Bonus Update: Sendai City Loople Line

Okay, so these are all the photos I took on my trip through Sendai.  I headed on the Loop bus and stopped at three places, so without further ado, let's get to it.

Always love me some Jizos.  They are protectors of children and pregnant women and are shown respect with these red aprons and hats as gifts.

 Welcome to Date Masamune's Mausoleum

 There were several temples and historical sites connected to the mausoleum, so I got to see some cool architecture and stuffs like that.

 I'm a sucker for screens with paintings like this that show a city or landscape.

 I love Japanese style artwork, especially these older ones.

 Beautiful chandeliers of bells and the like.

Another thing I'm a sucker for is a Diorama 

 Also gates.  I love gates.

Good lord, so many stairs... 

 It is customary to clean your hands before proceeding, because you are passing into a sacred place after you go through a tori gate.

 The tributes here are beautiful

 Also, very detailed.

Nature at work.  Sendai truly is a beautiful place. 

Three feudal lords are laid to rest here and I saw their tombs. 

Lords and their retainers both are laid to rest 

 Very pretty

 Sucker for maps...

 This awning is a kind of rest spot I really love.  I'd like one of my own, honestly.

 Date Masamune himself.  An imposing and powerful feudal lord.

Sendai city from up at Aoba Castle's site. 

Love dioramas 

I forget why, but this eagle statue is super cool. 

Lots of prayer artifacts at the shrine in Sendai castle. 

 The shrine itself is really cool

 By now, everyone knows of my love for a good bridge.

And another tori gate. 

 This is the last stop on my Sendai tour and it's to the Osaki shrine.

 With more tori gates to separate the real from the fantastical

So...many...stairs... 

 The shrine is actually pretty low key.  It's a pretty place, nice to visit, but quiet and not as frequented as you might think.

It's a shrine of some sort, but not sure why I took the picture.  Probably just pretty.

In later weeks, I'll show off my beach trip, but this is already a long post, so for now, that's all!