Wednesday, August 29, 2012

波来の地 tsunami arrived point

hanged ice cream



中野栄駅から真っすぐ仙台港方面へ。
On my way to the Sendai Port area.



a monument of tsunami arrived point
statue of "tsunami arrived point"






a monument of tsunami arrived point2
The Disaster in East Japan Mar.11 2011



仙台東部道路(国道6号線)下、交通量の多い交差点の横断歩道を渡る。
A crossroad under route 6, heavy traffic everyday.



signs are still bended - 1 year and 5 months after the tsunami disaster



ことし8月下旬のこと。
Taken at the end of August 2012.



Saturday, August 25, 2012

竹灯り bamboo lights

bamboo lights (gathered)



8月中旬。In the middle of August,

これが見たくて、仕事を早めに切り上げて、一番町四丁目商店街へ寄り道しました。
just wanted to see this view, I walked to the shopping street after my job.



bamboo lanterns (in a line)



ほんと、来てよかった。
I was glad to see these peaceful lights.



壱弐参横丁の入り口 entrance of Iroha Shopping Street

lantern of iroha shopping street



サンモール一番町内にある壱弐参横丁の入り口。七夕期間中に撮ったもの。
Iroha Shopping Street, midtown area in Sendai.



entrance of iroha shopping street in tanabata festival






old sign on the entrance of iroha shopping street



Thursday, August 23, 2012

七夕写真2 Sendai Tanabata 2012 Part2

thousands of cranes



今さらですが、七夕写真つづき。(現像できてなかったフィルムが1本ありました)
Another Tanabata pictures.



pop tanabata decorations







mini version of pop tanabata decorations







mini version of pop tanabata decorations2







bright yellow tanabata decorations with many bells







pop and vivid tanabata decorations







small and accurate tanabata decorations







yamaha's piano designed tanabata decorations







big and accurate tanabata decorations







kana and kanji written tanabata decorations







pink rose decorations







red and green fans decorations







accurate cutout papers



残暑お見舞い申し上げます。
Is your country still hot now? If it is, take care of youself :)


Sunday, August 12, 2012

北仙台と堤町 around Kita-Sendai

railroad crossing with sign of SL
railroad crossing with SL sign, but never seen SL running on this railway



7月中旬のとある日の夕方、
ふと思い立って、子どもの頃祖父母の家のあった北仙台界隈に出かけてみた。

One evening in July, I went to Kita-Sendai area.



pink and blue colored hydrangea






shutters 3-2-1






walking around kitasendai






old concrete buildings with blue zinc door






pink hydrangeas before sunset



北仙台駅から少し歩くと、
堤焼、堤人形...かつては焼き物の町として名の知れていたという、堤町。
おじいちゃん家の地面にも、こんな感じであっちこっちに陶器の破片が埋まってたっけ。
もうそこには他の誰かの新しい家が建っていたけれど。

Walking for few minutes from Kita-Sendai Station...
there's an area called Tsutsumimachi, the place known as the town of pottery in the past.
Also my grandparents lived there before.
In my grandpa's house, which do not exist anymore, I could also see broken pieces of the potteries buried in the ground like this.



ground of tsutsumimachi, sendai






half-buried earthenware






old tobacco shop in tsutsumimachi, sendai
an old tobacco shop






umeda river
Umeda River






sky of summer evening






evening sky near kitasendai station
coming back to Kita-Sendai area



北仙台駅→堤町と周って、再び北仙台駅に戻ってきました。
昔とはずいぶん変わった北仙台駅周辺。
外見だけは昔とほとんど変わっていなかった堤町。

I came back to the Station from old Tsutsumimachi.
It changed a lot around Kita-Sendai Station, developing area.
Tsutsumimachi haven't changed so much, but my relatives were all gone.

時間の流れを感じさせる壮大な散歩でした。

I felt the passage of time.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

すいか watermelon

red watermelon



今年初すいかは尾花沢産。
The first watermelon I ate in this summer.



watermelon and a green pick



今週半ばあたりから時折空気が秋っぽく感じるような。
もうそろそろ夏らしい夏も終わりかな。

I felt a little bit cool air outside this week.
Feeling of fall coming.
Hot summer is starting to leave from our land.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

仙台七夕まつり 2012 Sendai Tanabata Festival 2012 (35pictures)

vivid sendai tanabata decorations :)



真夏の仙台といえば、毎年8月6日〜8日に開催される仙台七夕まつり☆彡

Summer is a season for Sendai Tanabata Festival ☆彡
Tanabata is celebrated in many east-asian countries includes China.

It's held in July 7, in many places in Japan
but in Sendai it's held in every August 6 - 8 based on Chinese calendar.



仙台駅ペデストリアンデッキより。
Looking above from the pedestrian deck near Sendai Station.



gold and blue colored tanabata decorations




blue and orange colored tanabata decorations



 アーケードへ。Inside the shopping arcade.



tanabata decorations in Hapina Nakakecho




colorful tanabata decorations in Hapina Nakakecho




accurate tanabata decorations!



In Tanabata, we make wishes, write it down on a paper 
and put it on the bamboos or decorations like this.

(left: I wish the disaster-affected cities and the people's mental recovery.)
(right: I wish the people in Fukushima can restart their agricultural works.)



wishes for cities destroyed by the disaster and people lives in Fukushima Prefecture




japanese calligraphy on the tanabata decoration



私が応援しているJ1ベガルタ仙台の吹き流し。
ちなみに、このクラブ名も仙台七夕由来。

This one was set by Vegalta Sendai, the professional football club in Sendai,
and its name "Vegalta" came from Tanabata story,
Orihime(female, star of Vega) and Hikoboshi(male, star of Altair) only can meet once a year, day of Tanabata.



vegalta's tanabata decoration



こっちはGINZA TANAKAさん(スポンサー様)前の金の短冊。
Vegalta's sponsor GINZA TANAKA(jewelry shop)'s golden wishing paper.
(left: Everyone's happiness)
(front: Vegalta Sendai's victory!!)



wishing vegalta's victory on the golden wishing paper




accurate tanabata decorations




plants' name written on the tanabata decorations




colorful tanabata decorations



ノーモア ヒロシマ、ノーモア ナガサキを祈っての千羽鶴。
Thousands of paper cranes wishing for "No more Hiroshima" and "No more Nagasaki"
August 6, 1945 is when atomic bomb was dropped to Hiroshima City and
August 9, 1945 Nagasaki City.



no more hiroshima, no more nagasaki











眼鏡屋さんの吹き流し。Decorations by glasses shop.



tanabata decorations by glasses shop







仙台名物なだけあって、笹かま屋さんや仙台名菓のお店は力入れてきます。
Sasa Kamaboko(kind of surimi, Sendai's special products) shops always decorate very beautiful and accurate one.























under the tanabata decoration by fujisaki























吹き流しを支える滑車たち。Pulleys for the big decorations.



pulleys for the tanabata decorations