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04100 ／せんだいし

Sendai City

Named for a legend of hunter brothers.

Banji Rock, Futakuchi Gorge

Photo by kumamushi (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Historic site

Permission for Hayashi Shihei's gravestone cameonly long after his death.

Hayashi Shihei, author of Kaikoku Heidan, died in 1793 and was buried at a temple. Because he was deemed a criminal, a gravestone was not permitted; in 1842 his nephew Hayashi Chinpei set one up.

Died in 1793
Gravestone in 1842
National Historic Site

02 ／ Burial mound

Excavation of the rear moundfound two split-bamboo coffins.

This keyhole-shaped mound stands on a natural levee on the north bank of the Hirose River; the city calls it the largest of its kind in the city. Excavations from 1975 to 1982 found two split-bamboo-shaped wooden coffins, jasper tubular beads and glass beads in the rear mound.

About 110 m long
Two coffins
National Historic Site

03 ／ Natural Monument

A giant torreya tree withnearly round seeds.

The Marumigaya at Toshoji temple has smaller, nearly round seeds compared with ordinary kaya, and its trunk splits into north and south stems. It is also said that Date Masamune planted it to ward off evil from Sendai Castle's northeast.

Trunk splits north and south
Also said planted by Date Masamune
National Natural Monument

Sendai City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot October–November 2023)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Tokyo in 1 h 30 min by Shinkansen.

about 1,100,000 people
90 min to a city centre
Shinkansen stops here

The fastest through train from Tokyo Station to Sendai Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen takes 1 hour 30 minutes with no change (November 2026 timetable). Sendai is a designated city of five wards, Aoba, Miyagino, Wakabayashi, Taihaku and Izumi, and the seat of Miyagi Prefecture.

People living here: 1,096,704people
Area: 786.35km²
Households: 525,455households
Rent (average for rentals): 55,729yen
Healthcare: 56 hospitals ／ 950 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —186 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Sendai City in Japan38.268°N 140.869°E

to TokyoTohoku Shinkansen90min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2026年11月号＝URL の版 2611）の列車ページ。東京駅発の東北・北海道新幹線の下りで、東京の『発』→仙台の『着』を数えた。はやぶさ5号（列車番号5B）は東京08:18発・仙台09:48着で90分。平日・土休日の両方に同じ列車番号・同じ分数で載り、運転日の注記は無い。はやぶさ11号（東京09:36発・仙台11:06着）・17号（10:45発・12:15着）・43号（21:36発・23:06着）も90分で、臨時の注記は無い (checked 2026-10-27). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 12 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Sendai City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

31.1km

Miyagi Prefecture: Kawasaki Town, Taiwa Town, Natori City, Tagajo City, Tomiya City, Rifu Town, Murata Town, Shichigahama Town, Shikama Town
Yamagata Prefecture: Yamagata City, Higashine City, Obanazawa City

Sendai City isthis kind of town.

01Banji Rock lies in Futakuchi Gorge in Akiu, Taihaku Ward, and is a nationally designated place of scenic beauty; the city describes vertical cliffs 150 m high running over 3 km
02Hayashi Shihei's grave in Aoba Ward and the Toomizuka Tumulus in Wakabayashi Ward are national historic sites, and the Marumigaya of Toshoji in Aoba Ward is a national natural monument
03The Koriyama Government Office Site Group in Taihaku Ward is also a national historic site, and the city explains that the Phase II office is considered the early Mutsu provincial office predating Tagajo

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Sendai City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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