Izumi-ku, Sendai
Izumi-ku (泉区) is the northernmost ward of the city of Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
Izumi-ku (泉区) is the northernmost ward of the city of Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2017, the ward had a population of 215,048 and a population density of 1470 persons per km2 in 90,336 households. The total area of the ward was 146.61 square kilometres (56.61 sq mi). Izumi-ku is the twelfth-largest ward in Japan in terms of area, and third-largest in Sendai. Formerly the independent city of Izumi, the population of the area expanded extremely rapidly from the mid-1970s onwards as a bedroom community for central Sendai. In 1988, the city of Izumi was annexed by Sendai.
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Worth seeing in and around Izumi-ku, Sendai
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Yurtec Stadium Sendai is a football stadium in the Nanakita Park, Izumi-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Built in 1997, it is home to Vegalta Sendai, Mynavi Sendai Ladies and Sony Sendai.
800 m · building in Izumi-ku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Miyagi Gakuin Women's University is a private university in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Tohoku Gakuin University is its brother school.
3.3 km · Miyagi Gakuin Women's University located in Sendai · Wikipedia - 03Futahashira Shrine
Futahashira Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The main kami enshrined here are Izanagi and Izanami.
900 m · Shinto shrine in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka College
Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka College is a private university in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
2.6 km · Japanese private university · Wikipedia
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Getting to Izumi-ku, Sendai
- Airports
- Sendai (SDJ), 21 km · Niigata (KIJ), 160 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 242 km
- Stations
- Asahigaoka Station, 3.5 km · Izumi-Chūō Station, 400 m · Kuromatsu Station, 2.6 km · Yaotome Station, 1.5 km
- Niigata → Izumi-ku, Sendai167 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · ¥2,430–3,320
- Omitama → Izumi-ku, Sendai237 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · ¥3,040–4,140
- Aomori → Izumi-ku, Sendai277 km · quickest by road, 5h 39m · ¥3,860–5,250
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- Get inTaiheiyo Ferry (太平洋フェリー) (Japanese) +81-22-259-0211.
- Get inOffers overnight car ferries to Nagoya (21 hr 40 min) and Tomakomai (in southern Hokkaido) (15 hr 20 min) on the SS Ishikari and SS Kitakami.
- Get inGetting there: Ferry terminal is a ten-minute taxi ride away from Nakanosakae Station (中野栄駅) on the JR Senseki line (仙石線).
- Get inFor further details, check out the ferry website.
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Next door to Izumi-ku, Sendai
Izumi-ku, Sendai is 7 km from Sendai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.