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