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Sendai
仙台市 | |
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From top left: Sendai Skyline, Aoba Castle, Sendai Tanabata Festival in Ichibanchō, Zuihōden, Sendai Station West Exit, Akiu Onsen, and SENDAI Pageant of Starlight | |
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| Nickname: City of Trees | |
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 Location of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture | |
  Sendai | |
| Coordinates: 38°16′5.6″N 140°52′9.9″E / 38.268222°N 140.869417°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Miyagi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kazuko Kōri |
| Area | |
• Total | 786.30 km2 (303.59 sq mi) |
| Population (August 1, 2023) | |
• Total | 1,098,335 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Japanese zelkova |
| • Flower | Japanese clover |
| Phone number | 022-261-1111 |
| Address | 3-7-1 Kokubun-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 980-8671 |
| Website | www |
| Sendai | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 仙台 | ||||
| Hiragana | せんだい | ||||
| Katakana | センダイ | ||||
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Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi, [seꜜndai] ) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. As of 1 August 2023[update], the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households,[1] and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the daimyō Date Masamune. It is nicknamed the City of Trees (杜の都, Mori no Miyako); there are Japanese zelkova trees lining many of the main thoroughfares such as Jōzenji Street (定禅寺通, Jōzenji dōri) and Aoba Street (青葉通, Aoba dōri). In the summer, the Sendai Tanabata Festival, the largest Tanabata festival in Japan, is held. In winter, the trees are decorated with thousands of lights for the Pageant of Starlight (光のページェント, Hikari no pējento), lasting through most of December. The city is also home to Tohoku University, consistently ranked amongst the top institutions of higher education in Japan. On 11 March 2011, coastal areas of the city suffered catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake,[2][3][4] which triggered a destructive tsunami.[5]
- ^ "推計人口及び人口動態". 仙台市役所 City of Sendai (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ US Geological Survey 9.0 assessment
- ^ UK Foreign Office 9.0 assessment Archived 2011-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Telegraph 9.0 assessment "Japan earthquake: timeline of the disaster, from tsunami to nuclear crisis" 15 March 2011
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald earthquake report