Sendai Shi

Sendai is the largest city in the Tohoku region of Japan's Honshu island, with around 1 million people. It is the capital of Miyagi prefecture. As everyone here will tell you, "Sendai is not too big and not too small, it's very convenient and it's close to both the sea and the mountains." Sakunami hot springs area of the city has a separate article.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sendai Castle and Sendai Mediatheque.

Sendai Castle

Castle

Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aoba Castle is a Japanese castle located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Throughout the Edo period, Aoba Castle was home to the Date clan, daimyō of Sendai Domain.

Sendai Mediatheque

Library

Photo: scarletgreen, CC BY 2.0.

Sendai Mediatheque is a library in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was designed by Toyo Ito in 1995 and completed in 2001.

Sendai City Museum

Museum

Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sendai City Museum is the main museum of Sendai, Japan, and is located in the former Third Bailey of Sendai Castle. The museum displays various artifacts related to the Date clan and the history of Sendai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aoba and Taihaku-ku.

Aoba

Suburb

Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aoba-ku is one of five wards of Sendai, the largest city in the Tōhoku region of Japan. Aoba-ku encompasses 302.278 km² and had a population of 296,551, with 147,622 households as of March 1, 2012.

Taihaku-ku

Suburb

Photo: Kinori, Public domain.

Taihaku-ku is the southernmost ward of the city Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2023, the ward had a population of 234,391 and a population density of 1028 persons per km2 in 113,068 households.

Sendai Shi

Also known as: “Sendai” and “Sendai-shi”
Location: Miyagi, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

38.2471° or 38° 14′ 50″ north

Longitude

140.8798° or 140° 52′ 47″ east

Elevation

50 metres (164 feet)

Open location code

8RC26VWH+RW

GeoNames ID

2111147

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Sendai Shi” goes by many names.

Japanese: “せんだい”
Japanese: “せんだいし”
Japanese: “センダイシ”
Japanese: “仙台”
Japanese: “仙台市”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sendai Shi”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.