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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Oshu Kaido Street Umen Bansho (Shiroishi Umen)
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Sendai Mediatheque
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Zao Okama crater lake
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Abe Kamaboko-ten Main Store - Specialists in Kamaboko (steamed seasoned fish paste)
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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium/Mitsui Outlet Park
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SENDAI Tourist Information Desk
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Discovery Center
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Loople Sendai
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Matsushima Islands Area
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Bar hopping in Iroha Yokocho
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Miyagi Zao Tour of Juhyo, Ice Monster
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Kirin Brewery Sendai
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Sendai Daikannon
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Site of Sendai Castle
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Ishinomori Manga Museum
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Sendai City Museum
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Johgi Nyorai
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Naruko-kyo Gorge
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Kataribe taxi
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Urakasumi Sake Brewery
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Sendai Station
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Otaka-Mori
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Sendai 3/11 Memorial Community Center
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Zuihoden Mausoleum
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Yajiro Kokeshi Village
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Tsukihama Public Beach (Fishing Experience)
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Matsushima Sightseeing Cruise
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Zao Fox Village
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Ruins of the Great
East Japan Earthquake:
Sendai Arahama Elementary
School -
Yamadera(Risshaku-ji Temple)
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Yunushi Ichijo Ryokan
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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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Hitome Senbonzakura (1,000 Sakura trees at a glance)
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Matsushima Islands Area
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Sushitetsu
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Osaki Hachimangu Shrine
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Naruko Onsen Hot Springs
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Shiogama Seafood Wholesale Market
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Shiogama Shrine/Shiwahiko Shrine
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Akiu Onsenkyo Hot Springs (Akiu Otaki Falls, Rairai-kyo Gorge)
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Sendai-Izumi Premium Outlets
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Jozenji-dori Ave.
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Sagakei Gorge
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The Nikka Whisky Sendai Factory Miyagikyo Distillery
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Sendai Station
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Accommodation in Oku-Matsushima