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22min.
SENDAI
A B C D Sendai City Subway SENDAI AREA TRANSPORTATION
Akedori Abe-Kamaboko: to Aomori to Morioka to Ishinomaki
Izumi Plant
Rifu Shirakashidai JR Tohoku Shinkansen (bullet train)
Running time between stations
interchange highway Shirakashidai Izumi Chuo NARUKO-ONSEN
2min. Yaotome STN.
Izumi JR RIKUUTOSEN LINE
Miyagi University NARUKO
Miyagi Prefectural Library
interchange
highway
TOMIYA TOWN Sendai Hokubu Road RIFU TOWN 4min. Kuromatsu (Approx.40min by"Kaisoku"express train)

Akashidai
5min. Asahigaoka
Kita-Takamori Nanakita
263
Composite Sports Garden
7min. Dainohara
Sendai Royal
Park Hotel 22 56 of Miyagi Grandy 21 Rifunaka 9min. Kitasendai JR TOHOKU SHINKANSEN FURUKAWA STN.
Takamori
1 Teraoka
Katsura
Akashi-Minami Higashi-Koyodai
interchange
11min. Kita Yoban cho
(Approx.15min)
MATSUSHIMA
Morigo highway
Shogen 8 JR SENZAN LINE JR TOHOKU LINE MATSUSHIMA
Koyodai
264
Miyagi Stadium
Sanriku Expressway
12min. Kotodai Koen (Approx.30min) (Approx.25min) STN.
Shoryo MATSUSHIMA
Tohoku Expressway Yama-no-tera 14min. Hirose Dori IZUMI CHUO STN.
Nomura Nanakita
P26 Tohoku Gakuin Univ.
Rifu SAKUNAMI -KAIGAN STN.
457 Shellcom Izumity 21
Rifu Stn.
SAKUNAMI JR SENSEKI LINE
Furuuchi Dept. of Liberal Arts 15min. SENDAI
Sendai
Izumi General
Izumi Ward Office
Izumi-Chuo Stn.
Matsumori Sugaya
Iidoi JR Tohoku Shinkansen
Sendai Rolling
STN. SENDAI (Approx.20min by
"Kaisoku"express train)
Athletic Field
Children’s Space Center Tsurugaoka Stocks Base Rifu-Shiogama BUS(Approx.50min)
Minozawa 4
Sendai Shirayuri interchange 17min. Itsutsu bashi AIRPORT LIMOUSINE BUS
IZUMI WARD Sendai Stadium
Ichinazaka Women’s College
Sugayadai
highway AKIU (Approx.40min)
259 Atago bashi 19min. JR TOHOKU LINE TOMIZAWA STN.
Kitanakayama 35 Shin-Rifu Stn. Kase (Approx.20min)
37
Kamiyasawa Kawaramachi 20min. SENDAI AIRPORT
Kamo Sendai Subway TATEKOSHI STN.
i ne 3
Nagamachi 1 chome 22min.
jo L
Chomeigaoka Mizuhodai Izum BUS
Rifu JCT
Ka n Yaotome Stn. i-Shio (Approx.100min) AIRPORT RELAY BUS
Minaminakayama gama
K it a (Approx.12min)
Sendai
Matsumori Line Ichikawa Nagamachi 23min.
Nijinooka
Mayfair Plaza JR TOHOKU SHINKANSEN
Miyagi Gakuin Sendai Wasse Yaotome 35 Nagamachi Minami 25min. (Approx.15min)
Kawadaira Women’s College Site of Taga Castle 35 ZAO SHIROISHI-ZAO STN.
Kuromatsu Tomizawa 28min.
2 Nakayamadai
264 Tohoku Living Kuromatsu Stn. Business Ryokan
Sato-ya
Nanakita River
Iwakiri Stn.
Nangu Tohoku Gakuin Univ.
Time:From Izumichuo
New World Hotel Culture College Faculty of Engineering

   
Nankodai Nankodai-Higashi
Sendai Dai-Kannon Futabagaoka 22 Asahigaoka-tsutsumi Rikuzen-San’no
Sakuragaoka Sendai Science Museum Iwakiri
Sendai City Youth Culture Center Stn. Tohoku History Museum
Sendai Tsurugaya San’no
Sagigamori
Literature
Asahigaoka Stn.

Yoshinari Nakayama
Sendai Izumi Line
Mizunomori
Museum Asahigaoka JR Tohoku Line 141
Shinden
TAGAJO CITY Tagajo Stn.
Dainohara Stn. Dainohara Tsurugaya-Higashi
Rinnoji Temple
Takahashi Sendai Festivals Highlighting the Four Seasons
Kunimigaoka Tohoku Fukushi
37
University Kitayama Stn. Tohoku College of Pharmacy 45 Enjoy Sendai's festivals,
MinamiYoshinari Kita-Sendai Stn. Tsubamesawa
Tohoku Bunka
Kaigamori
Kitayama Aoba Gymnasium
Komatsushima
Tohoku Rosai Hospital
Anyoji MIYAGINO Nakano-sakae Stn.
23 which are unfolded like a picture scroll before your eyes.
Toricho Sendai Toshogu Shrine 8 Sendaiko Kita
Higashi-Sendai
Gakuen University Kita-Sendai Stn. Senzan Line Kozuru Tago

Aramaki
Serizawa Keisuke Tohoku Univ. Faculty of Agriculture Ninomori Higashi-Sendai WARD Rikuzen Takasago
interchange highway


Miyagi International Association Toshogu Stn.
Art & Craft Museum Stn. Fukudamachi Stn.
Ryokan Kawazoe Stn. Yume Messe Miyagi
Kuzuoka AOBA WARD Maple Sendai Miyamachi Saiwaicho Shinden Branch Senseki Lin
e Sendai Aoba Festival
Youth Hostel
Sendai Sun Hotel Kamisugi Sendai YWCA Consulate General of the Rep. of Korea Sendai Port International
Heated Swimming Pool Kunimi Kita-Yobancho Stn. Sendai Business Hotel Business-Support Center Third Sunday of May and the preceding day
Kunimi Stn. Kashiwagi Traning Center Shofu-So Ryokan Chitoseya Tsutsujigoka Park Heisei
to Rikuzen Ochiai Tohoku Univ. Hospital Korea National Tourism Kamisugi Kampo Health Sendai Museum of Hinodecho Sendai Port Higashi Niban-cho Street Jozenji-dori Streets
Osaki Hachiman Shrine Organzation
P18.19 Aoba Ward Office
Plaza Sendai Odawara
Palece Miyagino Nishikicho History and Folklore Ryokan Nigatake Nakano Citizen's Square
3 Sendai City Hall Miyagi
Prefectural KKR Hotel Sendai
Business Hotel Excel
Haranomachi
Nigatake Stn.
Nigatake
45
Ogimachi Fukudamachi
Tohoku Kosei Nenkin Hospital
Kirin Brewery
Kuzuoka Stn. 48 Office Miyagino Ward Hotel Chateau 10 Sendai Plant On Sunday, splendid yamaboko floats and armored warriors parade
Goroku Tsunogoro Kotodai Koen Stn. Tsutsujigaoka Office Haramachi through the streets, while on the eve of the festival various
to Sakunami Onsen Rikuzen Haranomachi Stn.
Sendai Buke Yashiki Miyagi Museum of Art Temmangu Shrine
Sendai Regional Immigration Bureau 139 spectacular events such as the Sparrow Dance Contest are held. This
Road
Sendai Nishi 48 Hirose-Dori Stn. SENDAI Stn. Shiratori Nakano
National Sendai Hospital Fukudamachi- festival marks the arrival of spring in the old castle town of Sendai.
Natural History Loople Sendai Route Aoba-dori Miyaginohara Stn. Minami
Museum Ryokan Bairin
Sendai International Center
Oritate Miyagi University of Education Kawauchi Miyaginohara General Athletic Field




Sendai Sun Plaza Gamo Higata
Tsutsujigaoka Stn. Oroshimachi- Kanesaki
Sendai CityOtemachi Sendai Stn. San Festa Higashi
Museum Mielparque Sendai 137 Site Miyagino Sasakama-kan
Sendai-Miyagi Metal Museum of Mutsu Sendai-Oroshi Center Hotel
Moniwa interchange Tohoku Univ. Tohoku Univ. Faculty Site of Sendai Castle
Hirose River
Kokubunji Temple Oroshimachi Sendai Tanabata Festival
Gamo
highway Faculty of Science of Engineering Zuihoden Ryokan Shirahagimachi 23 August 6—8
31
Shishiochi Ryokan
Morishige Itsutsubashi Stn. Kinoshita Yamatomachi
Aramaki Izai Nakakecho Chuo-dori Street
Hotel Wakoso Itsutsubashi Yakushido (Basho Monument) Okada
Tohoku Gakuin Univ. 235 Wakabayashi Ward
Kabanomachi Sendai-Higashi Higashi Ichiban-cho and others
Yagiyama Zoological Park Atagobashi Stn. Sunpia Sendai Arai interchange
Tohoku Institute of Technology Atago Shrine Culture Center A must-see summer sight, tanabata
235 highway 10 decorations are artfully made from strips of
Yagiyama Beny-land Mukaiyama Kawaramachi Stn. Wakabayashi Ward Office Nakakura
SENDAI CITY Yagiyama-Honcho
(amusement park)
Aoyama
Mogasaki
Miyagi Prefecture
Martial Art Center
Minami-
Koizumi
Tomizuka

4
Minami Koizumi
Chokijo
Japanese paper and attached to
fresh, green bamboo poles. Over 1,500
colorful decorations including those with
Yasoen Wild Furujiro Kasuminome Agriculture &
Plants Garden Nagamachi Itchome Stn. Horticulture Center streamers and with many interesting designs
4 Yagiyama-Minami
Yagiyama-Higashi
P26 Midorigaoka 54 are displayed on the streets of Sendai.
Taihaku
n

Nishinodaira
se

Kongozawa Wakabayashi Fireworks on the eve of the festival are also a

On

WAKABAYASHI must-see event.

iu
Ak

Nagamachi Stn. Hachihonmatsu

TAIHAKU WARD
to

137
Mikamine Park Nagamachi-Minami Stn. Nagamachi Stn. Okino WARD
Sendai-Minami
Hatatate

Yamada
Kagitori -Honcho
Peare Sendai
Taihaku Ward Arahama
 

interchange highway interchange highway 286 Sendai City Tomizawa
Site Museum
Office Jozenji Street Jazz Festival
Kagitori Nishitaga Shimoiida
Sendai Tobu Road Second Saturday and Sunday of September
Sendai City Gymnasium Koriyama
Yamada Onoda Jozenji-dori Street, Kotodai Park and others
Tomizawa Stn. Dochuan Iida During the Jozenji Street Jazz Festival more than 500
Moniwa-so Nippe
Shokei-kaku Tomita Tomizawa Youth Hostel bands from various genres gather from all over the
258 Imaizumi interchange
Sendai City Nagamachi highway country to perform their music on the streets of Sendai.
Streetcar Museum interchange highway
Sendai Wakabayashi
to Tokyo
Sogodai
Yurigaoka
Sendai Nanbu Road Natori River
Fukurohara
JCT
Futaki  
4 Imaizumi 54
Sendai Pageant of Starlight
5 Nakada December 12—31
Midoridai
39 Minami-Sendai Aoba-dori Street, Jozenji-dori Street
NATORI CITY Nachigaoka
Nishinakada Stn.
Shiromaru In the evening, hundreds of thousands of lights.
decorating the rows of zelkova trees are all lit up,
Takadate Yoshida Tanetsugu
transforming the city's main thoroughfares into a romantic world
to Sendai Airport

shimmering beneath a halo of light.

Kamiyoden
to Natori

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500m Fujitsuka

118
Takadate Kawakami to Tokyo Tadaka Shimoyoden to Sendai Airport
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TOUR OF SENDAI
Tour Sendai's best sites and attractions on these shuttle buses.
You can get on and off the LOOPLE SENDAI as many times as you want. It's your choice whether you use it for just one hour or if you
use it all day long. It is very convenient for travel around Sendai.

Hirose Riv.
Sendai Nish
% Tohoku University's
Museum of Natural History
0 100 200 300 400
% &
Learn a few words to make
your stay in Japan even more
enjoyable!
Some useful Japanese phrases
for when you need assistance:
3. At the bank or post office,
and making phone calls
Where is the bank?
ginkou wa doko desuka
TOUR OF SENDAI 17
1 Sendai Station 5 Sendai City Museum 9 Sendai Mediatheque
"Sendai Station" bus stop is located in the bus Located on the grounds of the former Sendai An information base for knowledge and culture.
pool built under the pedestrian deck connecting Castle, this museum traces the history of This seven-story building, a modern information
! " # $ the Sendai Station and surrounding department Miyagi Prefecture from ancient times to the station, was opened in January 2001. It houses
stores and buildings. present with an emphasis on the period of Date the Sendai City Library, a studio theater, a
Masamune, founder of Sendai and the Date multimedia library, and other facilities so that
clan. Various historical documents and art users can satisfy their intellectual curiosity or
2 Aoba-dori Ave./Ichibancho objects are displayed in the permanent explore a wealth of information on culture and
collection. the arts. Sendai Mediatheque hosts a variety of
Aoba-dori-Ave.and Ichibancho are the two main Hours: 9:00a.m.-4:45p.m. outstanding events, and offers facilities and
streets of Sendai City and have many Closed on Monday, the day after holidays and equipment for desktop publishing and video
attractions. Both streets are the center of New Year's editing. In addition, it offers the tools with which
Jozenji-dori Ave. fashion and culture in Sendai City and have Admission Fee: 400 for regular exhibit; visitors who have difficulty seeing and hearing
Kotodai Park facilities like office buildings, banks, and movie
Sendai City Hall separate fee for special exhibits can obtain information and get the most out of
theatres.
Kotodai Koen Stn. the facilities. The SMT has everything needed for
Sendai
Mediatheque ' today’s—and tomorrow’s—information society.
enue
jidori
Av Mitsukoshi 3 Bansuisodo
6 Aoba Castle Exhibition Hall A striking edifice with dramatic open spaces,
The Miyagi Jozen Sendai Subway
Sendai Castle was built at an elevation of 120 expansive glass walls, and thoroughly modern
Museum of Art Hirose-dori Station Bansuisodo is the house where Bansui Doi lived meters on a natural fortress created by cliffs to interiors, the SMT overflows with the state-of-
& enue
 his last three years. He is well know as the the east and south. All that remains of the the-art technologies and novel ideas. If you are a
bit tired from all that exploring in town, why not
i Doro dori Av lyric-writer of the famous Japanese song original site are the stone walls and the “sumi-
Hirose
Hirosedori Stn.
Forus
"Kojo-no Tsuki", as well as a poet and a man yagura” (guard house). When standing by the take a short break here, at the SMT?
Denryoku Bldg. Daiei Hours: SMT: 9:00 A.M.-10:00 P.M.
who studied English literature. statue of Date Masamune on horseback, the
Fujisaki nue Sendai City Library: 10:00 A.M.-8:00 P.M.
ori Ave visitor can view the City of Sendai below.
Nishi Park Aobad Sendai Stn.  4 Zuihoden Mausoleum
(10:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. on weekends/holidays)
Days closed: SMT: Dec. 29 to Jan. 3, and once a
! Aoba-dori Ave. Sendai month for maintenance
#
Bansuisodo Ichibancho Station
Tourist Information
Built in the mid-17th century to house the remains
of members of the Date clan, this mausoleum was
7 Tohoku University's Museum of Natural History Sendai City Library: Mondays of each month
(except holidays), the day following a holiday,
built in the splendid architectural style of the This place gives you a great opportunity to do maintenance days, Dec. 28 to Jan. 4, and
Sendai City Museum/ Momoyama Period and the architecture resembles nature watching in a beautiful environment. You special periods set aside for library maintenance
Sendai International Center
Sendai City
the Toshogu Shrine at Nikko. Destroyed by
bombing raids during the World War , it was
can enjoy the beauty throughout the four
seasons.
Subway reconstructed in 1979. A museum stands next to
" the mausoleum and shows a documentary of the
8 The Miyagi Museum of Art 10 Jozenji-dori Ave./Sendai City Hall
$
archeological excavation carried out on the site.
Site of Zuihoden Mausoleum Hours: 9:00a.m.-4:30p.m. (from April to Oct.);
Sendai Castle 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m. (from November to March) This collection contains about 3,300 works of modern Kotodai Koen Park,Ichibancho Shopping Park,
Itsutsubashi Stn. Open throughout the year Admission Fee: 550 art. Works by Japanese artists like Takahashi Yuichi and Kokubuncho comprise the biggest
and Matsumoto Shunsuke are displayed, as well as entertainment district in Tohoku and are filled
works by European artists with an emphasis on with energy every day and night.
German Expressionists like Kandinsky, Paul Klee,
Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. A poster
500m
collection of French and Italian art from the late 19th
century to early 20th century is also displayed. There
11 Subway/Hirose-dori Station
Atagobashi Stn. are also quite a few works by artists from Miyagi Hirose-dori Ave. runs parallel between Aoba-
Prefecture and the Tohoku region. dori Ave, which stretches from Sendai Station,
In addition to the permanent collection, special
'   exhibitions are occasionally held. The Sato Churyo and the northern main street called Jozenji-dori
Ave.
Art Museum next door holds 850 works of sculpture
and sketches by this Miyagi native as well as 27
items from his personal collection. Sendai City Traffic Office
Hours: 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m. TEL.022-224-5111
Closed every Monday except on holidays Sendai Station West Gate Bus Pool Information Center
Admission Fee: 300 for regular exhibit; separate
fee for special exhibits TEL.022-227-7608
Please change this into yen I'd like to make that collect please Learn a few words to make Is there a city sightseeing bus? Can I cancel this ticket?
enn ni koukan shitekudasai ryoukin wa aitebarai ni shitekudasai shinai kankou basu wa arimasuka kono kippu wo torikesemasuka
your stay in Japan even more
Please give me some small change as well Please send this telegram Can I see a timetable? Does this train stop in - ?
kozeni mo mazete kudasai kono denpou wo utte kudasai enjoyable! jikokuhyou wo misete kudasai kono ressha wa ni tomarimasuka
Where is the post office? Please tell me how to call this number Some useful Japanese phrases Which line goes to - ? Where are we now?
yuubinkyoku wa doko desuka kono bangou ni denwasuru houhou wo oshietekudasai e iku nowa nanbansen desuka ima doko wo hashitte imasuka
for when you need assistance:
I'd like to send this letter (postcard) by air (surface) mail I'd like to call - What time does it get to -? Is this seat free?
kono tegami (hagaki) wo koukuubin (funabin) de onegai shimasu ni denwashitai niwa nanji ni tsukimasuka kono seki wa aite imasuka
I'd like to send this letter (parcel) by registered mail Hello, is that - ? How do I buy a ticket? Is this seat free?
kono tegami (kozutsumi) wo kakitome ni shitekudasai moshimoshi san desuka 4. Using public transport kippu no kaikata wo oshiete kudasai tabako wo sutte mo iidesuka
How many days will it take to - ? I'm - How much is the fare? I've lost my ticket. What should I do?
nannichi de ni tsukimasuka watashi wa desu ryoukin wa ikura desuka kippu wo nakushimashita.dou sureba yoi deshou
How much is it? May I speak to - ? Where is the station (bus stop)? Can I get change here? I've left something in the carriage (bus)
ikura desuka san wo onegaishimasu eki(teiryuujo) wa doko desuka ryougae dekimasuka shanai ni wasuremono wo shimashita