Culture Sendai Daikannon. View all places. Around Miyagi Area Sendai Ask any resident of Sendai about their city and they will tell you it is sumiyasui, meaning easy to live. Area Matsushima The name Matsushima conjures ancient images — clusters of rugged, pine-clad islets in a snowy winter mist or framed in a glittering bay and magnificent summer sunset.
Area Zao Zao is a mountainous region located in south-west Miyagi — perhaps best known for the beautiful Okama crater located close to the summit of Mount Zao, which also borders Yamagata prefecture..
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Miyagi is also home to a ferry port and the Sendai International Airport. Direct flights are available from Taiwan, China, Thailand, and Korea, as well as major cities across Japan. A flight to Sendai from Sapporo takes just 75 minutes, a flight from Osaka just 85 minutes. We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience.
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The area was badly affected by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami but is gradually recovering. Kesennuma at the north eastern tip of Miyagi was a major fishing port on the Sanriku Coast. The Rias Ark Museum survived the disaster. Anbasan is a meter hill overlooking the city. Shiroishi to the south of Sendai has the restored Shiroishi Castle and some pretty Edo Period streets to wander. Wakuya Castle , north of Sendai, originally dates from the 16th century.
Largely pulled down at the beginning of the Meiji Period, only the impressive stone walls and a turret remain. Sendai city hosts its famous Tanabata festival in August.
Bamboo poles are decorated with paper streamers and there are parades along Jozenji Dori and firework displays. Other important festivals in Sendai include the Aoba Festival on the third weekend of May with processions of colorful floats accompanied by people in samurai dress and taiko music. During the Edo Period the Date clan were to rule Sendai domain han which included all of present-day Miyagi Prefecture.
During Masamune's rule, Tsunenaga Hasekura , sailed to Mexico and Spain as his lord's ambassador. Hasekura's vessel of men was one of the first Japanese ships to cross the Pacific. Hasekura returned to Japan in having been baptized a Christian, but by this time Christianity was out of favor with the Tokugawa regime and Hasekura's son the head priest of Komyoji Temple and some of his servants were executed for their faith. Sendai was heavily bombed during World War II and was also affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
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