Sendai is Tohoku's largest city and gateway to the region. Tree-lined Jozenji-dori glows with lights in winter. Gyutan (beef tongue) is the local obsession. Matsushima Bay's pine-covered islands are a short train ride away.
What Sendai is known for
Top-rated in Sendai
Robata
4.9restaurant
Birthplace of the 'Robatayaki' style of grilling, offering fresh fish and vegetables passed on paddles.
Okawa Elementary School
4.7nature
Okawa Elementary School in the village of Kamaya is one of the most poignant and sobering monuments to the lives lost in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011.
Tashirojima Cat Island
4.7culture
Tiny island where cats outnumber humans ten to one, centered around a feline shrine.
Numanotaira Crater
4.7nature
Numanotaira Crater is about 1.2 kilometers across and 150 meters deep, northwest of Mount Adatara's peak.
Izakaya Chocho
4.6restaurant
Popular izakaya specializing in fresh grilled fish and sake, always lively.
Mt. Kurikoma
4.6nature
Mount Kurikoma is a 1,626-meter peak at the junction of Miyagi, Iwate, and Akita.
Kanahebisui Shrine
4.4shrine
Shrine dedicated to the snake deity of financial fortune, where visitors seek blessings for business prosperity.
Takekoma Inari Shrine
4.4shrine
The Settaya area’s Inari shrine features the standard pair of foxes at its entrance, but in place of the usual female fox is a statue of a vixen and her cub.