Sendai is a city of approximately 1 million inhabitants, in the northern part of the main island of Honshu. Tohoku University has several campuses throughout the city, as do a number of other universities and technical institutions. The science and engineering campus is on the top of a hill covered in trees (Aobayama: green leaf mountain) and the site of the former Sendai castle, built by Date Masamune, is halfway up this hill.
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| The city of Sendai seen from the tallest building | City view showing the Shinkansen (high-speed train) line | Date Masamune, feudal lord and founder of Sendai city; statue at the site of Sendai castle |
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| Sendai city centre. Around the time this picture was taken, there was a minor earthquake, but I didn't feel it! | Kimonos on sale in a department store | |