Sister in Sendai

Melissa and her roommate, Olivia, over our meal at Namaskar.

My sister Melissa came back to Sendai with me at the end of May.  She's interning at MeySen Academy for the summer.  So far she's been working mostly non-stop, though she seems fine with the pace so far.


Aaron and I have been playing tour guide.  We've taken her and her roommate to various places around Sendai.  We first took them to our favorite sushi place, Umai Sushi Kan.  It was pretty disappointing when the roommate only ordered a cucumber handroll and Melissa said she liked Arizona sushi better.  And I know for a fact that Arizona fish does not compare to the quality to Japan's fish.  But Arizona has a wide variety of creative rolls, with avocado, cream cheese, and jalapeno peppers.  Japan is traditional and kind of boring compared to that.  Still, that meal was not cheap.

Look how yummy it looks!

Next we took them for Indian food at Namaskar.  Thankfully, they seemed to enjoy it that time around. Afterwards, we took them to Yodobashi Camera, the biggest electronics store in Sendai.  Usually, that's the place that most internationals are excited to see and are most impressed with.  But I guess the girls weren't really into electronics.  We got what we needed and left.  Next was a series of clothing stores, an arcade, the Pokemon store, the taiyaki shop, and Daiso the 100 yen store.

I guess in my head this was going to be a lot more fun.  Like I'd take lots of pictures and stuff.  But the girls reactions haven't been largely underwhelmed.  They mostly seemed to like the kiddie stuff.  They'd probably be more impressed with someplace like Tokyo or Osaka, but there's no chance we'll ever have to go there.

Due to the busy work schedule of the summer, we don't know if we'll be able to take them to the better places like Yamadera or Matsushima.  Maybe one day we'll make that happen.