Trip
to Matsushima!
- September 23 (2002), Miyagi Prefecture
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| Matsushima is situated in northern Honshu, about 30 minutes from Sendai - a city known for beautiful women and some excellent McDonalds restaurants (try the Big Mac, it is a killer!). | Matsushima constitutes one of the Nihon Sankei, or to put it in English; Three Great Sights of Japan. The other two are Miya-jima (close to Hiroshima) and the sandspit at Amanohashidate (close to Kyoto). |
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| Basho, a famous poet or baseball player from the 17th century (hard to remember which), reportedly was only able to utter "Matsushima, ah! Matsushima! Matsushima", when first visiting. | To me, his enthusiasm for the place is mildly speaking mysterious. Despite its urban centers and environmental destruction, Japan is a rather beautiful country. Matsushima is hardly anything special. |
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| Here, another view of Matsushima. Sit back and relax; There will be plenty more to come. | A picture to prove that I went to Matsushima, not that I assume it to be of interest to anyone. |
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| Looking much better than I do, though that does not serve as much of a compliment, Yuka can here be seen with Matsushima in the background. | Actually, I have Yuka to thank for being able to go. Her parents had one spare day left on their 3-day Shinkansen pass, enabling Yuka and Jan to travel where only a billion Japanese have been before us. |