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SendaiSendai is the largest city in the Tohoku region of Japan’s Honshu island, a city that promises a balance of natural and urban environment, squeezed between the Zao mountains and Matsushima Bay and cut through by the Hirose-gawa River. It’s often nicknamed the “City of Trees” for its abundant greenery, with zelkova trees that line the streets, especially in the central portion of the city.
Housed in the mountains are Akiu and Sakunami, two well-known hot spring resorts with several hotels and traditional Japanese inns that visitors can stay in. If you’re feeling brave, many of the Japanese inns have baths that are located outdoors so you can bathe beneath the stars or even while enjoying the snow in winter. But perhaps what Sendai is best known for are its several festivals hosted throughout the year. The most famous one is the Tanabata Festival held from August 6 through the 8. The downtown stores of the city compete with each other to see who can create the most beautiful Tanabata bamboo decorations with an assortment of Japanese paper. Colored paper strips with wishes written on them and decorative balls complete the ornate designs that dazzle over 2 million visitors each year. The main shopping thoroughfare is confusingly known by two different names, Chuo Dori and Clis Road. In either case, the street has been thoroughly renovated for pedestrians, including a covered walkway and several stores to shop in. To experience Sendai’s modest nightlife, head on over to the Kokubuncho district, full of restaurants, izakaya, bars, and cafes. Sendai has an excellent cuisine, specialties including gyuutan, thinly sliced grilled cow tongue, sasakamaboko, a type of fish sausage, and zundamochi, a sweet soybean paste eaten with rice balls. Link to this page! Copy the source below and paste it into your page source. It's that easy!
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