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