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Sendai

4 attractions

Sendai is a stop on 1 slow-travel rail route in this guide. Here is what to see and how to reach each sight on foot from the station.

Attractions in Sendai

Zuihōden Mausoleum

Lavishly carved and gilded tomb of warlord Date Masamune among tall cedars.

🚶 26 minNavigate 🧭

Sendai Castle Ruins

A hilltop plateau of old stone walls where a bronze Masamune rides above the city lights.

🚶 32 minNavigate 🧭

Ōsaki Hachimangū

A black-lacquered and gold shrine of 1607, the finest Momoyama building in the north.

🚆 4 kmNavigate 🧭

Gyūtan Alley

Charcoal counters near the station slicing and grilling Sendai’s thick-cut beef tongue.

🚶 1 minNavigate 🧭

🚕 Airport transfer

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Reached with these passes & routes

🇯🇵Tohoku: Sendai & the Pine IslandsJapan Rail Pass