Add More to Your Trip! Tourist Attractions and Sightseeing Spots Near Sendai

This ancient temple is said to have been founded in the early 9th century as a Tendai temple. Its formal name, including the mountain name, is Matsushima Seiryuzan Zuigan Enpuku Zenji, and today it is a Zen temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect.
The existing buildings were completed by Date Masamune, and because they are valuable structures that still preserve Momoyama-period art, the main hall and kitchen were designated National Treasures.

Entsuin Temple was built in 1647 as the family temple of Date Mitsumune, the grandson of Date Masamune.
Entsuin is known as a famous autumn foliage spot, with the best viewing season from late October to mid-November. Among its highlights, the garden centered around the Shinji Pond built about 350 years ago and Mount Fudarakusan, where Kannon Bosatsu is said to reside, is considered one of the most beautiful in Tohoku.

A tourist market located near Matsushima Kaigan along National Route 45. It is operated by a company based in Kesennuma that owns large tuna fishing boats.
In addition to its prized tuna, it sells more than 1,500 kinds of seafood, including oysters, sea squirts, Kinka mackerel, and Kesennuma saury.
You can also enjoy light meals here, and the original Matsushima Oyster Burger is especially popular.

Okama on Mount Zao is a crater lake located in the highest-elevation central area of the Zao mountain range.
Surrounded by three mountains, Mount Katta, Mount Kumano, and Mount Goshiki, it has a diameter of 325 meters and a circumference of Approx. 1 km.
This mystical spot is also called Goshiki Lake, or Five-Color Lake, because the color of the water changes to deep green, blue, emerald green, and other shades depending on the season, time, weather, temperature, and other conditions.

The only national government park in the Tohoku region, it is located at the foot of majestic Mount Zao next to Lake Kamafusa.
The park is divided into three areas.
There are many highlights, including flower fields filled with beautiful seasonal blooms, Furusato Village where you can see nostalgic scenery and traditional culture with relocated old folk houses from Tohoku, and Warasuko Hiroba, which features a giant trampoline, roller slides, and playground equipment like a jungle gym made of thick ropes that children are sure to love.

A fox paradise in the mountains of Shiroishi City. It keeps more than 100 foxes of seven species, including Ezo red foxes, cross foxes, and Arctic foxes.
In addition to feeding and photographing the foxes roaming freely outdoors, you can also hold baby foxes.

A reconstructed wooden castle keep completed in 1995.
The original castle is believed to have existed by the late Sengoku period, but because historical records are scarce, the exact date and founder remain unknown.
In the Edo period, it is recorded as having remained until the Meiji period as the castle of the Katakura clan, senior retainers of the Date family.

A vast ranch at the foot of the Zao mountain range rising in the center of the Tohoku area, covering an area equal to 20 Tokyo Domes (Approx. 100 hectares).
Sheep and goats live freely in the grasslands that seem to stretch endlessly. Together with the peaceful scenery, the animals make this a wonderfully relaxing place.
After relaxing with the animals, enjoy the fresh local ingredients.

Narukokyo Gorge features sheer cliffs reaching a depth of 100 meters and stretching for Approx. 2.5 km.
Sharply rising white cliffs are covered with deciduous broadleaf trees such as autumn leaves, maples, and mizunara oak, and in fall these trees turn red and yellow, creating a beautiful scene like a painting.
Crossing Ofukazawa Bridge over Narukokyo Gorge lets you fully experience the height of the gorge and the surrounding scenery.

Naruko Onsenkyo is a hot spring area made up of five districts: Naruko, Higashi-Naruko, Kawatabi, Nakayamadaira, and Onikobe.
A record in Shoku Nihon Koki states that hot springs began flowing here due to a volcanic eruption in 837. One of the main features of Naruko Onsenkyo is the chance to enjoy a wide variety of distinctive hot spring waters.