Japanese Road Trip Adventure

Today was the second day of Golden Week and the other ALTs and I had big ambitions for the day. Will and I got up early and I was happy to feel the warmth of the sun again. We drove down to Furukawa and had breakfast at McDonalds. I have decided that, because portions here are so small, that I need to start eating for two people. So I ordered two combo sets: Two McGriddles, two hash browns, and two cups of orange juice.
From here we headed out to Matsushima, the coast that hosts one of Japan's Three Great Views.

Picture of Matsushima Bay.

Giant red bridge that you have to pay 200 yen to cross onto an island.

There were many local tourists about during Golden Week and traffic was terrible.

Will had to descend the area using the rope, because I chose to go off the beaten path.

A nice little shrine.














Will, Tyler, and Nicole from left to right, taking in the view of Matsushima.



From Matsushima we hit Sendai City for the second time. This time we found a book store that sold English books!

There was live music on the street, we found 4 Starbucks and got drinks at two different ones.

We had no luck finding any cheap hotels in Sendai because they were all booked up due to Golden Week. So we ended up having to drive back from Sendai.

We spotted a nice little park on the way back lit with lanterns. There were beautiful cherry blossoms here.







Then we met this character in purple who wanted to take our pictures many times. I decided to take his picture, too.