--- title: "Natori-shi – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Natori-shi, Japan: town 11 km from Sendai. Nearby: Sendai Gymnasium, Tarumizu Dam, Shokei Gakuin University. Every way there from the planner, and what we…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/natori" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/natori.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Town · Japan · Miyagi # Natori-shi What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Natori-shi 5 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. 1. Sendai Gymnasium Kamei Arena Sendai is an indoor sporting arena located in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 7,000. 5.8 km · building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamei_Arena_Sendai) 2. Tarumizu Dam Tarumizu Dam is a rockfill dam located in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. 3.8 km · dam in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarumizu_Dam) 3. Shokei Gakuin University Shokei Gakuin University is a private university in Natori, Miyagi, Japan, established in 2003. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1892. 5.7 km · a private university in Natori, Miyagi, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shokei_Gakuin_University) 4. Kawauchisawa Dam Kawauchisawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control. 4.8 km · dam in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawauchisawa_Dam) 5. Iinozaka Kofun Cluster Iinozaka kofun group is cluster of Kofun period tumuli located in what is now the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The presence of an unusual number of large keyhole-shaped kofun located so close together drew attention, and the site received protection by the central government as a National Historic Site in 1976. 700 m · Japanese burial site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iinozaka_Kofun_Cluster) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Natori-shi **Airports:** Sendai (SDJ), 4 km · Niigata (KIJ), 157 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 225 km\ **Stations:** Sendai Airport, 4.2 km · Natori Station, 700 m · Taishidō Station, 5.7 km · Minami-Sendai Station, 3.4 km · Sendai Airport Station, 5.2 km\ - Niigata → Natori-shi 164 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · ¥2,380–3,240 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/niigata-to-natori-shi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Niigata&to=Natori-shi) - Omitama → Natori-shi 217 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · ¥2,740–3,740 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/omitama-to-natori-shi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Omitama&to=Natori-shi) - Narita → Natori-shi 270 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · ¥3,560–4,860 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/narita-to-natori-shi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Narita&to=Natori-shi) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Natori-shi) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Natori-shi Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Natori-shi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Taiheiyo Ferry (太平洋フェリー) (Japanese) +81-22-259-0211. - Get in Offers 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 in Getting 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 in For further details, check out the ferry website. From [Wikivoyage: Sendai](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sendai), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Sakhalin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sakhalin) RU 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 999 km 2. [Muuido and the Incheon islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/muuido) KR 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,273 km 3. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,839 km 4. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 2,210 km 5. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 2,368 km If you know how people move in Natori-shi – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cnatori&title=Natori-shi&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fnatori), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Natori-shi Natori-shi is 11 km from [Sendai](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sendai), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Natori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/natori) city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan 900 m [The place page for Natori-shi](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/natori) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Japan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JP) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/natori, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt