Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku Region, Japan

Economy | Education | Transport : Rail

🇯🇵 Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. The city was founded in 1600 by the daimyō Date Masamune. It is nicknamed the City of Trees; there are zelkova trees lining many of the main thoroughfares such as Jōzenji Street and Aoba Street. 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, lasting through most of December.

Economy Sendai is the centre of the Tōhoku region's economy, and is the base of the region's logistics and transportation. The GDP in Greater Sendai, Sendai Metropolitan Employment Area (1.6 million people), is US$61.7 billion in 2010. Sendai city by itself has a nominal GDP of approximately US$50 billion as of 2015. The city's economy heavily relies upon retail and services – the two industries provide approximately two thirds of the employment and close to half of the establishments.

Sendai is frequently called a branch-office economy, because very few major companies are headquartered in the city. Various authorities are cooperating to alleviate this problem, primarily by encouraging high-tech ventures from Tohoku University, which is well known for its science and engineering departments. There are also incentives for startups available from the prefectural government.

Tohoku Electric Power, a major regional supplier of electric power, has its headquarters in Sendai and also operates the Shin-Sendai Thermal Power Station located within the city.

Sendai's economic growth rate has stabilized since the 2011 Japan earthquake. The growth rate was only 0.4% in 2011 after the quake created economic turmoil in coastal areas. The year after, in 2012 the rate spiked to 10.4% after reconstruction efforts. It has since fallen to a closer trend to what is expected of 3.7% in 2013.

Tourism in 2016 attracted an estimated 2.229 million visitors to Sendai.

Education Sendai is sometimes called an "Academic City" (学都, gakuto) because the city has many universities relative to its population.

Universities located within Sendai include: • Tohoku University • Tohoku Gakuin University • Miyagi University • Miyagi Gakuin Women's University • Miyagi University of Education • Tohoku Fukushi University • Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

Schools in the city include Tohoku International School.

Transport The city is served by Sendai Airport (located in neighboring Natori), which has international flights to several countries, and the Port of Sendai. A rail link to Sendai began service on March 18, 2007.

Transport: Rail JR East's Sendai Station is the main transport hub for the city. The station is served by seven JR lines and is a major station on the Tōhoku and Akita Shinkansen lines. An underground passage connects the station to the Sendai Subway. The subway has two lines— Namboku ("north-south") and Tōzai ("east-west") with a total of 30 stations. When completed in 2015, Yagiyama station became the highest-elevated subway station in the country at 136.4 meters. • East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ◦ Tōhoku Shinkansen: Sendai ◦ Tōhoku Main Line: Minami-Sendai – Nagamachi – Sendai – Higashi-Sendai – Iwakiri ◦ Jōban Line: Minami-Sendai – Nagamachi – Sendai ◦ Senzan Line: Sendai – Tōshōgū – Kita-Sendai – Kitayama – Tōhokufukushidaimae – Kunimi – Kuzuoka – Rikuzen-Ochiai – Ayashi – Rikuzen-Shirasawa – Kumagane – Sakunami – Yatsumori – Okunikkawa ◦ Senseki Line: Aoba-dōri – Sendai – Tsutsujigaoka – Miyaginohara – Rikuzen-Haranomachi – Nigatake – Kozurushinden – Fukudamachi – Rikuzen-Takasago – Nakanosakae • Sendai Subway (All stations).

Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku Region, Japan 
<b>Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku Region, Japan</b>
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Sendai is rated Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.

Sendai is ranked #78 by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. Sendai was ranked #931 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Sendai has a population of over 1,091,407 people. Sendai also forms the centre of the wider Miyagi Prefecture which has a population of over 2,305,596 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Sendai has links with:

🇲🇽 Acapulco, Mexico 🇪🇸 Bilbao, Spain 🇨🇳 Changchun, China 🇺🇸 Dallas, USA 🇰🇷 Gwangju, South Korea 🇧🇾 Minsk, Belarus 🇫🇮 Oulu, Finland 🇫🇷 Rennes, France 🇺🇸 Riverside, USA 🇯🇵 Shiraoi, Japan
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East of: 140.869

🇯🇵 Tomiya 140.874

🇯🇵 Iwaki 140.883

🇯🇵 Natori 140.913

🇯🇵 Sōma 140.917

🇯🇵 Osaki 140.962

🇯🇵 Muroran 140.972

🇯🇵 Otaru 141

🇯🇵 Tagajō 141.004

🇯🇵 Kurihara 141.017

🇯🇵 Shiogama 141.029

West of: 140.869

🇯🇵 Watari 140.85

🇯🇵 Chōshi 140.817

🇦🇺 Mount Gambier 140.781

🇯🇵 Aomori 140.753

🇯🇵 Hakodate 140.744

🇮🇩 Jayapura 140.72

🇯🇵 Hitachi 140.65

🇯🇵 Asahi 140.65

🇯🇵 Yokote 140.569

🇯🇵 Date 140.55

Antipodal to Sendai is: -39.131,-38.268

Locations Near: Sendai 140.869,38.2682

🇯🇵 Natori 140.913,38.171 d: 11.5  

🇯🇵 Tomiya 140.874,38.383 d: 12.7  

🇯🇵 Tagajō 141.004,38.294 d: 12.1  

🇯🇵 Shiogama 141.029,38.32 d: 15.1  

🇯🇵 Watari 140.85,38.033 d: 26.2  

🇯🇵 Osaki 140.962,38.568 d: 34.3  

🇯🇵 Ishinomaki 141.299,38.425 d: 41.4  

🇯🇵 Sōma 140.917,37.783 d: 54.1  

🇯🇵 Kurihara 141.017,38.733 d: 53.3  

🇯🇵 Tendō 140.367,38.35 d: 44.7  

Antipodal to: Sendai -39.131,-38.268

🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19274.4  

🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18593  

🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18589  

🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 18536.8  

🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 18537.1  

🇧🇷 Biguaçu -48.667,-27.5 d: 18524.9  

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 18649.8  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 18594.6  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 18585.6  

🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 18584  

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