We got up at 6:15, and bought breakfast at McDonald to eat it on train. Also, I bought lunch at a convenience store, because we will be aboard on train for nearly 5 hours.
Around 7:40, we boarded Limited Express Hitachi bound for Sendai. When the train passes near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, announcement on the train explained recovery of towns devastated by Tohoku Earthquake.
After arriving at Sendai, we walked to Sendai Anpanman children's museum.
Sendai Station
In front of it
Stone sculpture of Anpanman
Entrance
Interior
We had to queue 30 minutes before theater of Anpanman mascots starts.
Theater
Miniature of Anpanman World
There are some restaurants including this Dokin's cafe
Baikinman(Virus man) shown on the wall
Since it began raining, we used bus to go back to Sendai Station. Then, I had difficulty to find out bus stop to board bus for Yamagata.
Finally, I found its location, owing to personal website introducing the bus service.
We boarded bus for Yamagata Station. Before arriving at the station, bus stopped at Nanko-mae. Nanko-mae stands for South High school Front, while English announcement said "Minami High school and Yamagata University Entrance".
I searched for more details about it. The bus service is operated by Miyagi Kotsu and Yamagata Kotsu. And both of them have English announcement. It means there are 4 types of announcement.
Miyagi Kotsu in Japanese: Nanko-mae, Yamagata Daigaku Iriguchi(South High School Front, Yamagata University Entrance)
Miyagi Kotsu in English: Yamagata Minami High School
Yamagata Kotsu in Japanese: Nanko-mae, Yamagata Daigaku Kojirakawa Campus-mae(South High school Front, Yamagata University Kojirakawa Campus Front)
Yamagata Kotsu in English: Minami High school and Yamagata University Entrance
After getting off at the last stop, we walked to hotel.
In front of Yamagata Station
