Sendai City Museum
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The museum was built in the Sannomaru enclosure on the site of the remains of Sendai castle for the purpose of preserving, exhibiting, and studying a set of materials (cultural assets) donated by the Date family of Sendai (One of the samurai families that has continued since the Kamakura Era.) .
The museum houses a collection of documents from the Keicho mission to Europe—a national treasure that includes a portrait of Hasekura Tsunenaga that is also a national treasure as well as a registered UNESCO Memory of the World—and historical and artistic collections, mostly from the Edo period, that concern Sendai. The museum's permanent exhibits display about 1,000 pieces at any one time.
The museum houses a collection of documents from the Keicho mission to Europe—a national treasure that includes a portrait of Hasekura Tsunenaga that is also a national treasure as well as a registered UNESCO Memory of the World—and historical and artistic collections, mostly from the Edo period, that concern Sendai. The museum's permanent exhibits display about 1,000 pieces at any one time.
More Information about Sendai City Museum
Street address
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Kawauchi 26, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi
(remains of Sendai Castle Sannomaru)
Access
Route1
- From Bus Station #16 at the Sendai Station West Exit Bus Pool, take the Loople Sendai bus and get off at Hakubutsukan-Kokusai Center-mae.
Takes 19 minutes.
- From Bus Station #16 at the Sendai Station West Exit Bus Pool, take the Loople Sendai bus and get off at Hakubutsukan-Kokusai Center-mae.
Route2
- Take the Sendai Subway Tozai line and get off at International Centre Station.
It’s an 8-minute walk from the Minami 1 exit.
- Take the Sendai Subway Tozai line and get off at International Centre Station.
Opening Hours
- 9:00-16:45
(last entrance at 16:15)
Closed
- Mondays (open on Mondays that are holidays)
Days after holidays (open on Saturdays, Sundays after holidays)
Best season
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Point

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