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Kuriden Museum
A museum of the Kurihara railway, which began in 1921 and closed in 2007. You can take the controls in a real driver's cab.
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SENDAI Pageant of Starlight
Begun by volunteers from the city. Hundreds of thousands of lights fill the zelkova trees along Jozenji Street.
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Kurikoma-san (Iwakagami-daira)
Besides the central and Higashi-Kurikoma routes from Iwakagami-daira, four other trails climb the mountain.
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Jōgi Nyorai
Six kilometres northeast of Sakunami Onsen. Gokurakusan Saihoji, known as Jogi Nyorai, with souvenir shops along the approach.
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Kuri dango
A speciality of Naruko Onsen: a large chestnut inside soft mochi, under a thick soy-flavoured sauce.
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Chacha World Ishikoshi
An amusement park with a racing circuit, a super slider and a boating pond.
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Sendai Ichigo Sweets
Miyagi grows more strawberries than anywhere else in Tohoku, mainly in Watari and Yamamoto, where growing continued through the disaster.
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Kinka Katsuo and Kinka Saba
Caught off Sanriku and Kinkasan and landed at Ishinomaki fish market, only those meeting the standard are certified.
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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium
A large tank recreating the Sanriku sea, with dolphin and sea lion shows in one of the largest stadiums in Tohoku.
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Iwaizaki Shiozukuri Taikenkan
Iwaisaki was once the Sendai domain's saltworks. Learn that history while making natural salt from seawater.
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Kawamachi Terrace Yuriage
A shopping complex at Yuriage, the mouth of the Natori River, 26 minutes by bus from Natori Station.
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Aone Onsen Yuki Akari
Local people and children build many small snow shrines and set candles inside — a winter event particular to a hot spring in the hills.
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Aji Shirahama Kaisuiyokujō
A shallow beach whose water is among the clearest in Tohoku. Ajishima offers fishing all year.
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Shiroishi Umen
Wheat noodles stretched without oil. They are notably short, nine centimetres, and Shiroishi people have eaten them daily.
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Shiogama-shi Uoichiba
A high-hygiene market completed in 2017. From the viewing route on the second floor you can watch the auction.
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Nihon Kokeshi-kan
In Naruko Park, showing some 5,000 traditional kokeshi, with makers demonstrating and painting to try.
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Kenritsu Toshi Kōen Matsushima Kōen
A park along the Matsushima shore, made up of the central and green plazas and Namiuchihama park, with Godaido and Fukuurajima among them.
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Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Home ground of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, with a Ferris wheel and a carousel as well.
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Kakunodate Samurai Residences
An Edo-period samurai quarter in Kakunodate, Semboku. Black board fences and weeping cherries run on together; it is called the little Kyoto of the north.
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Namahage Museum and Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum
A centre in Oga with over 150 Namahage masks, and a neighbouring farmhouse where the New Year's Eve rite is performed.