Downtown Sendai City
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The central downtown area of Sendai City, the largest city in Tohoku, boasts numerous shopping and dining establishments, so visitors can have fun as they eat, walk, and shop as they explore the city. In particular, Sendai's New Year's sales campaign starting on January 2 is a time of big competitive sales with eye-catching prices that only happens once a year. The number of tax-free stores, stores with multilingual menus, and free Wi-Fi hotspots are on the rise in shopping areas, so visitors can have a pleasant sightseeing experience.
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SEASIDE BEAUTY
More Information about Downtown Sendai City
Street address
- Chuo, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi
Access
- 5 minutes by foot from Sendai Station
Opening Hours
- Varies depending on the establishment
Closed
- Varies depending on the establishment
Best season
- All year
Point
- We urge you to try Sendai specialties like beef tongue, sasakamaboko fish paste, and sweets made with zunda (mashed green soybeans)! Zuke-don seafood bowls, hiyashi chuuka cold ramen, ramen, and other "B-class"gourmet cuisine are also recommended.
update: Sep.3.2024

Spots around
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Shiroishi Castle / Sumaru Yashiki (House)
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Bar hopping in Iroha Yokocho
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Matsushima Sightseeing Cruise
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Kataribe taxi
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Site of Sendai Castle
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Abe Kamaboko-ten Main Store - Specialists in Kamaboko (steamed seasoned fish paste)
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Sendai Mediatheque
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Zao Okama crater lake
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Urakasumi Sake Brewery
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Accommodation in Oku-Matsushima
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Naruko Onsen Hot Springs
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Johgi Nyorai
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Sendai Daikannon
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Sushitetsu
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Otaka-Mori
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Sendai Station
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Discovery Center
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Sendai Station
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Kirin Brewery Sendai
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Matsushima Islands Area
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Sagakei Gorge
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Sendai-Izumi Premium Outlets
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Yajiro Kokeshi Village
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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium/Mitsui Outlet Park
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Shiogama Shrine/Shiwahiko Shrine
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Akiu Kogei no Sato (Akiu Craft Park)
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Kokubuncho Yokocho (Alleyways of Kokubuncho District)
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Miyagi Zao Tour of Juhyo, Ice Monster
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Zao Fox Village
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Matsushima Islands Area
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Zuihoden Mausoleum
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Oshu Kaido Street Umen Bansho (Shiroishi Umen)
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Hitome Senbonzakura (1,000 Sakura trees at a glance)
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SENDAI Tourist Information Desk
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Sendai City Museum
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Naruko-kyo Gorge
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Ishinomori Manga Museum
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Ruins of the Great
East Japan Earthquake:
Sendai Arahama Elementary
School -
Osaki Hachimangu Shrine
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Yunushi Ichijo Ryokan
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Jozenji-dori Ave.
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Loople Sendai
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Sendai 3/11 Memorial Community Center
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Shiogama Seafood Wholesale Market
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Yamadera(Risshaku-ji Temple)
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Akiu Onsenkyo Hot Springs (Akiu Otaki Falls, Rairai-kyo Gorge)
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The Nikka Whisky Sendai Factory Miyagikyo Distillery
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Tsukihama Public Beach (Fishing Experience)