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宮城県 · Regional selections

Jōba Taiken

Ride through the nature of Zao, seeing the seasons from the saddle.

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Shiogama Minato Matsuri

Two sacred barges carrying portable shrines cross Matsushima Bay, followed by about 100 escort boats. One of Japan's three great boat festivals.

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Aji Shirahama Kaisuiyokujō

A shallow beach whose water is among the clearest in Tohoku. Ajishima offers fishing all year.

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Kurikoma Dashi Matsuri

On the eve, hand dancing and floats moving by night; on the day itself, the musicians play together and the floats go round the town.

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Hatto

A wheat-flour dish of the north of the prefecture. The dough is rested, pulled thin and dropped into soup. Also called hittsumi.

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Shiroishi Umen

Wheat noodles stretched without oil. They are notably short, nine centimetres, and Shiroishi people have eaten them daily.

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Shiogama-shi Uoichiba

A high-hygiene market completed in 2017. From the viewing route on the second floor you can watch the auction.

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Nihon Kokeshi-kan

In Naruko Park, showing some 5,000 traditional kokeshi, with makers demonstrating and painting to try.

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Kenritsu Toshi Kōen Matsushima Kōen

A park along the Matsushima shore, made up of the central and green plazas and Namiuchihama park, with Godaido and Fukuurajima among them.

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Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi

Home ground of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, with a Ferris wheel and a carousel as well.

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Oni Kojūrō Matsuri

A festival in Shiroishi in honour of Katakura Kojuro Shigenaga.

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Hoya

Called the pineapple of the sea. Not a shellfish but a sea squirt, it grows attached to rock. Miyagi produces more than anywhere in Japan.

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Himawari Matsuri

420,000 sunflowers on a hill at Sanbongi in Osaki. Ice cream and sweets are made from the sunflowers too.