Culture Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival Giovanni Rattacaso 16,000 fireworks light up the sky over the Hirose River every August 5th evening. This is the kickoff for 3 days of Tanabata ...
Culture Sendai Tanabata Ritsuko Maro Sendai Tanabata Festival held August 6th-8th always delights visitors. The largest Tanabata event in Japan continues to grow ...
Culture Summer Gagaku Performance in Sendai Yuri Sasano In mid-August, Osaki Hachiman Shrine in Sendai hosts a program which includes performances of Gagaku music and Kagura dance,...
Culture Tricolore Music Festival Kim The Tricolore Music Festival has been held since 2004 in the central urban area of Ishinomaki City, and it has become a sum...
Activities Jozenji Street Jazz Festival Sendai Justin Velgus Starting back in 1987 on a department store stage, the festival soon moved outdoors into the streets. Recently the growing fe...
Nightlife Sendai Oktoberfest Justin Velgus Sendai Oktoberfest is a German beer festival that comes to Sendai every year. Grab a drink and find your way to the beer hall...
Culture Michinoku Yosakoi Laura Welch The third-largest Yosakoi festival in Japan, Michinoku Yosakoi features dozens of groups all over Sendai. It's colorful, ener...
Culture Matsushima Foliage Light Up Melissa Hill The Matsushima Foliage Light up is a unique event in Japan that gives you the chance to see an illuminated Zen Garden ablaze ...
Activities Akiu Night Museum Kana Shimoniida The annual Light up event at Tensyukaku National Park in Akiu Spa, Miyagi Prefecture, takes place the last week of October to...
Culture Sendai's Pageant of Starlight Dale A. Brown The Sendai Pageant of Starlight is one of Japan's biggest winter illumination displays. Each year from early December through...