Spots in Miyagi Area

  • Matsushima Fish Market
    Shopping
    Miyagi Pref. Miyagigunmatsushimamachi Matsushima Fugendou 4-10
    This market is located in Matsushima Fugendo, Matsushima-machi. It houses various shops selling seasonal live fish, fresh fish, frozen fish and sushi. The restaurant serves sushi, seafood rice bowls, Matsushima oyster burgers and the limited availability sharks’ fin ramen as well as other kinds of ramen and seafood skewers and so on.
  • Naruko Gorge
    Travel / Tourism
    Miyagi Pref. Osakishi Narukonsen Hoshinuma
    This gorge was formed at the southern foot of Mt. Hanabuchi by the Oyagawa River. The sides are precipitous, with drops from 80 to100 meters high, and stretch for about three kilometers. The fall leaves here are a famous sight, and this is designated one of Miyagi Prefecture’s top sights. There’s a maintained walking trail stretching about 2.5 kilometers along the river, taking about an hour to walk, and offering a gorgeous view of not only the forest but also rock formations created by the river’s erosion. The Narukokyo Resthouse in particular offers a stunning view of the Obukazawa Bridge contrasted against the leaves.
  • Ichitaro no Yu
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Miyagi Sendai-shi Taihaku-ku Akiumachi
    This hot spring bathhouse is located inside Tenshukaku Natural Park Prefectural Route 131 in Genbehara, Akiumachi Yumoto, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City. It uses natural hypotonic and mildly alkaline hot springs said to help with conditions such as nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain, chronic skin diseases, chronic women’s diseases, cuts, burns, and sickliness in children. The bathhouse, which is built of Japanese cypress, features two different outdoor baths. Guests can even take advantage of weekday-only packages that include a meal at the nearby soba restaurant and admission to the adjacent Japanese garden.

    日帰り温泉、食事、庭園入園料が市太郎セットになって1780円。 ただし、平日のみということなので土日は別々の支払いが必要。 この市太郎セットは実に割安で、温泉がまず素晴らしいんです。 成分表では無色透明の低張性弱アルカリ性温泉となっていますが 若干茶色めでしぉっぱいので鉄分の混じったナトリウム泉でしょうか。 それと、ほんの少しだけ硫黄の匂いがします。 源泉かけ流しということですが源泉の温度が低いの...

  • Shiogama Seafood Wholesale Market
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    4.5
    107 Reviews
    Shopping
    Miyagi Pref. Shiogamashi Shinhamachou 1-20-74
    The market of Shiogama Port boasts one of the largest volumes of fresh tuna nationally, and offers an abundance of fresh seafood and produce. There are also five areas in the hall to eat and visitors can buy their favorite seafood and create their own original Kaisendon (seafood and rice bowl), or have the seafood purchased cooked at BBQs available to be used freely. It is approximately 15 minutes by car from Rifunaka Interchange on the Sanriku Expressway.

    Loads of fresh seafood of all kinds all over the place as well as some dried and canned goods and vegetables. Despite the place being a fish market its very clean and smells fresh, theres a person...

  • Jyogi Tofu Shop
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    4.5
    104 Reviews
    Shopping
    Miyagi Pref. Sendaishi Aoba-ku Okura Lower 1-2
    The Jyogi Tofu Shop—founded in 1890—uses soy beans and natural bittern when hand-making tofu with the traditional production techniques for each product, including firm tofu, silky tofu, and three-cornered fried tofu. The three-cornered fried tofu is particularly popular—you can watch them fry it up for you.

    西方寺に寄る際に近くに地元の定義とうふがあり豆腐好きの私としては揚げも大好物で揚げたての揚げに醤油と七味をふりかけがぶっと噛めばぺろっと美味しく食べれます。結構な行列ですが回転が早くすぐに食べれます。座る所もありますが参道の道路淵に座り皆さん食べていました。他にもお店があり賑やかな参道になっています。

  • Nishikigaoka Hillside Mall
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    3.0
    6 Reviews
    Shopping
    Miyagi Pref. Sendaishi Aoba-ku Nishikigaoka 1-3-1
    A six-minute drive from the Sendai-Miyagi interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. This red brick large commercial complex resembles a European castle; tenants include a shopping mall, restaurants, and even entertainment facilities. In the Aqua Terrace Nishikigaoka aquarium on the second floor of the Aqua building, visitors can see fish and reptiles and pet small animals in an amazing space interweaving water, light, and fish. The Kansei no Mori indoor wooden play land provides a play space for children who don't have many chances to play in the great outdoors.

    用事の帰りに錦ヶ丘ヒルサイドモールに寄りました。以前はアウトレットでしたが、今は地域の娯楽施設といった感じです。

  • Yajiro Kokeshi-mura
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Miyagi Shiroishi-shi Fukuoka
    Visitors to this facility can learn about Yajirokokeshi, a doll which features a large head drawn like wearing a beret, and a vividly colored, striped torso. The museum has an exhibition about the history of kokeshi dolls with old, reminiscent photographs on the first floor, and a painting experience class and exhibits that are for sale on the second floor. Yajiroarea, which is said to be one of the birthplaces of kokeshi dolls, is a small village of Kijishi (woodturner) masters located in a space between valleys. From fall to winter, trees on the mountain were felled to make kokeshi dolls, which, as souvenirs sold to visitors to the hot springs, became well-known alongside the history of the area's hot springs. In addition to workshop tours and painting experience classes, kokeshi dolls that are no longer needed, or can no longer be appreciated, are memorialized here.

    中庭にはこけし職人さん達の工房があり、作成中のこけしを見学することができます、プロフェッショナルです。地域によって様々な形、模様、表情があって感心しました、ここは弥治郎こけしでカラフル且つカタチに特徴があると感じました。 次は絵付けを体験してみたいと思います。

  • Sendai City Wild Plants Garden
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Miyagi Pref. Sendaishi Taihaku-ku Mogasaki 2-1-1
    Sendai Wild Plants Garden, which extends over the western slopes of Mt. Dainenji, is a botanical garden that is mainly focused on the wild plants of Japan’s Tohoku Region. Visitors can view characteristic local plants such as iris and acorn-bearing oak trees, as well as beautiful seasonal flowers. The Garden also has extensive grass lawns, and is a popular place for relaxing under the shade of the Japanese zelkova trees. A variety of special events are held in the Garden, including photography exhibitions and nature observation activities, etc. The autumn Bush Clover Festival attracts particularly large numbers of tourists, with concerts, moon-viewing parties, etc.

    その時期の見ごろのお花をパネル展示してあったり丁寧な仕事をされている植物園です。豆子蜂(人を刺したりしないとても小さな蜂)の家の展示があったり楽しめる場所です。

  • Keisatsu Shiryokan
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Miyagi Tome-shi Toyomamachi Teraike Nakamachi 3
    A museum in TeraikeNakamachi, Toyoma Town, Tome City. It's located in the former Tome Police Station built in 1889 and specializes in police-related exhibitions. Meiji period police cells have been reconstructed from foundations discovered during building reconstruction and an attached scout tower built at the same time as the building has been designated as a Tangible Cultural Property of the Prefecture.

    山添喜三郎氏が設計したもので、明治の事務所建築としては珍しいものらしいです。木造の二階建て、白いペンキの寄棟の瓦葺きです。玄関屋根下の白壁には金色の警察紋章が輝いており、貴賓も感じられます。建家内は、明治の警察官の制服や留置場などがあり、興味深いところでした。

  • Saichi
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    4.0
    317 Reviews
    Shopping
    Miyagi Pref. Sendaishi Taihaku-ku Akiumachiyumoto Yakushi 27
    A supermarket in Akiu closely tied to the local community. Ohagi sweet rice balls and ready-to-eat side dishes alone make up half of the store's annual sales. The ready-to-eat corner is filled with the store's renowned Akiu ohagi and around 5,000 of these popular, tasty treats are sold on a given weekday. The store also boasts a record of 25,000 ohagi sold in a single day. The store sells standard anko sweet bean, kinako toasted soybean flour, and sesame seed ohagi in packages of varying number. In addition, from October to May, the store also sells unusual natto fermented soybean ohagi.

    さいち名物のおはぎとその他の食品を購入するために、訪れました。 GWだったこともあり、開店時間の9時よりも30分前に行きましたが、その時に すでに50人ほど並んでいました。開店時間には100人以上の行列ができていました。 開店して10分後くらいに、ようやくおはぎとその他の食品を購入することが できました。 この日は、あずき、胡麻、黄な粉、納豆のおはぎがあり、出来立てでまだ温かいものでした。なお、卵...

  • Karakuwa Peninsula Visitors Center / Experiencing Tsunami House
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Miyagi Pref. Kesennumashi Karakuwachousakihama 4-3
    This experience facility at the tip of Karakuwa Peninsula provides visitors with an accessible introduction to the environment and culture of the area through photos, video and more. The center's main draw is its Tsunami Museum. Built after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, it creates a simulated tsunami experience through images, sound, vibration, and simulated wind. It also displays numerous photographs and video taken by local residents in the aftermath of the disaster.

    若かりし頃一度見学した記憶があり、再訪してみました。 震災後に映像は作り替えられているようですが、設備は昔のまま? 津波の映像に合わせて、座席がガタガタと揺れたり、風が前方から吹いてきたり、 壁のカーテンが開き、映像が鏡で広げられたりと、懐かしみのある演出。 古くてもそれなりに体験させてもらいました。

  • Greenpia Iwanuma
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Miyagi Pref. Iwanumashi Kitahase Crossing 1-1
    A sports and activity facility located a six kilometer-drive from Iwanuma Station on the JR Joban Line in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. Facilities include a forest where you can walk and take in seasonal wild flowering plants; a pool building with a heated pool and training room; a sports house building with a gymnasium and dance room; and outdoor tennis, futsal, and gateball areas. There's also a day trip artificial hot spring bathhouse and a restaurant offering a barbecue plan, ensuring visitors can spend a whole, fun- and activity-filled day here.

    用事の途中で宮城県にあるグリーンピア岩沼に行ってきました。複合施設でプールなど様々な施設が入っています。

  • Akiu Onsen public Bathhouse
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Miyagi Sendai-shi Taihaku-ku Akiumachi Yumoto Yakushi 100
    A 50 minute ride on the bus bound for Akiu Onsen leaving from JR Sendai Station. This public bathhouse is situated in a corner of Akiu Onsen, a hot spring village famous since ancient times, is considered one of Japan's top three hot spring destinations alongside Arima Onsen in Hyogo Prefecture and Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture. The bathhouse is small, with just a single compact bath, but customers can enjoy high quality hot spring waters drawn directly from a source spring and without the use of any added waters, additional heating, or recirculation. The waters of the earthy chloride mildly saline spring are known for their powerful body warming effect and locals as well as customers from far and wide travel here to enjoy their benefits.

    秋保で唯一の源泉かけ流し。加温、加水、消毒も一切なしで素のままの秋保温泉の湯を楽しめます。じんわり温まるアルカリ泉の優しい湯でした。しかししかし、前情報がないと入りづらいかもしれません。 浴場は決して広くないですが天井は高め。浴槽は深いですが3名一緒に入るのはきついかなと思うサイズ。石鹸もシャワーもありません。そして、私が行ったときは全身刺青の人が後から入ってきました。せっかく源泉かけ流しの湯に浸...

  • Tohoku University Botanical Gardens
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Miyagi Sendai-shi Aoba-ku Kawauchi 12-2
    A 12-minute walk from the West 1 Exit of T04 Kokusai Center Station on the Tozai Line subway. A natural botanical garden established by Tohoku University in Aobayama for research and educational purposes. This is the first botanical garden in Japan to be designated a Natural Monument. The main building contains plant and animal specimens and stuffed animals, while alpine plants are planted in the rock garden and Asian skunk cabbage and similar plants can be found in the wetland plant botanical garden area. There are walking paths and a nature park at the site and visitors can go on a small hike while viewing rare plants and also occasionally encounter wild animals such as squirrels and Japanese giant flying squirrels.

    青葉城址の横、東北大学川内キャンパスと工学部に隣接する自然公園。川内側から入って工学部側まで登ってゆく散策路は森林浴ができて気持ちが良い。上り詰めたところは広場になっており寝転んで空を眺めるのも良い。一周すると約1時間。良く整備されている。休むところもあり、トイレも完備している。仙台には町の中にこんな山の中と思われるところがあるのは素晴らしい。上り口のロックガーデンには菖蒲が咲いていました。訪れる...

  • Kagobo Onsen Sakuranoyu
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Miyagi Pref. Osakishi Tajirioshio Yatsusawa 37-1
    This is a day-use hot spring bath resort in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. It derives its name from the 1000 cherries that blossom on Mt. Kagobo of Tajiri. In addition to the main bath and waterfall bath, which draw their waters directly from the source, there is a Finnish style sauna to enjoy. The outdoor bath is the largest in the prefecture, and can be enjoyed sitting, half-sitting or even reclining The restaurant offers over 40 dishes at all times and the beer and soft cream is especially enjoyable after a hot bath. One can also relax in the rest area where zabuton cushions are available for guests.

    週末の夜に訪れましたが、賑わっていました。ただ、温泉も建物もゆったりとした作りなので混んでいる印象は受けませんでした。 温度の違う風呂が中と外にそれぞれありました。寒い日だったので、暖かい風呂がうれしかったです。

  • Murata Town Rekishi Miraikan
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    3.5
    12 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Miyagi Shibata-gun Muratamachi Murata Hasama 85
    This lifetime learning center is located in MurataTown, Shibata County. It is comprised of exhibit halls, a library, a video room, seminar rooms, and other facilities. The permanent exhibit hall features exhibits on topics including the history of the town and folk entertainment. There is also a special exhibit hall that hosts several special exhibits each year. A festival float from Hotei Festival, a tradition dating back eight centuries, is displayed in the entrance hall.

    道の駅に隣接しているので、寄ってみるといいです。無料なのですが、意外と面白いです蔵の町のことがわかります。

  • Hosokura Mine Park
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Miyagi Pref. Kuriharashi Uguisuzawa Nangouyanagisawa 2-3
    Located around 25 minutes’ drive from Tsukidate Interchange, Hosokura Mine Park is a theme park built on the site of the former Hosokura Mine, which closed in 1987. The facilities at the Park faithfully recreate the way the mine appeared when it was still operational; visitors can walk along the mine shafts, and can learn about how mining was carried out. There is also a Hosokawa Mine Museum which displays items discovered in the Mine, has extensive information about the Mine’s history, and has examples of important types of mineral ores and models showing the Mine’s operations, etc. There is also a gold-panning experience zone where visitors can try their hand at panning for gold dust; visitors can take the gold dust that they collect home with them.

    栗駒山から鳴子峡に向かう途中に、旧鉱山があるとわかり、急遽立ち寄りました。ゴーストタウンの雰囲気で、見学者も我ら2人だけ「?」との気分でした。 ただ坑道や地域の説明により、このような産業(労働者)が日本を影で押し上げた事が良くわかり、貴重な文化遺産です。

  • Onagawa Nuclear Power Public Relations Center
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Miyagi Pref. Oshikagunonagawachou Tsukahama Maeda 123
    This facility is approximately 25 minutes by car from Onagawa Town. It is located near the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant and introduces the process of nuclear power generation through models and images in an easily accessible way. It also presents a detailed exhibition about nuclear power and its perception in society through panel displays and video based on the aftermath of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. Their Sweet Garden on the premises has 70 varieties of roses, and they hold a rose garden fair from early summer to fall. This facility lets visitors see, feel, and learn while enjoying themselves.

    女川町にある原子力発電の啓発センターです。模型やパネル、映像から原子力の仕組みをしっかり学ぶことができました。

  • Pokemon Center TOHOKU
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Shopping
    Miyagi Sendai-shi Aoba-ku Chuo 1-2-3 Sendai PARCO Main Building 8F

    パルコ本館の8Fにあります。関東に置いていない商品があればと思い、立ち寄りました。 お店に入るとポケモンの楽しい世界に入り込めます。

  • Entsuin Temple
    Travel / Tourism
    Matsushima cho in Matsushima cho Miyagi prefecture 67
    Belonging to the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism headed by Myoushin-ji Temple, Entsuin Temple is the first temple on the Sanriku 33 Kannon pilgrimage. The Sankeiden mausoleum was built on the top of a hill in 1646. The premises feature a rock garden with a heart-shaped pond, and in the autumn the colorful leaves on the trees make for a splendid sight. At night the garden is illuminated and the grounds are enveloped in a very mysterious atmosphere. It is also known as the rose temple for the splendid sight of beautiful roses blooming in its Western-style rose garden (Byakaho Seiyo-no-Niwa). In recent years the number of roses has dwindled, and it has come to be loved as the moss temple for the moss growing around the grounds.

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Lying along the northeastern coast of Japan, Miyagi prefecture is home to lashings of natural parks, oysters, and hot springs. While the bustling city of Sendai offers some simple city entertainment, it’s the Matsushima islands that deserve the most attention, having boosted the prefecture’s reputation as one of Japan’s most scenic views.

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