By Air

The city is served by Sendai Airport (located in neighboring Natori), which has international flights to several countries, and Sendai Port. A rail link to Sendai began service on March 18, 2007.

By Train

JR East Sendai Station is the main transportation hub for the city.The station is served by seven JR lines and is a major station on the Tohoku and Akita Shinkansen lines.An underground passage connects the station to the Sendai Subway.Sendai has a single north-south subway line (Nanboku Line), one of the most expensive in Japan with a basic fare starting at 200 yen.The city was constructing a second, east-west subway line (Tozai Line), scheduled for completion in 2015.

Sendai Castle

was the castle of the Date family. Built by Date Masamune atop Mount Aoba, it commanded a highly defensible strategic position overlooking the city of Sendai. The castle was one of the nerve centers of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei during the Boshin War, when Date Yoshikuni was lord of Sendai. Taken over by the new government in the aftermath of Sendai's surrender, it was partially dismantled in the 1870s. Many of the remaining buildings on the castle site was damaged in the firebombing of Sendai during World War II, but sections of the castle survived, and a great deal of it, including the stone base, some walls, and some wooden structures, have either been rebuilt or are currently being rebuilt. The castle site also contains a Gokoku Shrine (Gokoku-jinja), as well as a large equestrian statue of Date Masamune.

Mutsu Kokubun-ji

is the provincial temple of former Mutsu Province, Japan.The later Yakushido is an Important Cultural Property.The Shoku Nihongi records that in 741, as the country recovered from a smallpox epidemic, Emperor Shomu ordered that a monastery and nunnery be established in every province, the kokubunji.Destroyed in 1189, Masamune Date rebuilt the complex in 1607 with a Yakushi Hall.In 1903 this was designated an Important Cultural Property.The seven main structures, pagoda, main hall, lecture hall, sutra repository, bell tower, refectory, and dormitory, were enclosed within a roofed earthen wall and accessed via the main gate. Excavations have revealed that this was one of the largest of the provincial temples.

Sendai City Museum

The museum displays various artifacts related to the Date family and the history of Sendai.Date Masamune's famous suit of armor and artifacts related to Hasekura Tsunenaga's visit to Rome are sometimes on display.Other historical artifacts can be seen in various temples and museums in the city, such as the Zuihoden Mausoleum.

Matsushima

is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.There are some 260 tiny islands (shima) covered in pines (matsu) hence the name and is ranked as one of the Three Views of Japan.The town is only a short distance (thirty minutes) from prefectural capital Sendai and is easily accessible by train. Matsushima-Kaigan Station is near the attractions such as Zuiganji and the harbor.Matsushima Station, on a separate line is on the opposite side of the town.

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