Festivals & MatsuriFree
Sendai
Kansai Fair
Until Apr 12Fukushima Airport Terminal Building 1F Fukushima Ippin-do Store · Sendai📍 Map
8 events in Sendai
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Festivals & Matsuri
Sendai
Tom and Jerry 85th Anniversary Exhibition
Until Apr 13Kawatoku 7F Event Space & Diamond Hall · Sendai📍 Map
Sendai
Pokémon Local Acts Regional Products Exhibition
Apr 24 – May 6Usui Department Store · Sendai📍 Map
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Festivals & MatsuriFree
Sendai
Soma Nomaoi Wild Horse Festival 2026
Jul 25 – Jul 26Hibarigahara Plain, Minamisoma, Fukushima · Sendai📍 Map
Festivals & MatsuriFree
Sendai
Sendai Tanabata Festival 2026
Aug 6 – Aug 8Sendai City Centre — Ichibancho and Chuo shopping arcades · Sendai📍 Map
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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.
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Kokubuncho & Ichibancho
Sendai's entertainment corridor hosts the Tanabata Festival street decorations, jazz bars, and major seasonal events.
Aoba Castle & Park
Hilltop heritage site with sakura festivals, autumn illuminations, and the city's main outdoor cultural events.
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