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Here we go, a few photos from the golden week trip. I just realized that the majority of the photos were taken with Ayako’s parents’ camera. All I have is a meager selection here, but I’ll post the best I have:

Shiroishi castle, which is a little south of Sendai. Reconstructed castle but rebuilt with incredible authenticity.

This volcano was amazing for me - the first volcano I’ve ever seen in person. Climbing the mountains by car to get to the top was even an event - everything was snow capped and full of breathtaking views. Here is the sign, and on the right in the background is the crater of the volcano that was last active a couple thousand years ago in the area of Zao Japan.

At a lookout peak of the volcano is a shrine, and all around are these piles of stones which act as grave markers. No one is allowed to be buried here anymore as far as I know, and many of these piles did not have visible dates - I can only assume they are many hundred years old.

A group of temples that spanned from the bottom to the top of a mountain attracts a lot of people every year. Near the bottom before starting the several-hundred-step journey to the top you get a chance to stand in line to rub buddha’s statue for any number of reasons. I particularly did not like rubbing the same statue that everyone elses’ dirty hands had been on =/

After climbing near the top of the mountain I took this photo overlooking one peak and the land below - very nice views from up here.

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