Tag Archives: ishinomaki
No longer the guide
With 3 umbrellas in my hand, I waved goodbye to the green bullet train leaving Sendai station this morning. My brother and his wife were abandoning me to spend 3 nights in Kyoto. I will miss them. We shared a lot … Continue reading
Robot Guts
For ten years, a spaceship has been parked in the port of tsunami-hit Ishinomaki. The locals don`t mind though. Inside the 3 storey landmark is a museum dedicated to the works of local man, Shotaro Ishinomori, the `king of manga`.
Stepping sometimes stumbling
5 years ago I entered a 15 legged race. Not on my own. That would have been ridiculous. I was racing alongside 13 Japanese teachers at a High school sports day.
8 nights in the north
I lost my guesthouse room key a couple of weeks ago. I don`t know how. It takes a seriously high level of stupidity to lose something in a dwelling as small as our guesthouse, yet I managed it, and now because of my … Continue reading
Shimaguni 