Asia : East Asia : Japan : Honshu : Tohoku : Miyagi
Miyagi
Miyagi prefecture (宮城県 Miyagi-ken) is in the northeastern Tohoku region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
Understand
Miyagi prefecture has nothing to do with Mr Miyagi from The Karate Kid.
Cities
- Sendai — The prefectural capital
- Ishinomaki — An industrial and fishery port town, home to the Mangattan Manga Museum.
There is also a very beautiful sawtooth coast line.
Other destinations
- Akiu — a hot spring town located in Sendai City.
- Kinkasan — Gold mining mountain just off the coast
- Matsushima — A bay of craggy pine islands, traditionally considered one of Japan's Top 3 views.
- Naruko — hot spring resort deep in the mountains
- Site of Aoba-jo Castle — once the stronghold of the much feared and revered Date Masamune, Lord of Sendai, all that remains are his statue and a Shinto shrine.
- Sakunami — small hot spring town located near Sendai.
- Kesennuma — Northern city in the prefecture where fishery market is famous. Delicious abalone, sea urchin, shark fin and various kind of fishes are available.
Talk
Get in
Sendai is the largest city in Tohoku and hence its main transportation hub.
By plane
Sendai's airport serves domestic and some international flights.
By train
The Tohoku Shinkansen connects Tokyo to Sendai and points north.
By bus
Get around
See
Do
Eat
- Gyu-tan — grilled cow tongues with salt or miso are traditionally the famous dish in Sendai. On the second floor of Sendai Station, you can find several restaurants dedicated to this local favorite.
- Sushi Restaurant — There are many sushi restaurants not only Sendai, but also most of fishery places.
Drink
There are excellent sake brands, namely Urakasumi and Ichinokura, but there are also plenty of other sake brands.
Get out
This page was last edited at 17:52, on 11 September 2008 by Wikitravel user Morph. Based on work by Evan Prodromou and Jani Patokallio, Wikitravel user(s) Episteme, WindHorse and InterLangBot and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.