Events in Sendai 2026

Sendai is Tohoku's largest city, rebuilt after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami with quiet determination that has become part of its identity.

10 events · Updated twice weekly

JR Fruit Park Sendai Arahama | Winter Strawberry Picking in Sendai 2025

Kids & Family

UNTIL JUNE 8

Miyagi Museum of Art 45th Anniversary Collection
Modern & Expressionist Art in Sendai 2026

Sendai · Free

Music

JULY 4

NEUTRAL ARENA 2026
Live Music Event in Sendai 2026

Sendai

Soma Nomaoi Wild Horse Festival 2026 | Samurai Tradition in Fukushima

Festivals & Matsuri

JULY 25 – 26

Soma Nomaoi Wild Horse Festival 2026
Samurai Tradition in Fukushima

Sendai · Free

Sendai Tanabata Festival 2026 | Japan's Largest Star Festival in Tohoku

Festivals & Matsuri

AUGUST 6 – 8

Sendai Tanabata Festival 2026
Japan's Largest Star Festival in Tohoku

Sendai · Free

Tour de Tohoku 2026 | Coastal Cycling in Miyagi Prefecture

Food & Drink

SEPTEMBER 20

Tour de Tohoku 2026
Coastal Cycling in Miyagi Prefecture

Sendai

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About Sendai

Sendai is Tohoku's largest city, rebuilt after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami with quiet determination that has become part of its identity. The Sendai Tanabata Festival in August is one of Japan's three great summer festivals — the city's main streets disappear beneath millions of paper decorations in an explosion of colour celebrated for four hundred years.