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Miyagi Gun

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    • Day 53

      Matsushima

      November 8, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Matsushima, one of the three great scenic spots of Japan was my primary target of the day, originally I wanted to go a day later, but the sunshine changed my plans, and I took a local train from the nearby station to reach it after around 40 minutes. Right out of the station I purchased a ticket for a roundtrip boat ride into the bay of Matsushima. The sun was dazzling, the boat trip was very relaxing and many of the islands and special rock formations were explained in detail. After the 50min cruise, sun was almost ready to set, and I spent the remainder of daylight to visit some of the shore attached islands with shrines on it. The atmosphere was calm and relaxing and I enjoyed having the island to myself.

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      Matsushima, eine der drei großartigen Landschaften Japans, war mein Hauptziel des Tages. Ursprünglich wollte ich einen Tag später kommen, aber der Sonnenschein änderte meine Pläne und ich nahm einen Nahverkehrszug vom nahegelegenen Bahnhof, der nach etwa 40 Minuten Matsushima erreichte. Direkt am Bahnhof kaufte ich ein Ticket für eine Bootsfahrt hin und zurück in die Bucht von Matsushima. Die Sonne strahlte, die Bootsfahrt war sehr entspannend und viele der Inseln und besonderen Felsformationen wurden ausführlich erklärt. Nach der 50-minütigen Kreuzfahrt ging die Sonne fast unter und ich verbrachte den Rest des Tages damit, einige der an der Küste gelegenen Inseln mit Schreinen zu besuchen. Die Atmosphäre war ruhig und entspannend und ich genoss es, die Inseln für mich allein zu haben.
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    • Day 13

      Matsushima

      August 26, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Der Küstenort Matsushima war unser heutiges Ausflugziel. Mit den vorgelagerten Inseln, auf die rote Brücken führen, ist es ein wunderschöner Ort. Wir haben verschiedene Inseln und einen Garten erkundet.Read more

    • Day 52

      Matsushima

      October 30, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      At a restaurant in the park, I had beef tongue, a local delicacy, for lunch before walking along the promenade to the 250m-long red Fukuurabashi Bridge which led to Fukuurajima Island Nature Park for a 30-minute walk and another ice-cream.
      Rejoining the group after a coffee-stop, we took a one-hour boat-ride around Matsushima Bay to see a few of the 200+ islands, the boat going around the oyster and kelp beds. The Bay and town had escaped the worst of the 2011 tsunami due to the contours of the coast and the many islands.
      The Bay is listed as one of the Three Great Sights of Japan.
      It was a short coach-ride to the Grand Hotel in Ishinomaki. We went to a chicken-and-vegetable skewer restaurant for dinner.
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    • Day 52

      Matsushima

      October 30, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      We left Naruko Onsen on a smaller but still roomy coach, eventually got on an Expressway, and stopped at a modern petrol station where petrol was about £1 per litre.
      We arrived on the coast at Matsushima, parked near a marina, and walked to the Godaido Temple, built on an island connected to the promenade by two short bridges, The Temple was built about 1600.
      Then we ate a variety of ice-creams, some fishy, at a cafe in a park before entering the Zen Garden, where we had a brief meditation in the rock garden, surrounding the Entsuin Temple.
      At a restaurant in the park, I had beef tongue, a local delicacy, for lunch before walking along the promenade to the 250m-long red Fukuurabashi Bridge which led to Fukuurajima Island Nature Park for a 30-minute walk and another ice-cream.
      Rejoining the group after a coffee-stop, we took a one-hour boat-ride around Matsushima Bay to see a few of the 200+ islands, the boat going around the oyster and kelp beds. The Bay and town had escaped the worst of the 2011 tsunami due to the contours of the coast and the many islands.
      The Bay is listed as one of the Three Great Sights of Japan.
      It was a short coach-ride to the Grand Hotel in Ishinomaki. We went to a chicken-and-vegetable skewer restaurant for dinner.
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    • Day 19

      Matsushima! Oh Matsushima! Matsushima !

      April 2, 2019 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

      Devant la beauté du lieu, Basho ne put rédigé comme Haïku que les quelques mots du titre. Matsushima et ses innombrables îles forment l'une des plus belles baies du Japon. La visite, entre soleil et chutes de neiges commença par un tour en bateau. Après des huîtres pour moi, un curry pour Stéphane, nous avons bravé les éléments pour visiter les îles accessibles par des ponts.Read more

    • Day 19

      Zuigan-ji

      April 2, 2019 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

      Matsushima est aussi connu pour son temple construit par Masamune Date ainsi que le mausolée de l'un de ses descendants. Le Zuigan-ji est décoré de magnifiques peintures murales. Il est malheureusement interdit de les prendre en photo. Voici donc un aperçu des jardins du bâtiment ainsi que de celui bordant le mausolée.Read more

    • Day 4

      Matsushima Bay

      April 12, 2019 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      After much deliberation, and a very rough night on the seas, we decided the cruise ship's $159pp trip to Matsushima Bay was more than we could countenance. So instead, we disembarked after breakfast and caught the shuttle bus into Ishinomaki. This port town was devastated in the 2011 tsunami but seemed to have worked hard on its recovery - the very industrial port clearly in heavy use and the town incredibly welcoming to tourists. It is famed for its association with Manga, with a former resident being the artist of Cyborg 009.

      We followed the route past tourist information (staffed by a guy from Rochester...really) to the train station from where we could get to Matsushima Bay ourselves for ¥1000 return (about £7). The forty minute train journey took us last JASDF Matsushima Air Base, home to the Blue Impulse where we saw a couple of F-2Bs taking off.

      At Matsushima Bay, the temples and mausoleum are all famed for their relation to Date Masamune, Samurai ruler and founder of Sendai. We first visited the Zuiganji Temple, with its beautiful black lacquer and gold leaf wall panels, surrounded by manicured gardens with the remnants of snow. The path out was lined with wall caves and carvings used for religious and funeral services.

      Over the road, the red bridges to the Gogaido pagoda made for a quick stop, albeit one teaming with coach-loads of tourists one group tours from our ship. En route back to the station, the Entsuuin was a mausoleum and gardens for the the grandson of Date Masumune.
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    Miyagi Gun, 宮城郡

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