Festivals Sendai Tanabata Festival - part 2 Brian Sealey A brief article on the myth, history and culture behind Tanabata.
Culture Sendai Tanabata Museum Justin Velgus The Sendai Tanabata Museum in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture displays Tanabata Festival decorations year round. It is located next to..
10 Festivals Aoba Festival Suzume Odori Justin Velgus The Suzume Odori, or Sparrow Dance, is a traditional dance of Sendai. Each spring 2000 dancers take to the streets to perform ..
Museums Tomizawa Site Museum Justin Velgus The Tomizawa Site Museum in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture is dedicated to preserving and displaying exhbits related to the Glacial Period..
8 Culture Matsushima Bon Festival Roger Smith The Umi no Bon Festival is Matsushima's version of the summer time custom to remember ancestors and unite the community. The..
Historical Shiogama Shrine Justin Velgus Shiogama shrine is located in Shiogama, a seaside town most famous for the shrine itself, its great view, and its proximity to Matsushima...
Historical Lu Xun in Sendai Hironobu Sasano Lu Xun, the great thinker and novelist in China, studied in Tohoku University from 1904 to 1906. You could still see the very classroom..
Culture 👽 Japan’s “UFO” Style Traffic Signals to Go “Lights... Justin Velgus Around the early 1980s some narrow residential intersections in Japan were equipped with uniquely-shaped traffic signals affectionally..