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descript=Today we take the high speed train to Sendai (pop slightly over 1 million), then on to Matsushima. The train journey takes us through Fukushima - nuclear disaster - never again‎ they say. Matsushima (松島?) is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands (shima) covered in pines (matsu) – hence the name