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Zuihoden Mausoleum
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Miyagi Zao Fox Village
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Matsushima Shimameguri Kankosen cruises
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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium
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Osaki Hachimangu Shrine
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Loople Sendai
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Godaido Temple
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Shiroishi Castle
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Sendai City Museum
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Minamisanriku Sansan Shopping street
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Unmissable Autumn Leaf-viewing spots in Japan
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Best 5 Onsen Easily Accessible from Sendai
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Tanabata: Celebrating the Star Festival in Style
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What is Miyagi?
Lying along the northeastern coast of Japan, Miyagi prefecture is home to lashings of natural parks, oysters, and hot springs. While the bustling city of Sendai offers some simple city entertainment, it’s the Matsushima islands that deserve the most attention, having boosted the prefecture’s reputation as one of Japan’s most scenic views.
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- Sendai delicacies: beef tongue, mashed green soybeans and fish and roe rice
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- Sendai is the largest city in the Tohoku region. In this city famous as for its cuisine, there are plenty of local specialties to try. Unique to this city is that you can forget about sightseeing and eat until you drop! Go on a journey of eating until you can eat no more before getting in the Shinkansen to go home.
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- One-day trip in Sendai on the retro Loople bus
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- If you visit Sendai for the first time, we recommend you to take the retro loop bus, Loople Sendai. This plan recommends the best tourism spots in the center of Sendai, such as art, cuisine and cute souvenirs, and is a smart and easy way to enjoy the city.
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- Take the Shiji Kairo pilgrimage course to witness the beauty of Tohoku’s sacred sites
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- Shiji Kairo is a pilgrimage course that weaves along four temples in the Tohoku region. It is such a famous and beautiful route that it’s been immortalised in a number of Japanese literary works, such as “Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)” by Matsuo Basho. Here is a plan to visit Risshaku-ji Temple in Yamagata Prefecture, Zuigan-ji Temple in Matsushima and Chuson-ji Temple and Motsu-ji Temple in Hiraizumi. Experience the pilgrimage as the great haiku poet did.
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What to Wear
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- Warm Cloth
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- Warm Cloth
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- Warm Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Long
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- Short
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- Jacket
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- Warm Cloth
Getting Around
While we would recommend making a beeline for Miyagi's more rural areas, a trip to Sendai is almost unavoidable, with Sendai Station the gateway to the prefecture. A 1.5-hour bullet train journey north to Sendai will set you back around 10,000 yen - or nothing if you're on the JR Pass - while local trains will bring you into the prefecture for around half the price but several times the journey length.
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