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Kesennuma Shark Museum
Ten minutes by car from Kesennuma Station, at the port that lands more shark than any other in Japan.
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Sendai City Central Wholesale Market
The central wholesale market of Sendai. Catches landed on the Sanriku coast and fruit and vegetables from the prefecture are put up for auction.
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Miyagi Traditional Kokeshi and the Japan Kokeshi Museum
The Japan Kokeshi Museum in Naruko. It brings together the five lineages of Miyagi's traditional kokeshi dolls, and visitors can try painting one.
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Ogatsu Inkstones and the Ogatsu Inkstone Traditional Industry Hall
The inkstones of Ogatsu. They are split and carved from black slate more than 200 million years old. A nationally designated Traditional Craft.
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Sendai Tansu Chests and Monma Tansu Shop
Sendai tansu chests. Lacquer is applied to a zelkova base, and hammered iron fittings are attached.
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Sendai-Hira
Sendai-hira. A silk fabric for hakama, it is designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan.
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Tsutsumi Ware and Kenba Kiln
Pottery that has been fired in Tsutsumimachi, Sendai. White and black glazes are applied in separate areas.
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Tsutsumi Dolls
Clay dolls of Tsutsumimachi. Foot soldiers of the Sendai Domain began making them as a side job in the Edo period.
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Matsukawa Daruma
Papier-mache daruma dolls of Sendai. They are distinguished by the blue painted around the eyes.
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Iwadeyama Shinodake Bamboo Craft
The shinodake bamboo craft of Iwadeyama. Date Masamune is said to have spread it as a side job for lower-ranking samurai.
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Nakaniida Forged Blades
The forged blades of Nakaniida, Kami Town. Sickles and kitchen knives are made by forging.
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Umoregi Craft
The umoregi craft of Sendai. Lignitized wood buried in the strata is dug out and worked.
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Sendai Port
Sendai Port. A logistics hub of Tohoku with international container routes.
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Sendai Airport
Sendai Airport. It was submerged by the tsunami of the earthquake disaster, but resumed commercial flights in one month.
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Sendai Subway Tozai Line and Arai Depot
The Sendai Subway Tozai Line and its depot. It uses a linear motor system that copes with steep gradients.
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Shichikashuku Dam
A dam in Shichikashuku Town. It supplies water as the reservoir of the Sennan area.
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Naruko Dam
An arch dam in Naruko. Completed in 1957, it was the first arch dam built by Japanese hands alone.
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Miyagi 3.11 Tsunami Disaster Memorial Museum
The prefecture's disaster memorial museum. It conveys the record of the tsunami and what happened afterward.
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Minamisanriku 311 Memorial
A memorial facility in Minamisanriku. After seeing the records of the disaster, visitors are given time to talk with one another.
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Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake: Sendai Arahama Elementary School
The elementary school building, where the tsunami reached the second floor, has been left as it was and opened to the public.
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Higashimatsushima City Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction Memorial Hall
The reconstruction memorial hall of Higashimatsushima. Using the station building of the former Nobiru Station, it conveys the damage to the railway and its relocation.
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Nihon Sankei Matsushima
One of Japan's three great views, with Amanohashidate and Miyajima. Over 260 islands lie in and beyond the bay. Poets have written of it since the Heian period, and Basho came here.
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Miyagi Olle
Walking trails laid through Miyagi's hills and coast, following a format that began on Jeju Island in Korea.
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Sendai Castle Ruins (Aoba Castle Ruins)
The castle Date Masamune built on a natural stronghold. The keep was pulled down in the early Meiji years; stone walls and a rebuilt turret beside the main gate remain.