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  Sendai, Miyagi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sendai was incorporated as a city on April 1, 1889, as a result of the abolition of the Han system.
Sendai is known to be a relatively liberal area, which tends to favor the Democratic Party in national elections.
Sendai is the center of the Tohoku region's economy, and is the base of the region's logistics and transportation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sendai   (3545 words)

  
 Information About Japan
The Sendai area is not associated with such prosperous industries as seen in the western part of Japan since the city has been supported mainly by rather small industries based on agriculture.
Japan is one of the most densely populated nations of the world, with more than 800 people per square mile.
Japan is also one of the world's largest trading nations, with exports of nearly $300 billion, although it has come under sharp criticism for some of its trade practices.
www.lincamerica.com /html/japaninfo.html   (2670 words)

  
 How to Reach to the Conference Site
Sendai is located about 350 kilometers north of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the main island (Honshu Island) of Japan.
The Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass) is a special ticket that is available only to travelers visiting Japan from foreign countries as tourists, and is an economical way of traveling around in Japan.
The JR Pass cannot be purchased inside Japan; you must purchase a JR rail pass voucher from an authorized sales office or agent in your country of origin.
cfa-www.harvard.edu /~hrs/icpeac/icpeac-99/Travelto.html   (940 words)

  
 Panda Travel : Japan Packages : Sendai
Sendai City is situated in the center of the Miyagi Prefecture and is one of Japan's fastest growing areas and one of the most pleasant cities in the country.
The main street of Sendai, which is known as "The City of Trees", is Aoba-dori Street which is lined with rows of Zelkova trees.
Hotel Sendai Plaza is a serene, elegant hotel located in the heart of Sendai and is considered the most prestigious hotel in the area.
www.pandaonline.com /vacations/japan/sendai.php   (623 words)

  
 Architectural Review, The: Layered Media - architectural structure, Sendai, Japan
Sendai is a provincial capital, about 300km north of Tokyo, which was levelled in the Second World War and rebuilt on a spacious grid plan.
Sendai is a conservative city, and librarians anxious to accommodate a growing book collection and local artists seeking display space for academic paintings had no enthusiasm for open plans or virtual reality.
For Japan, the Mediatheque is extraordinarily informal, with young friendly staff, and it has become a popular local resource; yet the atmosphere is as decorous as a scholars' library.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1256_210/ai_79759807   (1360 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Powerful quake hits northern Japan, triggers tsunami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
SENDAI, Japan (AP) — A powerful undersea earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering a small tsunami, sending debris crashing into a crowded swimming pool and shaking skyscrapers as far away as Tokyo.
By nightfall, trains in Sendai were up and running again, although hundreds of stranded passengers crowded the central train station.
Japan sits at the juncture of four tectonic plates — or moving slabs of the earth's outer crust.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-15-japan-quake_x.htm?csp=34   (681 words)

  
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Sendai is known in Japan as the "City of Trees".
Sendai is a modern, safe city with a temperate climate by four distinct, beautiful seasons.
Climate ~~~~~~~ The weather in Sendai from the middle of September to the middle of October is usually delightful: mostly sunny with temperatures ranging from the low 50 F (10 C) to the low 70 F (20 C).
ai.stanford.edu /~suresh/theory/conf/pro-ALT-971006.txt   (2148 words)

  
 TACS '94: Final program and registration form
Sendai is the largest city in the northern part of the Honshu Island of Japan, with a population of about 900,000.
Sendai is a modern, safe city with a temperate climate blessed by four distinct, beautiful seasons.
Those who are interested in staying at Gonryo Kaikan should mail to tacs94@ito.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp CLIMATE The weather in Sendai from the middle of April to the middle of May is usually delightful--mostly sunny with temperatures ranging from the low 50s to the high 70s.
www.cis.upenn.edu /~bcpierce/types/archives/1993/msg00160.html   (1092 words)

  
 Recovery and Rescue -- Sendai Division Camps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The prison camp I was in at Ohasi Japan from November 31st 1942 till September 1945.
This is an exterior view of the building which housed a bath for use by Allied prisoners of war in Sendai, Japan.
This is an exterior view of the main building, gate and yard of the PW camp in the Temabayashi area, Sendai, Japan.
home.comcast.net /~japanpow/Recovery/Sendai/Sendai.htm   (474 words)

  
 CNN.com - Powerful quake hits Japan - May. 26, 2003
Japanese television showed pictures of at least two buildings on fire in central Sendai, and fire trucks on the scene, although it was not clear whether they were related to the tremor.
Sendai, the largest city in the mostly agricultural northeastern Touhoku region, has a population of just over one million.
Japan's meteorological agency said there was no danger of tsunami, powerful waves that can be stirred up by seismic activity.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/26/japan.quake   (373 words)

  
 Holiday Inn Sendai, Japan trip report 03/14/2005
Sendai is the home of Masamune Date a feudal daimyo who helped Tokugawa become the first Shogun of the era.
Another interesting and historical "Holiday Inn" stop/stay in Japan is at the Holiday Inn in Mito, home to one of the three main branches of the Tokugawa (Shogunate) family, and especially to Mito Mitsukuni, the "hero" of a long-running Japanese TV drama.
Sendai is also just another 30 min away by train from Matsushima, which has one of the "three best" views in Japan.
www.flyertalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=410601   (999 words)

  
 2005 ISAC Symposium in Sendai Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sendai is a center in the northern part of Japan, of the 11
Weather and dress: In May the weather in Sendai is usually mild, 15-20 C in daytime and 10-15 C in night.
The JR station nearest to the conference hotel is ‘Shiroishi-Zao’ two stops ahead of Sendai on way from Tokyo, and the hotel bus is served without charges between the station and the hotel with a ride of about 20 min in cases of arriving at the station until noon on May 9.
www.isac-web.org /files/sendai1.htm   (1001 words)

  
 Sendai, Japan - World Honda Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Grand Prix, conceived by Masashi Kakuda of Japan, was the first of it's kind with three different events on three continents: the first round in July in Monroe, Wisconsin and the second round in August in Bourscheid, Luxembourg and the third and final round in Sendai.
Sendai, a modern city of one million, located 200 km north of Tokyo, is the administrative and economic center of North-Eastern Japan.
The spectators and farmers around Sendai were quite friendly, very curious and always happy to see the balloons.
www.balloonlife.com /publications/balloon_life/9801/9901/sendai9901.htm   (306 words)

  
 Choir's Trip to Sendai Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Japan to begin the choir’s first international tour in York College history.
Sendai mission team, made up of John and Michiko Straker, Joel Osborne, Ben Berry, Crimson Ruhnke, and David Moon.
This will take a lot of work for the church in Japan, but it is work they are willing to do.
www.york.edu /news/News/SendaiChoir.htm   (440 words)

  
 IRC Sister Cities and Friendship Cities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sendai is the capital of the prefecture of Miyagi in the northeast region of Japan, an area known as Tohoku.
The city is proud of its highly advanced metropolitan functions and facilities such as the Sendai International Center and Yume Messe Miyagi, both large-scale venues for international seminars conferences and trade fairs.
Sendai is a center of learning: the academic record and principal representatives of Tohoku University have a strong international reputation.
www.irc-riverside.org /sistercities/sendai.html   (682 words)

  
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With the magic Japan Rail Passes in our possession, all we would have to worry about in the train stations was boarding the right train.
Perhaps Sendai is the plastic-slipper capital of the world.\par \par \tab And the more you walk around Sendai, the more you think that it could really use some claim to fame.
But that day in Sendai, Ann and I were about as close as we ever were; because I don\'92t think anyone else in the world would have agreed to accompany me on as quixotic and poorly-sketched-out an adventure as this one.
www2.bc.edu /~reederch/031.rtf   (1865 words)

  
 IROS 2004 Top Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The IROS2004 has been held at Sendai International Center from September 28 - October 2, 2004.
Located about 360 kilometers north of Tokyo, Sendai has a population of about one million, establishing itself as the central city of the Tohoku region.
The Sendai area has a mild climate, a harmonious combination of beautiful nature and urban facilities.
www.iros2004.org   (202 words)

  
 Hotels in Sendai, Japan
Right in the center of Sendai City, Hotel Pearl City Sendai is close to the Sendai International Center, Tohoku University and the business district.
Sendai Washington Hotel is located on Sendai's main street, Aoba Street.
Sendai has two faces - one as the major city of northern Japan and another as a place of cultural and historical significance.
www.bookings.be /city/jp/sendai.html?aid=302078;label=hoteloverview   (166 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Sendai, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Sendai, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
928,138), capital of Miyagi prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on Inshinomaki Bay.
Long an educational center, Sendai is the seat of Tohoku Univ. and the Industrial Art Institute.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sendai.html   (169 words)

  
 TACS2001 PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Sendai is the largest city in the northern part of Honshu Island of Japan, with a population of about a million.
Sendai is a modern, safe city with a moderate climate blessed by four distinct seansons.
Japan Travel Bureau Group Tours Office Tohoku Tobu Sendai Daiichi Bldg, 6th Floor 4-6-1 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai 983-0852, Japan FAX: 022-296-3327 (domestic) +81-22-296-3327 (from abroad) PHONE: 022-296-3361 (domestic) +81-22-296-3361 (from abroad) Email: tcs02@thk.jtb.co.jp Registration and reservations will be completed by your payment, whose method is described below.
www.seas.upenn.edu /~sweirich/types/archive/1999-2003/msg00741.html   (1236 words)

  
 Home Page-Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This website contains Japan travel and language tips, and a few of my favorite pictures, thoughts, and memories of how things were "Then" compared with "Now" from the perspective of a missionary.
I served in the Japan Sendai Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
We encourage all Sendai RMs to register on the Alumni Site, which is a secure online directory that will be our basis for future contacts.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/togaard   (467 words)

  
 Sendai Mediatheque Japan by Toyoto Ito
The Mediatheque is located on a tree-lined avenue in Sendai, its transparent facade allowing for the revelation of diverse activities that occur within the building.
Along this main facade the six 15.75-inch-thin floor slabs seem to be floating within the space connected only by the 13 vertical tube steel lattice columns that rise up from ground floor to roof, similar to the trunks of trees of a forest.
The diverse programming creates an intricate spatial rhythm which is defined by varying degrees of public spaces; communal spaces of activity and individual spaces of repose and solitude.
www.galinsky.com /buildings/sendaimediatheque   (459 words)

  
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Sendai, the City of Trees, is located in the northeast region of Japan.
5138 Transportation Railways Sendai is one of the major JR railway centers along the Tohoku line (between Tokyo and Aomori), it is also a major stop for the super-express train on the Tohoku Shinkansen line (between Tokyo and Morioka).
Buses The Sendai city bus is convenient for coming to the Faculty of Engineering from Sendai station, and leaves Sendai station (Bus stop No.9) approximately every 30 minutes.
www.cs.cmu.edu /Groups/AI/util/events/meetings/ispacs93/call-for-participation.txt   (1117 words)

  
 CityIndex Travel: Accommodation: Hotel accomodation in Sendai Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sendai: 1-4-1 Shintera Wakabayashi-Ku The Holiday Inn Sendai opened on 20th, July 2001 with the hotel is located just 6 minutes walk from Sendai Station.
Right in the center of Sendai City, Sendai Fuji Hotel is close to the Sendai International Center, Tohoku University and the business district.
Mitsui Urban Hotel Sendai is located in the center of Sendai, in a convenient place for both business and sightseeing.
cityindex.com /travel/japan/sendai   (518 words)

  
 Japan Sendai Mission Teruya Jidai (1974-1976) Web Site Welcome!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Our beloved President Walter S. Teruya, the first president of the Japan Sendai Mission (1974-77), passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2004 at the age of 89, finally released from the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease.
She looks forward to receiving notes and cards from her Sendai missionaries and takes care to answer them while she is able.
To begin your registration, go to the Japan Sendai Mission Alumni Site and click on the 'Returned Missionaries' link on the home page.
www.japansendai.org   (799 words)

  
 Search Results for Sendai - Encyclopædia Britannica
Sendai was architecturally designed by a feudal lord to be the...
A communications centre since early historic times, it was a small castle town and naval port during the...
Louisville, Ky., won the Little League World Series by defeating a team from Sendai, Japan, by a score of 1–0 before 41,000 spectators at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pa., on August 25.
www.britannica.com /search?query=Sendai&submit=Find&source=MWTAB   (321 words)

  
 Sendai --  Encyclopædia Britannica
A communications centre since early historic times, it was a small castle town and naval port during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867).
Sendai was architecturally designed by a feudal lord to be the headquarters of the Date daimyo family.
The Sendai Plain in the south contains the prefectural capital, Sendai.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9066743?tocId=9066743   (478 words)

  
 WWW Servers in Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Inforum is a Project of Glocom (Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan) that aims to provide the world with quality information from and about Japan with advances in information technology changing the world.
Japan Information Network (JIN) home page provided by Japan Ceneter for Intercultural Communications(JCIC) is designated as a comprehensive gateway providing information on events held in Japan and Japan-related events abroad, regional information from around Japan, statistics on a range of aspects of Japanese life, and links to servers around Japan.
JAPAN TRAVEL UPDATES, the Internet Homepage of Japan National Tourist Organization, covers a wide range of information on budget travel ideas, such as reasonable accommodations and dining, suggested itineraries, annual cultural events, regional tourist information and convention calendars along with much more.
www.math.albany.edu:8010 /g/Math/othergophs-gen/www-in-JP.html   (8792 words)

  
 Sendai hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Tohoku, by All-Hotels(tm)
The Holiday Inn Sendai opened on 20th, July 2001 with the hotel is located just 6 minutes walk from Sendai Station.
The newly renovated Chisun Hotel Sendai features 250 rooms on seven floors located in the center of Sendai across the street and 3...
A prime location adjacent to Sendai Station puts Hotel JAL City within easy walking distance of the business district, government...
www.all-hotels.com /east_asia/japan/tohoku/sendai_e1.htm   (285 words)

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