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