Miyagi Prefecture

The beautiful seaside scenery of Matsushima. (© Pixta)

A statue of Date Masamune in Sendai displays his trademark crescent-moon helmet. (© Pixta)

Musubimaru, the tourism PR character of Sendai, Miyagi, has a face calling to mind a ball of Miyagi’s delicious rice, and wears a helmet called a katchū like that worn by Date Masamune. (© Jiji)