Miyagi Sightseeing Guide SENDAI

　Loople Sendai

■Sightseeing Guide

The Loople Sendai is a bus with a nostalgic appearance, leaving from Sendai station and running in a circular route, taking approximately an hour to visit the main sightseeing spots in central Sendai. The single ride fare is \250 for an adult and \130 for a child for all destinations. A one day free pass also is available for \600 for an adult and \300 for a child. The bus stops at spots such as the Site of Sendai Castle, Zuihoden Mausoleum, Sendai City Museum and Miyagi Museum of Art.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-222-4069(Sendai City Tourist Information Center)
○Web site: http://www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/e/index.html

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　Site of Sendai Castle

■Sightseeing Guide

The site of the resident castle of the lord Date (1567-1636) was established at an altitude of 120m, on a natural cliff fortress defending the East and the West. The stone wall and the reestablished corner turret are the only remainders of the old times, and the site is currently open to the public as a park. In the park, there is a mounted statue of the lord Date Masamune, as well as the Aoba Castle Material Museum, where a computer graphics generated movie of the restored Aoba Castle is shown.

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　Sendai City Museum

■Sightseeing Guide

The Sendai City Museum introduces the history, culture and art of the domain of Sendai, consisting mainly of the cultural assets associated with the Date Clan. Related materials such as the armors of successive lords of the domain including the lord Date Masamune and the Hasekura Tsunenaga's Keicho Diplomatic Mission to Europe, which is designated as national treasures, are also displayed.

○For further information, contact the following:
Telephone No.: 81-22-225-2557(Sendai City Museum)
○Web site: http://www.city.sendai.jp/kyouiku/museum/museum-e.html

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　Sendai Mediatheque

■Sightseeing Guide

The Sendai Mediatheque is a 21st century style complex designed to learn and enjoy through the media facilities such as a library, a gallery and a studio.

○For further information, contact the following:
Telephone No.: 81-22-713-3171(Sendai Mediatheque)
Fax No.: 81-22-713-4482
○E-mail:office@sint.city.sendai.jp
○Web site http://www.smt.city.sendai.jp/en/

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　Hirose River

■Sightseeing Guide

The limpid Hirose River flows through the center of the city of Sendai which has a population of 1 million, and is cherished by the citizens as a symbol of Sendai. It lends its name to posterity by making appearance in many songs and literary works, such as stories of the poet Bansui Doi (1871-1952).

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　Zuihoden Mausoleum

■Sightseeing Guide

The Zuihoden Mausoleum is the mausoleum of the domain lord of Sendai, Date Masamune (1567-1636), and stands on a hillock called Kyogamine. The Momoyama Style of architecture, which is rich in pageantry, is surrounded by a clump of Japanese cedars and is breathtakingly beautiful. Tadamune the second, and Tsunamune the third rest here.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-262-6251(Zuihoden Mausoleum)
○Web site: http://www.zuihoden.com/

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　Miyagi Museum of Art

■Sightseeing Guide

The Miyagi Museum of Art houses approximately 2000 art pieces of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, as well as artists associated with Miyagi prefecture and the Tohoku region. There is also a courtyard called "Alice's Garden" containing pieces of sculpture, and an annex called the Churyo Sato (a sculptor) Gallery.

○For further information, contact the following:
Telephone No.: 81-22-221-2111(Miyagi Museum of Art)
Fax No.: 81-22-221-2115
○Web site http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/bijyutu/museum/

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　Ichibancho Shopping Mall

■Sightseeing Guide

The Ichibancho Shopping Mall is the center of the fashion and culture of Sendai.

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　Jozenji-Dori Avenue

■Sightseeing Guide

The Jozenji-Dori Avenue is lined with beautiful zelkova tress, filling the valleys of the buildings. The bronze sculptures represented by the El Greco's "Memory of Summer" are scattered around the promenade on the median strip. The Jozenji-Dori Avenue is the symbol road of Sendai as the capital of green, where both the green and the art can be enjoyed simultaneously.
The Pageant of Starlight takes place in December, with the rows of zelkova trees decorated with beautiful illuminations.

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　Sendai International Center

■Sightseeing Guide

The Sendai International Center is a convention center where the exchange of various areas such as academic, culture and economy is enabled through the use of diverse conventions and events, including international conferences.

○For further information, contact the following:
Telephone No.: 81-22-265-2450(Sendai International Center)
Fax No.: 81-22-265-2485
○E-mail:plan@sira.or.jp
○Web site: http://www.sira.or.jp/english/i_center/index.html

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　Osaki Hachiman Shrine

■Sightseeing Guide

The Osaki Hachiman Shrine was erected in 1607 by the lord Date Masamune (1567-1636) to deify the guardian of the Date Clan. The attraction is a stylish Momoyama Style of architecture, concentrated in the magnificent shrine pavilions, and is currently under restoration for preservation until October of 2003. The shrine is also a well known venue for the annual Dontosai Festival on January 14th.

○For further information, contact the following:
Telephone No.: 81-22-273-1788(Osaki Hachiman Shrine)
Fax No.: 81-22-273-1788
○E-mail:oosaki@okos.co.jp
○Web site: http://www.okos.co.jp/oosaki/

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　Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum

■Sightseeing Guide

The Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum is an innovative museum, where the Tomizawa ruins, a 20,000 year-old ruins dating back to the Paleolithic Era, have been excavated, and the actual site is preserved and open to the public. Time-skipping feelings can be enjoyed at the re-creation corner of the geologic stratum cross section display and the ancient environment displayed on a screen.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-246-9158
○Web site: http://www.city.sendai.jp/kyouiku/chiteinomori/index.html

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　Sendai from a Distance

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　Dontosai Festival

■Sightseeing Guide

The annual Dontosai Festival takes place on January 14th. This is a traditional event in which people dedicate the pine decorations from the New Year celebration - the straw festoons decorated with paper strips and images of Dharma, to the shrine, and then burn them to pray for a rush of business and for a perfect state of health.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-267-6292(Sendai City)
○E-mail:kankokoryu@siip.sendai.jp

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　Sendai Aoba Festival

■Sightseeing Guide

This parade of decorated floats and warriors hit the streets lined with zelkova trees that abundant with fresh green leaves. The parade is lively and full of festal pomp. The chirpy squads of people dance the "Suzume-Odori (Sparrow Dance) along to the festival music. The Sendai Aoba Festival heralds spring to the castle town of Sendai.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-223-4941(Sendai Aoba Festival Executive Office)
○E-mail:info@aoba-matsuri.com
○Web site: http://www.aoba-matsuri.com/english/index.html

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　Sendai Tanabata Festival

■Sightseeing Guide

The Sendai Tanabata Festival is a summer feature of Sendai, taking place over three days from August 6th to 8th. The streets of the city are decorated with ornaments of Japanese paper attached on green bamboo logs swinging in the wind. More than 1,500 of these bamboo ornaments filled with variety, such as having banderoles and gimmicks, cover the main streets of Sendai. The fireworks that take place on the eve of the festival, and the parades that take place for the duration of the festival, are not to be missed events.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-217-1551(Sendai Tanabata Festival Executive Office)
○Web site: http://www.sendaicci.or.jp/tanabata/index.html

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　Jozenji Street Jazz Festival

■Sightseeing Guide

The Jozenji Street Jazz Festival is the world's largest music festival, in which over 500 bands from nationwide Japan gather and stage their performances on the streets, mainly around Jozenji Street. Not only jazz, but a variety of genres of music can be enjoyed at this festival.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-722-7382(Joszenji Street Jazz Festival Executive Office)
○Web site: http://www.j-streetjazz.com/

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　Michinoku Yosakoi Festival

■Sightseeing Guide

The principle of this new festival is freedom and creativity, which no other traditional festivals have. The spectators are overwhelmed by the loud sounds and the strenuous dances.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-268-2674(Michinoku Yosakoi Festival Executive Committee)
○E-mail:info@michinoku-yosakoi.net
○Web site: http://www.michinoku-yosakoi.net/

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　Sendai Pageant of Starlight

■Sightseeing Guide

The hundreds of thousands of illuminations are lit on the two main symbolic streets of Sendai. The rows of zelkova trees turn into a grove of starlight. The Sendai Pageant of Starlight is a romantic event that local Sendai inhabitants eagerly await for.

○For further information, contact the following:
Fax No.: 81-22-261-6516(Sendai Pageant of Starlight Executive Committee)
○E-mail:s_hikari_p@m6.dion.ne.jp
○Web site: http://www2.jc-21.ac.jp/hikari/

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