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Travel guides for Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region—the August Tanabata Festival and its washi-paper streamers along Chuo-dori, gyutan grilled beef tongue, and getting around the 'City of Trees' by subway.

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A three-photo composite of the three great festivals of Tohoku: the glowing lanterns of the Akita Kanto Festival (left), a giant warrior float from the Aomori Nebuta Festival (center), and colorful paper streamers at the Sendai Tanabata Festival (right).

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Tohoku's Three Great Festivals 2026: How to See All Three, and Why Aomori and Akita Don't Fit in One Night

Jul 17, 2026

Tanabata streamers at the Sendai Tanabata Festival, with rows of colorful decorative balls and long paper streamers hanging from a covered shopping arcade.

Places

Sendai Tanabata Festival 2026: Dates Aug 6–8, Fireworks the Night Before on Aug 5

Jul 16, 2026

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