Continuing from what I covered last time, I’d like to introduce trains in Sendai City today. First, let’s take a quick look at Sendai City. Located about 350 kilometers north of Tokyo, Sendai is the political and economic center of the Tohoku Region. As of October 2024, it has a population of 1,096,168. Sendai is densely populated, yet nationwide it’s known as a modern city in harmony with nature. The city offers beautiful scenery, such as the Hirose River running through central Sendai and the lush zelkova trees lining its streets. Rairai-kyo Gorge, which I introduced in my last post, is another must-see spot in the city.
After visiting Rairai-kyo, I returned to the city center and visited the Sendai Subway Namboku Line. My target was a new model named the EMU 3000 series, recently introduced by the Sendai City Transportation Bureau. How was the 3000 series? Oh, please refrain from asking this question—the 3000 series hadn’t debuted yet. According to the Transportation Bureau, the 3000 series was still in Tomizawa Depot and would debut on the 24th of this month. I got here a little too early. Never mind. I got off at Yaotome Station, a railfans’ spot where we can photograph subway trains on the elevated track during the daytime. I enjoyed shooting the existing 1000 series trains backed by the Funagata mountain range. I could also photograph the dark underground section at Kotodai-Koen Station. That’s quite all right too.
