Today is the last day of this 15-day journey. We first took a bus from Yamagata to Sendai, and then transferred to the airport railway to Sendai Airport.

With no other activities planned for the morning, we boarded the bus to Sendai shortly before 10 AM after breakfast. The ride took a little over an hour, and the second stop in Sendai was right in front of the train station. We have visited Sendai a few times and even stayed in hotels near the station, so we are quite familiar with this area.

Our return flight was scheduled for 2:30 PM, and we arrived in Sendai around 11:00 AM, leaving us with plenty of time. My wife wanted to do some shopping, and since the train station and its surroundings are full of large shopping malls, it was very convenient. The trains to the airport depart about every twenty minutes. We initially planned to catch the 11:50 AM train, which would give us more than half an hour to look around. As it turned out, we quickly found what we needed and ended up taking an earlier train at 11:30 AM, smoothly arriving at Sendai Airport around 12:00 PM.

The scale of Sendai Airport absolutely cannot compare to the international airports in Tokyo or Osaka, but though small, it is perfectly formed. It lacks none of the facilities one would expect in a standard international airport.

Sendai’s famous Tanabata decorations can be seen everywhere inside the airport, exuding a strong sense of local culture.

Although the airport isn’t large, it offers quite a few resting areas.

The most special feature is the open-air observation deck on the third floor, allowing passengers to watch and photograph planes taking off and landing. Unfortunately, the weather that day wasn’t ideal, but I still took a few photos as souvenirs.

After clearing immigration, the departure lounge also had plenty of seating for rest. Even though our flight was delayed for over half an hour, it didn’t matter much. There were paid massage chairs here, allowing us to slowly relax while waiting.

There usually isn’t much to see from an airplane, especially when the sun is shining fiercely, making it hard to see anything at all. Our seats were on the left side of the cabin. The wind in Hong Kong was blowing from the west that day, so the flight approached from the east of Hong Kong, flying northwest first, then southwest. Although the sun wasn’t shining directly, it slanted into the cabin for most of the time. I didn’t expect to capture any good shots, but seeing the beautiful scenery along the way, especially when the plane flew almost parallel to the Tsing Ma Bridge, I couldn’t resist recording this view, even knowing the footage taken through the window wouldn’t be ideal.