A little over 900km (550+ miles) away from Osaka is Sendai. Yesterday, even the Shinkansen can fail and due to some >20 minute delays around Tokyo I missed a connector train. The normal connection time seems to be 6-15 minutes. Thankfully they got me booked on a train that left only a few minutes after I managed to get the ticket. Not counting the delay time this train was only a bit slower than the one I should have been on. It also separated into two trains partway through the trip so you had to be sure you were in the half you needed to be in (and you could not pass between them from inside).
Sendai station has multiple levels filled with おみやげ shops and restaurants, even a grocery store. A good number of the restaurants served the local specialty, 牛タン, grilled cow tongue. There were over 75 taxis waiting outside in the evening but few people seem to use them. Also, the pillow at the hotel came with an instruction sheet which was kind of scary.
They do provide wired and 64bit WEP wireless and a really good breakfast buffet though.
I have been going to an Izakaya here that serves grilled ox tongue...it is heaven on a stick!
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