![]() ![]() Later, Date Masamune changed the Chinese characters to mean 'hermit on a platform,' (仙台) which referred to a mythical palace in the mountains in China. They used to refer to a temple on Aobayama that housed a thousand Buddha statues. The original name of the area was also Sendai, but the Chinese characters at the time were different (千代). He established a fine castle on Aobayama (green leaf mountain) and the town that was built below the castle near the Hirose River was built according to the traditional street grid pattern. Several large universities are located in Sendai, attracting young adults from throughout the Tohoku area.Īlthough there is evidence of settlements in the Sendai region dating back over 20,000 years, it was not until the local feudal ruler, Date Masamune, moved his capital here in 1600 that the city began to take on any significance. The main shopping street - confusingly known by two different names, Chūō-dōri (中央通り) and CLIS Road - is pedestrianised and covered, so it feels like a mall. The main avenues around the city are wide and tree-lined, giving the city an almost European feel. It's very green - in fact they call it 杜の都 ( Mori no Miyako, "The City of Trees"). Sendai is a comfortable and pleasant city - it's a nice place to live. Sendai is divided into five districts: Aoba-ku, Izumi-ku, Miyagino-ku, Taihaku-ku and Wakabayashi-ku. ![]() As everyone here will tell you, "Sendai is not too big and not too small, it's very convenient and it's close to both the sea and the mountains." Sendai (仙台) is the largest city, with around 1 million people, in the Tohoku region of Japan's Honshu island.
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