Sendai Tanabata Festival
SedangTohokuSendai, Miyagi
Tanggal
August 6–8
Wilayah
Tohoku
Tentang festival ini
Japan's largest Tanabata (Star Festival) celebration. The streets are draped with thousands of colorful, elaborate paper streamers (fukinagashi) — a stunning visual spectacle.
Sorotan
- ✓Thousands of streamers
- ✓Japan's largest Tanabata
- ✓Shopping arcade displays
- ✓Free to view
Cara ke Sana
Sendai Station (JR Tohoku Shinkansen)
⭐ Mengapa mengunjungi lokasi ini
- ✓Japan's largest Tanabata (Star Festival) celebration — entire shopping arcades draped in handmade paper streamers.
- ✓Aug 6–8 fixed dates, free to view, mostly indoors (covered arcades) = rain-proof.
- ✓Easy day trip from Tokyo by Shinkansen — combine with the Sendai Pageant of Starlight later in winter.
- ✓Significantly more accessible than rural festivals — central Sendai is fully transit-served.
🚄 Cara ke sana secara detail
- Stasiun terdekat
- Sendai (JR Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo ~1.5h)
- Jalan kaki dari stasiun
- Direct — main arcades start at Sendai Station West Exit
- Frekuensi kereta
- Hayabusa Shinkansen every 15–30 min; Sendai City Loop bus every 20 min
- Pembayaran
- All JR + IC; arcades cash + IC + credit
- 🧳 Penitipan bagasi
- Sendai Station has hundreds of lockers (¥400–800)
- ♿ Aksesibilitas
- Arcades are fully covered, flat, wide — wheelchair-friendly
⏰ Waktu terbaik dalam sehari: Daytime for the streamers; Aug 5 evening has a fireworks display
📍 Lokasi
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🍴Makanan & Minuman(6)
- Restaurant
Gyutan (beef tongue) restaurants★★★★☆4.5
Sendai's signature charcoal-grilled beef tongue.
💡 Sendai invented modern gyutan dining post-WWII. Charcoal-grilled, served with barley rice and oxtail soup. Many shops have English menus.
⏱️ Throughout Sendai💴 ¥1,500–3,000🕒 Most 11:00–22:00📍 Google Maps → - Restaurant
Sushi Tetsu (Sendai)★★★★☆4.6
Pacific seafood nigiri — aji, hokki, saba, ikura.
💡 Sendai port is on the Pacific. Hokki (surf clam), aji (horse mackerel), saba sashimi all peak quality. Counter seating, English menu, cards.
⏱️ 10 min walk💴 ¥3,500–6,500🕒 11:30–14:00, 17:00–22:00📍 Google Maps → - Restaurant
Sendai Yakitori Yukari★★★★★4.4
Local yakitori bar — chicken from Date region.
💡 Cozy izakaya with charcoal-grilled chicken, sake from Miyagi prefecture (Datemasamune, Urakasumi). English picture menu. Casual, festival-friendly.
⏱️ 5 min walk💴 ¥2,000–3,500🕒 17:00–24:00📍 Google Maps → - Food
Hagi-no-Tsuki Cake★★★★☆4.5
Sendai's famous custard-filled sponge cake souvenir.
💡 Sold at every Sendai station, but the original Sangetsu factory shop has fresh-baked daily. Cream-filled, individually wrapped. Great gift.
⏱️ Sendai Station💴 ¥230 each / box ¥2,500🕒 9:00–20:30📍 Google Maps → - Food
Zunda Mochi (Sweet Edamame)★★★★★4.4
Sendai specialty — bright green sweet edamame paste over mochi.
💡 Crushed edamame, sugar, and salt over chewy mochi. Refreshing summer dessert. Try at Zunda Saryo (station) — also has zunda shake.
⏱️ Sendai Station💴 ¥500–800🕒 10:00–20:00📍 Google Maps → - Restaurant
Sendai Hagi Beer Pub★★★★★4.4
Local craft brewery taproom + gyutan menu.
💡 Sendai Hagi Beer's flagship spot. 6+ craft beers on tap, paired with Sendai gyutan and zunda. English menu, very tourist-friendly.
⏱️ 5 min walk💴 ¥3,000–5,000🕒 17:00–23:00📍 Google Maps →
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