Sendai

Ok, so I expected it to be a little colder when I got north of Tokyo, but I never expected snow. Fortunately, it's tapered off and there's nothing on the ground in Sendai. That doesn't mean that it still isn't freezing though. Well Sendai's a pretty nice place. Most of the historical attractions are based around the Date family (Masamune, Tadamune, and.. some other mythical sword from Final Fantasy). So the first hotel that I stayed in was overrun by Japanese high-school kids. Man, they were everywhere, but generally relatively pleasant.
Of course I got a few stares, but nothing that I'm not used to by now. I had to share my room with a Japanese dude, who, apparently had been though about an hour of prepping with the hotel owner before showing up in my room, from knowing where I was from, to where I was going, to what I was doing in Japan (all things that I mentioned to the owner). He was a pretty friendly guy once he confirmed I was Canadian, and he even bought me a can of coffee. We didn't talk much though, and pretty much went straight to sleep.

My second hotel in Sendai is pretty sweet; nice 'big room', one of those funky low tables with hot was for tea and whatnot in a thermos. The picture describes it best. The staff was SUPER nice. They carried my bag up to my room and were mega polite. Definitely a nice feeling, even if
the price tag was about $55 for the night.

I thought this place would be an internet cafe or something, but when I got closer, I realized it was a flower shop