Editing Sendai (section)

{{Short description|City in Tōhoku, Japan}}
{{About|the capital city of [[Miyagi Prefecture]]|the former city of Sendai in Kagoshima Prefecture|Satsumasendai, Kagoshima|other uses|Sendai (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Sendai
| official_name                   = 
| native_name                     = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|仙台市}}}}
| settlement_type                 = [[Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan|Designated city]]
| image_skyline                   ={{Multiple image
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| image1 = SendaiCity Skylines from Mukaiyama2018.jpg
| alt1   = Sendai skyline
| image2 = Sendai castle01s3872.jpg
| alt2   = Aoba Castle
| image3 = Sendai Tanabata 2023.jpg
| alt3   = Sendai Tanabata
| image4 = Zuiho-den 20230806.jpg
| alt4   = Zuihō-den Mausoleum
| image5 = Sendai Station West Exit 2021.jpg
| alt5   = Downtown of Sendai（Sendai Station）
| image6 = Akiu spa Hotel zuiho 2008.jpg
| alt6   = Akiu Onsen 
| image7 = Sendai pageant of starlight.JPG
| alt7   = SENDAI Pageant of Starlight
}}
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| image_caption                   = From top left: Sendai Skyline, [[Aoba Castle]], [[Tanabata|Sendai Tanabata Festival]] in Ichibanchō, [[Zuihōden]], [[Sendai Station (Miyagi)|Sendai Station West Exit]], [[Akiu Great Falls|Akiu Onsen]], and {{ill|SENDAI Pageant of Starlight|ja|SENDAI光のページェント}}
| image_flag                      = Flag of Sendai, Miyagi.svg
| flag_alt                        = 
| image_seal                      = Symbol of Sendai, Miyagi.svg
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| image_shield                    = 
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| image_blank_emblem              = 
| nickname                        = City of Trees
| motto                           = 
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| image_map1                      = Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture Ja.svg
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| map_caption1                    = Location of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture
| pushpin_map                     = Japan
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| pushpin_map_caption             = &nbsp;
| coordinates                     = {{coord|38|16|5.6|N|140|52|9.9|E|region:JP-04|display=it}}
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| subdivision_name                = [[Japan]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
| subdivision_type3               = 
| subdivision_name3               = <!-- established -->
| established_title               = <!-- Settled -->
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| founder                         = 
| named_for                       = <!-- seat, smaller parts -->
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| seat                            = <!-- government type, leaders -->
| government_footnotes            = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| leader_party                    = 
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = [[Kazuko Kōri]]
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| area_total_km2                  = 786.30
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| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 1098335
| population_as_of                = August 1, 2023
| population_density_km2          = auto
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| population_demonym              = <!-- demonym, ie. Liverpudlian for someone from Liverpool -->
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<!-- time zone(s) -->| timezone1                       = [[Japan Standard Time]]
| utc_offset1                     = +09:00
<!-- postal codes, area code -->| postal_code_type                = 
| postal_code                     = 
| area_code_type                  = <!-- defaults to: Area code(s) -->
| area_code                       = <!-- blank fields (section 1) -->
| blank_name_sec1                 = Symbols
| blank_info_sec1                 = &nbsp;
| blank1_name_sec1                = • Tree
| blank1_info_sec1                = [[Zelkova serrata|Japanese zelkova]]
| blank2_name_sec1                = • Flower
| blank2_info_sec1                = [[Lespedeza|Japanese clover]]
| blank3_name_sec1                = • Bird
| blank3_info_sec1                = 
| blank4_name_sec1                = • Insect
| blank4_info_sec1                = 
| blank5_name_sec1                = • Fish
| blank5_info_sec1                = 
| blank6_name_sec1                = 
| blank6_info_sec1                = 
| blank7_name_sec1                = 
| blank7_info_sec1                = <!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
| blank_name_sec2                 = Phone&nbsp;number
| blank_info_sec2                 = 022-261-1111
| blank1_name_sec2                = Address
| blank1_info_sec2                = 3-7-1 Kokubun-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 980-8671
<!-- website, footnotes -->
| website                         = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes                       = 
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Sendai
| pic =
| piccap =
| picupright =
| kanji = 仙台
| kyujitai =
| katakana = センダイ
| hiragana = せんだい
| romaji = Sendai
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Sendai'''|仙台市|Sendai-shi|{{IPA|ja|seꜜn.dai, sen.daꜜi.ɕi||TomJ-Sendai.ogg}}}} is the capital [[Cities of Japan|city]] of [[Miyagi Prefecture]] and the largest city in the [[Tōhoku region]]. {{As of|2023|08|01}}, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households,<ref name="City of Sendai Estimated Population and Demographics">{{cite web |script-title=ja:推計人口及び人口動態 |trans-title=Population estimates and demographics|url=http://www.city.sendai.jp/chosatoke/shise/toke/jinko/suike.html |website=City of Sendai |access-date=1 April 2023 |language=ja}}</ref> making it the [[List of cities in Japan|twelfth most populated city in Japan]].

The modern city was founded in 1600 by the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Date Masamune]]. It is nicknamed the {{Nihongo|''City of Trees''|杜の都|Mori no Miyako}}; there are [[Japanese zelkova]] trees lining many of the main thoroughfares such as {{Nihongo|Jōzenji Street|定禅寺通|Jōzenji dōri}} and {{nihongo|Aoba Street|青葉通|Aoba dōri}}.
In the summer, the [[Sendai Tanabata Festival]], the largest [[Tanabata]] festival in Japan, is held. In winter, the trees are decorated with thousands of lights for the {{nihongo|Pageant of Starlight|光のページェント|Hikari no pējento}}, lasting through most of December. The city is also home to [[Tohoku University]], one of the former [[Imperial Universities]]. On 11 March 2011, coastal areas of the city suffered catastrophic damage from a [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake]],<ref name="USGS">{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/|title=Magnitude 8.9 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN|publisher=US Geological Survey|date=11 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313154037/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/|archive-date=13 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="UKFO">{{cite web|url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=565364382|title=Japanese earthquake update - Government response|publisher=UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office|date= March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314205829/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=565364382 |archive-date=2011-03-14 }}</ref><ref name="TELG">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8382734/Japan-earthquake-timeline-of-the-disaster-from-tsunami-to-nuclear-crisis.html|publisher=The Telegraph|title=Japan earthquake: timeline of the disaster, from tsunami to nuclear crisis|date=15 March 201}}]</ref> which triggered a destructive [[tsunami]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/tsunami-surges-across-japan-following-89-earthquake-20110311-1bqym.html|title=Killer tsunami surges across Japan after 8.9 quake|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 March 2011}}</ref>