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I made negitoro don for dinner the other night. Negitoro don is a donburi, meaning a rice bowl. It's made by topping the rice with julienned omelet, chopped raw tuna, sliced green onions, and strips of nori.
 It's not a spring specialty per se, but the colors are very beautiful and springlike. Sakura blossoms at the entrance to the Kitakami Poem Park, located in the middle of Kitakami City.
 In 1974, Kitakami and Concord, California became sister cities. Here in Kitakami, the relationship is commemorated in a small section of the Kitakami Poem Park.
 The sakura trees are blooming everywhere in Kitakami. These trees are in Tenshochi, the park that runs alongside the Kitakami River.
 Back in early March, I was out walking the dogs when I spotted a train I'd never seen before.
 It's Joyful Train Kogane, a special-service train that doesn't usually run on the Tohoku mainline through Kitakami. It's not really a manhole cover, but Sendai also has decorative access panels for their underground utilities.
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