2024.7.28

It was fine.

Today is the main event of this trip.

My frind and I got up early to attend a morning ceremony from 6:30.

There was a dragon festival from 9:30.Dragon dance was worth watching.

We saw them twice.

We took a ferry at 14:15 arriving at Onagawa.  There was a festival there too.

I came to Hon−Shiogama to see somebody. It was a nice meeting.

2022.5.5

It was fine.

May 5 is a national holiday called kodomo no hi (こどもの日), Children's Day.

Those families with boys decorate helmet and carp streamers wishing their healthy growth.

Today is rikka (立夏), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. The last one was kokuu (穀雨) on April 20, and the next one is shoman (小満) on May 21.

Rikka literally means stand summer, it is the beginning of summer.

I attended the morning prayer ceremony at Kinkazan koganeyama jinja shrine and had breakfast and visited their shrines again.

We checked out and took a ferry to Onagawa at 11:50.

I took tains from Onagawa to Honshiogama and visited Shiogama jinja shrine and others.

I came back by 18:55 Shinkansen from Sendai and arrived at home just before midnight.

It was a nice trip to Tohoku.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2017.7.26

It was very fine in Tohoku today though it seems heavy rain in Tokyo. The weather changed after passing Fukushima in the evening.

I saw the beautiful sunrise from the hotel room this morning in Miyako.

We visited the Tsunami affected coastal area today. It's been six years since I visited there last. There were many changes since then. I was surprised to see the big seawalls here and there, and accumulated lands. There appeared many new buildings including housing complex, public facilities, and shops & restaurants.
At the same time there were still many  temporary houses and shops too.
Many places were still under construction.

I wish their early recovery.