Hirose Dori in the Shade

Hirose Dori with the yellow ginkos.

Parade Set Up

There was no way to get across Higashi Nibancho Street on the day of Hanyu's parade. Even the subways were blocked off.

I should have parked by Nishi Park.

Enhanced

When I take pictures of fireworks, I like to have something else in the shot to give it some context. After I uploaded this picture to Flickr, I realized the sky was too black to see the building , so I "fixed" it with the Flickr photo tools.

North Face

This is where the North Face Store is in downtown Sendai on Hirose Street.

Blistering Sun

I took this to see how well my lens would hold up to flaring when pointed at the sun. It did pretty well.

Looking East From the West

This was taken on a pedestrianization bridge that crosses Hirose Dori. I wish I could have gotten a little more of the bottom in the shot.

Another Look Down Hirose

Here's a shot of Hirose Dori (road/street/etc.) from in front of one of the many Hirose [subway] Station entrances.

Amway in Sendai

Amway made it to Japan. Now I have one more reason to not answer my door.

When I was a recent grad looking for a job, I somehow met a guy who was looking for an "internet marketer". So the guy wanted to meet up at a Perkins to discuss what he had in mind and being in job-search mode, I was willing to listen. We met at a family restaurant and before long the word "Amway" slipped out. It wasn't long before I was out of there too.