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Sendai Daikannon Temple
Sendai Daikannon, officially known as the Sendai Tendou Byakue Daikannon (仙台天道白衣大観音), is a large statue located in Sendai, Japan.
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Sendai Castle
Aoba Castle (青葉城, Aoba-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Throughout the Edo period, Aoba Castle was home to the Date clan, daimyō of Sendai Domain.
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Taga Castle
Taga Castle (多賀城, Taga-jō) was a jōsaku-style Japanese castle built in the late Nara period in what is now part of the city of Tagajō in Miyagi prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan.
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Zuihōden
Zuihōden (瑞鳳殿) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan is the mausoleum complex of Date Masamune and his heirs, daimyō of the Sendai Domain.
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Ōsaki Hachimangū
Ōsaki Hachimangū (大崎八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The main shrine building (社殿, shaden) has been designated a National Treasure of Japan.
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Sendai City Museum
The Sendai City Museum (仙台市博物館, Sendai-shi Hakubutsukan) is the main museum of Sendai, Japan, and is located in the former Third Bailey of Sendai Castle.
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Shiogama Shrine
Shiogama Jinja (鹽竈神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
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Sendai Tōshō-gū
Sendai Tōshōgū (仙台東照宮) is the memorial shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Five of its buildings, all dating to 1654, have been designated Important Cultural Properties.
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Mutsu Kokubun-ji Temple
Mutsu Kokubun-ji (陸奥国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha sect, and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Yakushi Nyōrai.
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Aoba Shrine
Aoba Shrine (青葉神社, Aoba Jinja) is the memorial shrine of Date Masamune, located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, near the site of the former Aoba Castle.
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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium
Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium (仙台うみの杜水族館, Sendai Umino-Mori Suizokukan; lit. 'Sendai Ocean's Forest Aquarium') is a public aquarium located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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Takekoma Inari Shrine
The Takekoma Inari Shrine (竹駒稲荷神社) is a Shintō shrine in the city of Iwanuma in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum
The Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum (仙台市富沢遺跡保存館, Sendai-shi Tomizawa iseki hozonkan) is an archaeology museum in the city of Sendai in northern Japan that preserves a fossilized forest, where the remains of human habita…
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Miyagi Museum of Art
The Miyagi Museum of Art (宮城県美術館, Miyagi-ken bijutsukan) opened in Sendai, Japan, in 1981.
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Iwakiri Castle
Iwakiri Castle (岩切城, Iwakiri-jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the ward of Miyagino-ku, in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
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Tōmizuka Kofun
The Tōmizuka Kofun (遠見塚古墳) is a keyhole-shaped kofun burial mound located in the Wakabayashi ward of the city of Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
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Miyagi Gokoku Shrine
Miyagiken Gokoku Shrine (宮城縣護國神社, Miyagiken gokoku jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tōhoku History Museum
The Tōhoku History Museum (東北歴史博物館, Tōhoku Rekishi Hakubutsukan) is a museum in Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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Mutsu Kokubun-niji
Mutsu Kokubun-niji (陸奥国分尼寺) is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan, belonging to the Sōtō Zen sect, and is the provincial convent ("kokubun-niji") of former Mutsu Province.
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Futahashira Shrine
Futahashira Shrine (二柱神社, Futahashira jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The main kami enshrined here are Izanagi and Izanami.
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Top 10 sights in Sendai

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Sendai Daikannon Temple

Sendai Daikannon, officially known as the Sendai Tendou Byakue Daikannon (仙台天道白衣大観音), is a large statue located in Sendai, Japan.

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Sendai Castle

Aoba Castle (青葉城, Aoba-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Throughout the Edo period, Aoba Castle was home to the Date clan, daimyō of Sendai Domain.

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Taga Castle

Taga Castle (多賀城, Taga-jō) was a jōsaku-style Japanese castle built in the late Nara period in what is now part of the city of Tagajō in Miyagi prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan.

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Zuihōden

Zuihōden (瑞鳳殿) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan is the mausoleum complex of Date Masamune and his heirs, daimyō of the Sendai Domain.

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Ōsaki Hachimangū

Ōsaki Hachimangū (大崎八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The main shrine building (社殿, shaden) has been designated a National Treasure of Japan.

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Sendai City Museum

The Sendai City Museum (仙台市博物館, Sendai-shi Hakubutsukan) is the main museum of Sendai, Japan, and is located in the former Third Bailey of Sendai Castle.

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Shiogama Shrine

Shiogama Jinja (鹽竈神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.

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Sendai Tōshō-gū

Sendai Tōshōgū (仙台東照宮) is the memorial shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Five of its buildings, all dating to 1654, have been designated Important Cultural Properties.

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Mutsu Kokubun-ji Temple

Mutsu Kokubun-ji (陸奥国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha sect, and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Yakushi Nyōrai.

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Aoba Shrine

Aoba Shrine (青葉神社, Aoba Jinja) is the memorial shrine of Date Masamune, located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, near the site of the former Aoba Castle.

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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium

Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium (仙台うみの杜水族館, Sendai Umino-Mori Suizokukan; lit. 'Sendai Ocean's Forest Aquarium') is a public aquarium located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

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Takekoma Inari Shrine

The Takekoma Inari Shrine (竹駒稲荷神社) is a Shintō shrine in the city of Iwanuma in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

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Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum

The Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum (仙台市富沢遺跡保存館, Sendai-shi Tomizawa iseki hozonkan) is an archaeology museum in the city of Sendai in northern Japan that preserves a fossilized forest, where the remains of human habita…

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Miyagi Museum of Art

The Miyagi Museum of Art (宮城県美術館, Miyagi-ken bijutsukan) opened in Sendai, Japan, in 1981.

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Iwakiri Castle

Iwakiri Castle (岩切城, Iwakiri-jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the ward of Miyagino-ku, in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.

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Tōmizuka Kofun

The Tōmizuka Kofun (遠見塚古墳) is a keyhole-shaped kofun burial mound located in the Wakabayashi ward of the city of Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.

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Miyagi Gokoku Shrine

Miyagiken Gokoku Shrine (宮城縣護國神社, Miyagiken gokoku jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

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Tōhoku History Museum

The Tōhoku History Museum (東北歴史博物館, Tōhoku Rekishi Hakubutsukan) is a museum in Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

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Mutsu Kokubun-niji

Mutsu Kokubun-niji (陸奥国分尼寺) is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan, belonging to the Sōtō Zen sect, and is the provincial convent ("kokubun-niji") of former Mutsu Province.

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Futahashira Shrine

Futahashira Shrine (二柱神社, Futahashira jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The main kami enshrined here are Izanagi and Izanami.

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