Hisashi and Junko Sasaki work with the seminary in Sendai where Gaylan delivered his second set of lectures. They took us out to the mountains to see some beautiful sights. We stopped in for a snack at this tofu restaurant, where the tofu is prepared fresh in small bamboo cups. Refreshing on a hot day! 

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Japan Friends
Saturday, July 11, 2009
A Day in Sendai
Because I was invited to do a couple of lectures series in Japan this summer, Joy and I were able to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary in Sendai, where we lived with our family for 9 years. We decided to spend a day sight-seeing around the city, taking in places we'd always wanted to visit together but missed while we lived there. The Christian Martyrs Monument was our first destination. We had lunch at a traditional restaurant, and took in a couple of gardens at a historic Shinto shrine and a Buddhist temple.
Kids returning to class from a dip in the pool.
The Christian Martyrs Monument near the Hirose River.

Bamboo groves like this one are not only beautiful to look at, but are believed to be safer places to go in an earthquake. You see them often in older neighborhoods.
We had lunch in this traditional Japanese restaurant. I was impressed by this design on one of the walls (below).
An old building in the downtown area.
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