Matsushima Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)

One of most three beautiful bay in 🇯🇵!!

Welcome to Miyagi!! Miyagi is one of unforgettable beautiful place in Japan . Delicious and fresh local food , beautiful costal towns and less tourists make it for me to choose Miyagi to be one of my destinations in Japan . I base in Sendai for those small town day trips to explore the sites . Today , I made it happened to visit Matsushima. Just 40 mins JR train ride from Sendai . As usual, I am the early riser,I reach to Matsushima station before the first sightseeing cruise , get ticket near the train station -1000¥ ( ps: if you buy in ferry terminal- 1500¥) . And walk about 7 mins to ferry terminal and start off my day . Matsushima bay is famous along with Miyajima and Amanohashidate. The bay is dotted by over 200 small islands covered by pine trees.. And also one of the most famous oyster farm ( oysters here are very fresh and cheap , just 100¥ per piece , that meant 1sgd 🤭) . The 🚢 one round took 50 mins and every hourly until 4 pm and If you miss the first cruise 🚢, you will have to Q and wait like 100 plus people pie up, coz all other people come around 10 am plus 😝😝. From there , I continue to visit some beautiful temples and fukuura island where connected with long red bridge and a good and well designated hiking trail to pavilion to enjoy the whole Matsushima Bay panoramic view . Such a beautiful place to enjoy and relax yourself. Then came back to main island and have my lunch before continue with others places . Along the way , I visited Zinganji Temple before walk up to the hill park called Saigyō Modoshi no Matsu Park and enjoy the whole Matsushima bay before back to Sendai . If you are the person like me to prefer landscape and beautiful scenery rather than shopping centre , I would definitely recommend Matsushima as one of your next destinations in Japan . And also can be reach from Tokyo by 2 hours ( including Shinkansen one hours plus and additional 40 mins to Matsushima. Hope you all enjoy !! See you all on the other side of the world 🌎!! #japan #naturelover #solotravel

Songdo Beach #mynovgetaway#awesomepic#couplestrip#instagramworthydestinations

There are many places in Sendai that are natural and quaint. The most famous is Songdo, one of the three scenic spots in Japan. Songdo is not a separate island, but a general term for an island group of 260 large and small islands scattered in the central part of Miyagi Prefecture, along the Songdo Bay coast and Songdo Bay. On one side of the rock, red pine and black pine are interlaced, and dense vegetation covers the island and is a self-contained scene. You can take a one-hour sea tour on the island of Matsushima, and the sea is awesome. Its very interesting. The attractions of Songdo are intensive. In addition to the natural landscape, the history of the Idas family is also very clear. The five halls are the symbol of Songdo. This wooden temple was built with the five kings. Named after the statue, it has been listed as a national key cultural relic. The temple is connected to a red edge bridge that extends to the beach. The Ruiyan Temple in Songdo is the first place in the Tohoku region of Japan, full of deep Zen. The temple is dotted with solemn Dajialan, and its luxurious paintings and carvings of the Tang slab door and railings, partitions and niches are also very beautiful. You can also stay in Songdo for one night. Our stay at the Songdo Spectacular Hot Spring Hotel is the largest resort hotel in the Songdo area. The rooms are divided into Japanese, Western, Japanese and Western styles. There are also Japanese-style banquet dishes, Western food and Chinese cuisine. The dishes are very rich. You can see the scenery of Songdo in the room~~

The island of Songdo is an island of Songdo. It is thought to be a Japanese style. I didnt expect that there was a rice inhabitant shrine on the island (a historic shrine can get a god level, now generally refers to Inari), seeing this bird house knows that there is a certain sense of time. In addition to the shrine, the island itself is beautiful, whether it is a Japanese-style building or a sea view on the island, it is very good. Xiao Yan for a while, the scenery is good here.

Pure white world take the train in the direction of Fushan to Wuyi Mountain, more and more snowflakes outside the window, more and more dense, the roofs of the two sides are covered with thick snow, trees in front of the house All dressed in silver, the pedestrians disappeared on the road, and they came to another world like Chihiro. From the end of the city line, the station stood a bright red train. The snow stopped and the blue sky loomed. The snow road stepped on by the local people along the river step by step, and the snow was cleared. Has been deep into the calf position, it seems that the amount of snow here is no less than Hokkaido. The mountains in the distance are covered with snow, and the mountains are surrounded by clouds, the best shooting spot!

In the Japanese countryside

There are also a lot of small shops that can be visited here in Toyama, Japan. Copper and tin products are very delicate. There are many hundred-year-old shops hidden in the alleys. heard. . . Locals like it, do this action at the door of the store. After all, it is also stretching bones. . . . In fact, Toyama Park does not have a good shot, but as long as you pay attention, you can still find some special lines, and it is quite interesting to intercept small scenes with telephoto.

The five halls on a small island in Songdo Bay were built in 807. When they were rebuilt by Ida Masamune in 1604, they were named after the five kings of the king. They are only opened every 33 years. Next to the Ruiyan Temple is the Bodhi Temple of the Ida family, and is also the premier Buddhist temple in the Northeast. In 828, it was first built by Master Cui Jue. The current building was rebuilt by the 1609 Yi Dazheng. It seems that there was no entrance to the overhaul. The outside is the thirty-three Guanyin worship center of the West. By the way, Matsushima's oysters are very famous. This grilled oyster is three hundred yen. In addition, Miyagi Prefecture has a lot of beans (edamame), such as milkshakes. Lunch is recommended for the restaurant in Songdo, with coffee, western food and Japanese restaurants. The staple food has eaten Philippine and beef tongue~

The fifth lobby is an island next to Songdo Island. It is basically in the most central place. Because it is dedicated to the Five Kings, it is called the Five Lobby. It is said that it will be opened to the public every 33 years. Since it can be signed here, I turned to a sign and got a good luck. It seems that luck is good. If it is murderous, it will be fine. It will be tied to the rope next to it. words, Songdo's squid rice is also good, it is one of the top Japanese ingredients, you can try it!

Immersed in red maple leaves

Entsuin Temple (円通院）is a Buddhist temple dedicated to Kannon (觀世音菩薩）and was built in 1647. It is situated next to Matsushima’s (松島）most important Zuiganji Temple (瑞巖寺）in Miyagi Prefecture （宮城県）。It was built to mourn the death of the second son Date Mitsumune (伊達光宗）of local feudal lord Date Terumune （伊達政宗）。He died at the young age of 19。 This temple is one of the best places to watch the fabulous and colorful red maples in Autumn in northeastern part of Japan.

Fukushima is farther away from other islands and is the largest island in Songdo. It is also a natural park and one of the few attractions in Matsushima. Although you want to collect tickets, don't miss it because of hundreds of Japanese tickets. After crossing the Japanese arch bridge, you will enter a plant world. In addition to the repaired road, more is still in a more primitive state, there is a feeling of outdoor travel, it takes about 2 hours to complete all the time, slowly explore it