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Sendai, Miyagi / 仙台市博物館

Sendai City Museum

Sendai's city history museum, on the site of Sendai Castle's third enclosure, below the castle ruins.

The exterior of Sendai City Museum
Sendai City MuseumPhoto: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized) · License · Source

Last official check

25 Sept 2026

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0

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Next scheduled check

24 Dec 2026

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Getting there
Train / Bus / Car
Admission
Paid (see the price below)
Closing days
Has closing days (see below)

Before you go

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Opening hours

9:00-16:45 (last entry 16:15).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page
Closed

Mondays (open if a public holiday), the day after a public holiday (open if that day is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, or the day after the 2nd Monday of October), and Dec 28 - Jan 4. There are also extra opening and closing days; see the museum calendar.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page
Admission

Adults and university students 460 yen, high school 230 yen, elementary and junior high 110 yen (groups of 30+: 360 / 180 / 90 yen). Special exhibitions are charged separately.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page
Getting there

8 min walk from Kokusai Center Station (Tozai subway line, exit South 1). Or the Loople Sendai bus from stop 16 at the Sendai Station west exit (about 20 min) to "Hakubutsukan / Kokusai Center / Ryokusaikan-mae", then 3 min on foot. About 15 min by car from Sendai-Miyagi IC.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page
Parking

Car park for 50 cars and 4 buses (buses by reservation first). When full, use nearby paid car parks such as the Aobayama Park Ryokusaikan car park.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page
Payment

Cash, or cashless at the 1st-floor reception: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, Diners Club; transport IC cards (not PiTaPa), Rakuten Edy, nanaco, WAON, QUICPay; PayPay, d-barai, au PAY, Rakuten Pay, Merpay.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page
Accessibility

Accessible parking spaces, ramps, a lift, and wheelchairs and pushchairs to borrow. Accessible toilets (the 1st-floor one has ostomate facilities).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page

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Address: 26 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi (site of Sendai Castle's third enclosure)

Official site: https://www.city.sendai.jp/museum/

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Crowds

Busiest season

Special exhibition on Buddhist paintings of Tohoku: Sep 18 - Nov 8, 2026.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page
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The car park gets very crowded during special exhibitions; public transport is recommended.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a local government page

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