September Itinerary Idea Day 2 (Miyagi Prefecture Day 2    AM)

Table of contents

1.Shiogama Shrine

2.Yotokuin tamaya

3.Zuiganji Temple

4.Entsuin

5.Godaido

6.Lunch

The second day is a route that goes around the national treasure Zuiganji Temple (main hall, priest’s quarter and corridor). There are many tourist attractions around Matsushima, so it’s easy to take a walk.

1. Shiogama Shrine

(7 minutes walk from JR Hon-Shiogama Station)

From Sendai to Shiogama

Shiogama Shrine has been revered as the Tohoku guardian, Mutsunokuni Ichinomiya. It is a national important cultural property.

http://www.shiogamajinja.jp/index.html

2. Yotokuin tamaya

(10 minutes walk from JR Matsushima Kaigan Station)

From Shiogama to Matsushima Kaigan

It is a mausoleum of Date Masamune’s wife, Megohime (Yotokuin). It is a national important cultural property.

https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/185497

3. Zuiganji Temple

(3 minutes walk from Yotokuin Mausoleum)

Zuiganji Temple is a Zen Buddhist temple belonging to the Rinzai sect Myoshinji school. It is a national treasure because it is a valuable building of Momoyama art.

https://zuiganji.or.jp/?page_id=9110

4. Entsuin

(1 minute walk from Zuiganji Temple)

It is a national important cultural property.

http://www.entuuin.or.jp/index.html

5. Godaido

(7 minutes walk from Entsuin)

Godaido belongs to Zuiganji Temple. The current building was built by Date Masamune in 1604 and is the oldest surviving Momoyama building in the Tohoku region. It is a national important cultural property.

https://zuiganji.or.jp/?page_id=7977

6. Lunch

We eat bonito, sardine, salmon, pacific saury, tuna, and abalone, which are seasonal seafood in September at Japanese restaurants and cafeterias.

The brand of bigeye tuna is “Sanriku Shiogama Higashimono” (season is September-December). “Kinka bonito” (seasonal May-September), “Kinka mackerel” (seasonal September-January), and scallop (seasonal September-May) landed at Ishinomaki fishing port are also in season. If you find it in, please try it.

Oysters on the Matsushima coast are famous, but the season is from October to March. If you can eat it even in September, please try it.

(Note: The departure / arrival times and fares for transportation listed in the text are as of the time of writing the BLOG. They may change in the future, so please check for yourself when you go on a trip.)