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Miyagi-no-Meiji-mura

Tome keeps Meiji-era Western and quasi-Western buildings — a school, the prefectural office, a police station. Together they go by this name.

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JR Fruit Park Sendai Arahama

Pick from more than 150 varieties across eight crops — strawberries, apples, grapes and others — all year round. A farm shop and cafe adjoin.

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Kokia Light-up

Kochia lit up at night in Michinoku Park, about 75 minutes by bus from Sendai Station.

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Hōmei Shijūhattaki

The collective name for the falls, large and small, on the upper Hirose River. The sound was likened to the cry of a phoenix.

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Hokki-meshi

A local dish of Yamamoto and Watari eaten alongside autumn's harakomeshi, made with surf clams caught from winter into spring.

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Tadokoro Shokuhin Kankō Budōen

A visitor farm in Yamamoto, once a grape district and held to be the birthplace of grape juice in Japan. Pick Shine Muscat and Pione.

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Zunda

A sweet made from mashed green soybeans. The name is thought to come from zunda, a slurring of "bean pounding"; some say Masamune coined it.

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Sendai Aoba Festival

Descended from the Edo-period Sendai Festival and revived on the 350th anniversary of Masamune's death, with sparrow dancing, a warrior procession and…

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Hitome Senbonzakura and Funaoka Castle Ruins Park Cherry Blossoms

About 1,200 cherry trees run eight kilometres along the Shiroishi River bank. They bloom while snow still lies on the Zao range. Funaoka castle park h…

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Miyagi Prefecture Shizugawa Nature House

The only public education centre in Tohoku for marine nature study. Sea kayaking and raft building on Shizugawa Bay.

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Kuriden Museum

A museum of the Kurihara railway, which began in 1921 and closed in 2007. You can take the controls in a real driver's cab.

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SENDAI Pageant of Starlight

Begun by volunteers from the city. Hundreds of thousands of lights fill the zelkova trees along Jozenji Street.

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Kurikoma-san (Iwakagami-daira)

Besides the central and Higashi-Kurikoma routes from Iwakagami-daira, four other trails climb the mountain.

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Jōgi Nyorai

Six kilometres northeast of Sakunami Onsen. Gokurakusan Saihoji, known as Jogi Nyorai, with souvenir shops along the approach.

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Kuri dango

A speciality of Naruko Onsen: a large chestnut inside soft mochi, under a thick soy-flavoured sauce.

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Chacha World Ishikoshi

An amusement park with a racing circuit, a super slider and a boating pond.

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Gojūnotō

A pagoda raised in gratitude for Taira no Sadayoshi, for his repose and for lasting peace. It is opened on the 7th of each month from March to Novembe…

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Sendai Ichigo Sweets

Miyagi grows more strawberries than anywhere else in Tohoku, mainly in Watari and Yamamoto, where growing continued through the disaster.

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Kinka Katsuo and Kinka Saba

Caught off Sanriku and Kinkasan and landed at Ishinomaki fish market, only those meeting the standard are certified.

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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium

A large tank recreating the Sanriku sea, with dolphin and sea lion shows in one of the largest stadiums in Tohoku.

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Higashimatsushima Natsu Matsuri

A summer festival held in Higashimatsushima.

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Iwaizaki Shiozukuri Taikenkan

Iwaisaki was once the Sendai domain's saltworks. Learn that history while making natural salt from seawater.

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Kawamachi Terrace Yuriage

A shopping complex at Yuriage, the mouth of the Natori River, 26 minutes by bus from Natori Station.

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Aone Onsen Yuki Akari

Local people and children build many small snow shrines and set candles inside — a winter event particular to a hot spring in the hills.