KameshimaKanejima, one of the many famous islands that dot the archipelagoThe view from GodaidoSagakei at MatsushimaOne of the islands of MatsushimaOne of the islands of MatsushimaChōmei-ana in Komonejima, about five meters in height, was known in folklore that people who passed through there in a pleasure boat would live three years longer. However it collapsed in the Sendai earthquake.[1]Ojima whose name is Utamakura. The red "Togetsukyō Bridge", about twenty meters in length, was wholly lost in the Sendai earthquake.[1]Another viewSea gulls at Matsushima
Matsushima (松島) is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands (shima) covered in pines (matsu) – hence the name – and it is considered to be one of the Three Views of Japan.
