I arrived at Yunokawa Onsen(Yunokawa hot spring) at 6:00. On the Internet, I was able to find two facilities which operates day-use hot spring from 6:00. But, neither of them seemed to be clean.
Since there were no hot spring other than the two, I decided to bathe my body in cleaner one.
I walked to Yunokawa station, the terminus of Hakodate streetcar.
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Streetcar near Yunokawa
By the train, I went to Goryokaku(Star fort) Tower to look down Goryokaku, the star fort built in 19C to protect Tsugaru strait from russian fleet.
Goryokaku
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Strange restaurant next to Goryokaku Tower
The next destination was Hakodate Station. I boarded Hakodate Liner to Shin-Hokodate-Hokuto station, the northernmost station of Japan's Shinkansen station.
Hakodate Liner for Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
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Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station
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landscape seen from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporo(Extension to Sapporo is under construction)
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Platform of Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
Since it's been within 2 monthes since inauguration of Hokkaido Shinkansen(High speed rail), Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto was full of passengers who want to see Shinkansen train.
I boarded "Hayabusa" train for Tokyo. Train accerelated to over 200km/h, but when passing through Kikonai, train decelerated its speed to 140km/h. That's because freight trains also pass through Seikan tunnel, and freight couches can be overturned by air pressure generated by passing each other with trains whose speed is over 140km/h.
With connecting to "Komachi" at Morioka, the train arrived at Sendai.
The same type of the train was stopping at another track
After leaving baggage at today's hotel, I headed for Yagiyama Zoological park by Sendai Subway Tozai Line(East-West Line).
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Exit of Yagiyama Zoological Park
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Platform
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Nameplate
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train on the track
Though zoo was next to amusement park"Yagiyama Benyland", I didn't have enough time to go there.
The next destination was Sendai castle
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International Center, the nearest station to Sendai castle
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At the same station
Tozai Line train seen from International Center station
I went back to Arai, the terminus of Tozai Line.
The station has 3.11 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Memorial Park, but it was closed.
The area including Arai station was flooded. So, there were few buildings near the station.
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memories of residents before 3.11 earthquake is written on the map
I went back to the hotel after eating beef tongue.
