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