Sendai / Gamou ---the pacific ocean

December 31,  2012    the pacific ocean

on the last day of the year

Sendai / Gamou ---a swimming pool

December  2012    a swimming pool

" NAKANO elementary school "

Sendai / Gamou ---a fish-farm

December  2012    a fish-farm

Sendai / Gamou ---tideland

December  2012    tideland

Sendai / Gamou ---what ?

December  2012    what ?

what is this ?....  I'm sorry, I have no idea.

Sendai / Gamou ---Jizo

December  2012    Jizo

when you're smiling 

when you're smiling

the whole world smiles with you

Sendai ---a festival

September  2011    a festival

" JOZENJI-Street Jazz Festival "

at TSUTSUJIGAOKA park

Sendai ---the festival

August  2011    the festival

Sendai TANABATA festival

" Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ "

Sendai ---a crowd

August  2011    a crowd

 at KOUTOUDAI Park 

Onagawa --a bronze statue

July  2011    a bronze statue

Sendai / Arahama ---four men

August  2011    four men

Ishinomaki ---a crowd

August  2011    a crowd

" Ishinomaki river festival "

Sendai ---Tanabata

August  2011    TANABATA

TANABATA = "The festival of the weaver"

Higashi matsushima / Naruse ---a destroyed car

December  2012    a destroyed car

Higashi matsushima / Naruse ---a cold day

December  2012    a cold day in early winter

Higashi matsushima / Naruse ---an arrow

December  2012    an arrow

Higashi matsushima / Naruse ---a pine tree

December  2012    a pine tree

Higashi matsushima / Naruse ---trees and

December  2012    trees and Torii

Torii =　a gateway at the entrance to a Shinto shrine

Higashi matsushima / Naruse ---a white winter

December  2012    a white winter

the first snow of the season

Ishinomaki ---a rescue party

April  2011    a rescue party

Sendai ---form a line

March  2011    form a line

at " ICHIBAN-CHO Shopping Mall "

Sendai ---an earthquake

December  2012    an earthquake

December 7, 2012  17:18

seismic centre  SANRIKU-OKI

magnitude  7.3

 " tsunami warnings are issued "

tsunami warnings has been canceled  19:20

Iwanuma ---rice fields 2

December  2012    rice-fields 2

the removal of salt (from sea water)

Iwanuma ---the canal

December  2012    the canal

It is called  " The TEIZAN canal "

Iwanuma ---a strange tree

December  2012    a strange tree

have a good look at this tree...

Iwanuma ---rice fields

December  2012    rice-fields

the removal of salt (from sea water)

Shiogama ---the shopping street

September 2011    the shopping street

Tagajou ---a scene

April  2011    a scene

Ishinomaki ---a scene

April  2011    a scene

public works and volunteer workers 

Tagajou ----automated loan machines

May  2011    automated loan machines

...on the side walk

Shiogama / a collapsed house

May  2011    a collapsed house

Shiogama --a flooded area

May  2011    a flooded area

Sendai / Arahama ---a photo exhibition

November  2012    a photo exhibition

" the good old days "

Sendai / Arahama ---a bridge

November  2012    a bridge

Watari / Yamamoto --- message boards

November  2012    handmade message boards

"Self-Defense Forces", You encouraged us !!

Sendai / Gamou ---a marsh

November  2012    a marsh

Sendai / Arahama ---a pine tree

November  2012    a pine tree

...and two kites and two crows

Sendai / Gamou ---crows

November  2012    crows

...on the rice field (there were rice fields before)

Sendai / Gamou ---footprints

November  2012    footprints

footprints of a bird

Watari / yamamoto ---autumn weeds

November  2012    autumn weeds

...and scrapped cars

Sendai / Arahama ---untouched

November  2012    untouched

" SENDAI Beach park center "

Watari / Yamamoto ---a baseball field

November  2012    a baseball field

Sendai / Arahama ---a skylight

November  2012    a skylight

at " Sendai Beach Park Center "

Watari ---trees

November  2012    trees

here's that rainy day

Sendai / Arahama ---Cosmos

November  2012    Cosmos

...and a clear autumn sky

Sendai / Arahama ---a message

November  2012    a message

...from people

Sendai / Arahama ---yellow flags

November 2012    yellow flags

Around her neck,

She wore a yellow ribbon,

She wore it in the springtime
And in the month of May.

And if you asked her

Why the heck she wore it,

She'd say 

"It's for my lover who is far, far away".

Far away!

Far away!

She wore it for her lover far away.

Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon.

She wore it for her lover who is far, far away.

"She wore a yellow ribbon / an American fork song"

Shiogama / Katsurashima ---at high tide

October  2012    at high tide

I am standing on the quay...

Shiogama / Katsurashima ---numbers

October  2012    numbers

the sandbags were numbered... from 1 to ...?

Shiogama / Katsurashima ---tags

October  2012    tags