Sendai: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Miyagi
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 1,096,704
• Coordinates: 38.2667° N, 140.8667° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 305 km (190 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 15 km (9 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 46 km (29 mi), straight line
• Shonai Airport (SYO): 112 km (69 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Natori-shi: 11 km (7 mi)
• Rifu: 12 km (7 mi)
• Tagajo-shi: 12 km (8 mi)
• Tomiya: 14 km (9 mi)
• Shiogama: 16 km (10 mi)

Events

• Donto-sai Festival: January 2027

Things to see

• My home (artwork)
• Sendai Anpanman Children's Museum and Mall (museum)
• Sendai Hosana Church (church)
• Sendai Itsutsubashi Church (church)
• 蒸気機関車 C601 (viewpoint)