Culture Summer Gagaku Performance in Sendai 2025 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 2025 Kim Bergström 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 2025 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 2025 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 Junji Ito “Enchantment” Exhibition 2025 Ryan Noble Step into the hauntingly beautiful world of legendary horror manga artist Junji Ito in his first large-scale solo exhibition ...
Culture Michinoku Yosakoi 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 Dale A. Brown The Sendai Pageant of Starlight is one of Japan's biggest winter illumination displays. Each year from early December through...
Culture Matsushima Oyster Festival 2026 Andrew Kehoe The Matsushima Oyster Festival (Kaki Matsuri) started over 40 years ago, and takes place in the peak of oyster season.
