After completing our short journeys in Aomori and Hirosaki, we continued moving south to Sendai using the Flexible 5 Day JR East Tohoku Area Pass (Japan Pick Up)
that I got it from KLOOK. One thing I like about this pass, it is very flexible where you can pick any of the 5 days (within 14 days period) to ride on shinkansen or local train travel around Tohoku regions.
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READ: Things to do in AOMORI
READ: Things to do in HIROSAKI
For full itinerary, check out Japan Trip 2018: 9D8N in Aomori, Sendai & Tokyo
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Sendai
Sendai is about 1.5 hours away from Tokyo on Tohoku or Akita Shinkasen, so day trip is quite possible. Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, also the largest city in Tohoku regions. You may know Sendai from the catastrophe that had landed onto coastal outskirt of the city on March 11, 2011. But this charming city is more than the saddening tsunami disaster.
Sendai is also known as the city of trees. Here, you will be able to find there are many trees lined on the streets and parks. We explored Sendai’s Tourist Spot using Loople Sendai – it is a cute retro-looking sightseeing bus that makes a loop through the tourist spots in central Sendai and it takes about 70 minutes per loop leaving from Sendai Station and back to Sendai Station.
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