masamune is that he’s often portrayed in popular media as someone sporting an eyepatch, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw a statue of him, sans eyepatch in Sendai.
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Sendai: A Breath of Fresh Air
Sendai was a breath of fresh air for me, both figuratively and literally. I adored Sendai. Just when I got fed up with Japan, Sendai came to the rescue. And unfortunately for Japan, Sendai was probably the only place I liked in all of mainland Japan, save for Matsushiro, which is a place I won’t talk about today since today is all about Sendai.