Themes: Matsuo Basho (松尾芭蕉), Date Masamune (伊達政宗)

Mogami (最上氏) and Date (伊達氏) clans

Major history of city began with Date daimyō, Date Masamune.

名物、食品:牛タン、炉端焼き、ずんだ餅

酒:

名物: 柳宇和氏、こけし

Yamagata Castle, connected to Date Masamune

Ōsaki Hachiman-gu (国宝大崎八幡宮), shrine ordered built by Date Masamune

名物：酒

• Visit Sendai
  • Day 1
    • Aoba Joshi (青葉城址), Aoba castle (Date's) ruins
    • Sendai City Museum (仙台市博物館), Date Masamune’s armour
    • Zuihōden (瑞鳳殿): grave of Date Masamune
  • Visit Matsushima (松島)
    • Zuiganji Temple: first built 828 CE, rebuilt by Date Masamune in 1609 as his family temple
    • Entsuin Temple: built to honor Masamune's grandson, Mitsumune
    • Godaido
  • Visit Hiraizumi
    • Chusonji Temple
    • Motsuji Temple
    • Takadachi Giko-do: place where Minamoto no Yoshitsune (first samurai of Kamakura shogunate) committed seppuku; Date Masamune built a memorial to honor it in 1683 and Matsuo Basho visited in 1689
  • Visit Yamagata
    • Yamadera (Rissyakuji): Basho composed famous haiku here
    • Mogami River Boat ride: Basho took a boat tour and wrote haiku about the power of the river
    • Kajo Park: original seat of power of Mogami Clan.
    • Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum: Mogami Yoshiaki's actual battle armor—complete with a bullet dent from a matchlock gun
    • Senshoji Temple: temple holds the family graves of the Mogami Clan, including the final resting place of Mogami Yoshiaki