One-Eyed Dragon's Castle Town, Three Views of Japan Bay & Tōhoku Grilled Beef Tongue
📍 Sendai, Japan📅 3-day itinerary
The city of the One-Eyed Dragon — Date Masamune built his castle here in 1601 and ruled the most powerful domain in northeastern Japan from a hilltop above the zelkova-lined boulevards he designed — where the Matsushima Bay 30 km north holds 260 pine-covered islands designated one of the Three Views of Japan since 1643, and where the grilled beef tongue invented in 1948 from US military food waste has become the most distinctive regional dish in the Tōhoku region.
The Bronze One-Eyed Dragon in Full Armour Facing the Pacific Ocean from His 1601 Castle Hill & The Lacquered Mausoleum Whose 1974 Excavation Confirmed the Historical Accounts of the Right Eye Socket Deformed by Childhood Disease
The 260 Pine Islands in a Bay Calm Enough to Read Like a Landscape Painting That Has Been Called One of the Three Views of Japan Since a Confucian Scholar Named It in 1643 & The Fishing Port That Handles a Major Share of Japan's Pacific Bluefin Tuna at 40% Below Tokyo Prices
The 1,015 Steps Carved Into a Granite Cliff Leading to the Vermilion Platform Above the Valley Where the View in October Combines Red Foliage with Grey Stone and a Continuously Burning Flame That Has Not Been Extinguished Since 860 AD