Sendai, Japan Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The largest city in the Tohoku region, SENDAI is a sprawling but pleasant place, with broad, tree-lined avenues and a lively downtown district. Though often just regarded as a staging post on the way to Matsushima Bay, the city's castle ruins , with their local history museum, and the ornate mausoleum of Sendai's revered founder, the daimyo Daté Masamune , are worth a brief stop. During the Star Festival , the Tanabata Matsuri (Aug 6–8), the city centre is awash with thousands of bamboo poles festooned with colourful paper tassels, poems and prayers, celebrating the only day in the year – … more »