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Statue (Douzou,銅像)

Andrew — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:01:19 +0000

Sendai is littered with statues. This one, featuring a young girl holding an origami crane, resides at Nishikicho Park, home of the Sendai Germanfest. Mmm… beer…

Nishikicho Park

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:48:25 +0000

Our next stop on was at one of the numerous downtown parks, Nishikicho Koen. There are two large circular halves to the park, one grass and one dirt, which are divided by a row of trees. Lots of events are held here throughout the year, the most popular probably being the Oktoberfest festivals.

The sidewalks surrounding the park were filled with fallen leaves, so we played around a bit in them. There was also a fashion shoot or something going on while we were there, or maybe they were just shooting an advertisement.

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Beerfest!

Andrew — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:06:41 +0000

Yesterday wrapped up a popular bi-annual event in Sendai, the Sendai Germanfest. This Oktoberfest-style event takes place in June and September for some reason. Kyoko and I checked it out on Saturday night. This outdoor event was at Nishiki-cho Park downtown and was already well underway by the time we arrived at 6pm.

The beer was pretty good, much better than the Japanese swill that’s served in restaurants and bars, and the food wasn’t overly terrible. Each beer though cost 1300 yen, or about 15 dollars! Nevertheless, I had 3 because it was just so much better than Japanese beer. One of the things I miss the most about Canada is microbrewed beer.

Got a chance to chat with the three German guys who provided the evening’s entertainment. They usually play in the German military orchestra, entertaining their countrymen wherever they are stationed around the world.

Check out the slideshow below, and the video clip of German people playing American music to Japanese people.