Asami the Explorer
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Day 3: Tokyo to Sendai to Morioka to Matsushima
JAPAN | Sunday, 25 October 2009 | Views [498]
Day 3 Highlights:
- Seeing the tuna auction in action at the Tsukiji Market, the largest fish market in the world
- Taking the Shinkansen up to Sendai
- Taking the Loople bus to historical sights in Sendai
- Taking the local train to Matsushima, one of the three most beautiful sights of Japan
- The gorgeous Ichinobo Matsushima onsen (hot springs) resort
- Taking a 90min taxi tour of Matsushima’s main sights – Date Masamune’s shrine, Ojishima island
- Getting dressed up in colorful yukatas for a kaiseki meal
- Soaking in natural hot springs at midnight
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